Naturehumaine Architecture & Design

In Suspension

IN SUSPENSION

NatureHumaine

In Suspension
© Adrien Williams

ARCHITECTS
Naturehumaine

PHOTOGRAPHS
Adrien Williams

AREA
2000 Ft²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Montréal, Canada

CATEGORY
Houses, Renovation, House Interiors

In Suspension
© Adrien Williams

Text description provided by architect.

The client wants to transform the last two levels of a building to create living spaces for her two athletically inclined children, who are now grown adults.

The primary goal is to create a shared living space in which all utilitarian functions are shared but which still allows each person to have privacy.

The architectural concept consists in removing the floor currently separating the two levels to create a wide-open space in which two large boxes appear to float in mid-air.

In Suspension
© Adrien Williams
In Suspension
© Adrien Williams
In Suspension
© Adrien Williams

These suspended boxes, adorned with unfinished plywood panels, each contain a bedroom and a bathroom.

This configuration creates three gaps, each being two floors high; the centre gap becomes a physical exercise room with a pair of gymnastics rings.

The whole structure is connected lengthwise by a block that is painted black; the block accommodates different services, including stairways, a shower room and part of the kitchen.

In Suspension
© Adrien Williams
In Suspension
© Adrien Williams

A large island with unfinished wood painted white delineates the kitchen space, with sliding lacquered bookshelves underneath the wooden boxes.

In Suspension
© Adrien Williams
In Suspension
© Adrien Williams


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Plan 1
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Pllan 2
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Plan 3

Naturehumaine Architecture & Design
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Naturehumaine Architecture & Design
900 Rue Gilford, Montréal, QC H2J 1P2, Canada