360 SMART DESIGN

L HOUSE

This project is a special take on the single-story family house.  It has a different relationship with public space: plain walls on the front facade, but all the spaces in the house open onto the interior private courtyard.

YEAR

2019

LOCATION

Saint Marys, ON, CA

DESIGN

360 Smart Design

SURFACE

3, 000 sq. ft.

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  • YEAR : 2019
  • LOCATION : Saint Marys, ON, CA
  • DESIGN : 360 Smart Design
  • SURFACE : 3, 000 sq. ft.

Situated on a generous plot, the house gave us the opportunity to create a special design, with modern volumes and straight lines.

With a different approach to the public space, the house presents to the street a large horizontal stone wall with a subtle row of windows, an entrance and garage door. It gives a glimpse of an interesting interior, yet reveals almost nothing.

The connection to the exterior draws all the parts of the house to a beautiful private courtyard with a large outdoor pool.

A central volume that houses the entrance and the staircase is the only vertical accent in the horizontally composition.

One wing of the house contains the bedrooms, bathrooms, closets, and laundry.

The other one is the heart of the house and offers an amazing open living -dining – kitchen space concept that opens to the exterior through this large floor to ceiling glass wall.  The space is dominated by a central fireplace.

This special L-shaped single-floor layout has so many advantages.

All the rooms in the house, whether bedrooms or day spaces, have an amazing view and access to the courtyard that the house encapsulates.

Another advantage is the access point and staircase to the lower level in the center of the house.

Main Floor

 

 

We chose to separate the living area of the bedrooms area in these two wings.

A special feature is the separation of the master bedroom from the other bedrooms  set in the opposite direction, both with the access from the day area and visually, by placing a stone wall between the zones, on the exterior of the house.