La Shed Architecture has renovated an old residence in a Montreal neighbourhood, incorporating a roof terrace flanked by corrugated metal and a bright red-orange staircase .

Canadian studio La Shed carried out considerable remodelling functions to Maison de Gaspé, a two-storey home and garage in the district of Villeray to develop a residence for a couple and their two youthful kids.

In accordance to the architects, the property had undergone a number of transformations and fragmentations since it was very first constructed, dropping many of its authentic characteristics.

Because of this, a completely new aesthetic was chosen for the exterior, reuniting annexes below a cladding of dark red brickwork and corrugated steel sheeting.

“The facade went through a assortment of transformations in excess of time that manufactured restoration impossible,” explained the architects.

“We chose to create a modern facade that would seamlessly integrate with the surrounding housing stock.”

To reconcile the outdated and new parts of the residence with the local architectural typology, textured brickwork and blackened timber had been extra at the front of the home in trying to keep with neighbouring properties, even though far more modern day and industrial materials had been utilized to the rear.

“Relief work on the brick crowning alluded, in a modern manner, to the traditional masonry ornaments typical of the surrounding location,” the studio explained.

Glass sliding doors open onto a patch of pale timber decking in the back garden, which is ignored by massive windows set into the galvanised steel cladding of the upper storey. A chunk of this initial-floor volume was removed to produce a rooftop patio over the garage.

The single-height garage was clad in planks of pale timber to match the decking. This cladding materials continues beyond the property’s glass doors to define an interior entrance to the garage.

“This elimination allowed for an alleviation of the building’s density in relation to the backyard, while offering the backyard with further normal light and a much more open line of sight,” said the architects.

Within, the spaces are finished with pale wooden floors and white walls.

Two islands with stainless steel tops sit parallel sit in the kitchen section of the open-prepare living area. 1 offers a work surface, even though the other attributes a sunken sink and hob.

Spotlights and sliding doors are fixed onto ceiling runners, enabling the two spaces to be separated, and pantry storage and an oven are recessed into a white wall that separates the kitchen from a playroom.

In the play area a tiny door with a property-shaped profile opens into a cavity behind a chalkboard wall, offering a hideaway and playhouse for the family’s two young children.

A bookcase created from slats of pale timber runs up one side of the double-height residing space. The brilliant red-orange treads of a staircase rise to 1 side prior to the flight turns 90 degrees and disappears behind the cover of the bookshelf.

Upstairs, 3 bedrooms, two bathrooms and a review with an adjoining terrace are organized about the atrium and separated by sliding doors.

The bathrooms features glass shower screens and are covered in tiny monochrome hexagonal and square tiles.

“The black hexagonal mosaic floor as properly as solid wood horizontal surfaces act as contrasting components in relation to the omnipresent whiteness of the bathroom,” stated the architects.

A fence-like construction made from pale timber closes the examine from the atrium, even though from under the flatted framework enables the occupants views of the workplace over.

Beyond the office spot, doors open onto the roof terrace. A slim room at the end of the patio offers a storage room and acts as a screen from neighbours.

Photography is by Maxime Brouillet.

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