PROJECTS
The efficient holiday home is also called a Sky House .
Canada ' s net-zero energy lakeside home
Atop the steep topography of a lake-side site in Ontario , Canada , sits a holiday home that consists of two storeys stacked on top of one another .
By v2com | Photos by Doublespace Photography
Canadian designers , artists and educators – Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster – were contracted to design this home that sits well on the steep site of Stoney Lake .
This house ’ s lower volume nestles into the landscape so that it is barely visible as you first approach the house . The upper volume rests on the lower one and on a concrete pier to form both a bridge and a cantilever . This massing strategy allows for increased access and permeability of the site and emphasises the charged relationship between the building and the ground .
BUILDING FEATURES
Simple , low-maintenance , long-life materials are used on the façade , including a reflective standing seam metal roof and a lapped heat-treated ( petrified ) wood cladding , while
The washroom looks towards the living room .
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