‘residence alma’ by atelier barda is a total renovation project of a 20th-century triplex home in montreal, canada, preserving its present façade. the architects sought to regard the building’s heritage, proceeding only to subtle variations on the initial factors, and reinforcing the changeover concerning previous and new. the focal position of the single-spouse and children dwelling is an open-air courtyard that provides a pop of green to the in any other case tender and demure inside.all illustrations or photos courtesy of alex lesage, threefold
atelier barda centered on 3 archetype design and style ideas: the loggia, the passageway, and the colonnade. the venture centered on revitalized the current professional floor degree, as very well as connecting two upper floor residences. the architects created subtly cuts and additions to the façade — to deliver more discreet entry to the residence — which include rounded brick columns that wonderful contrast with the demanding angular structure of the original structure, when absolutely redesigning the inside.
atelier barda compressed the ceiling heights to variety a new fourth amount serving as a rooftop mezzanine. on the next stage of the setting up, the studio built a visitor’s suite outfitted with a few bedrooms, a kitchen, dining place, dwelling home, and two bogs. the mezzanine accommodates the primary kitchen area and dining home of the residence, opening on to a vegetable backyard terrace at a person conclude, and an outdoor dining and lounging terrace at the other.
an 18sqm open up-air courtyard, enclosed in glass internally, was made, penetrating the 3rd level separating the residing place region from the grasp bedroom. extruding vertically, the courtyard characteristics lush vegetation, seating spots, and a japanese soaking tub, bringing a great deal of natural mild into the developing. in addition, it involves two non-public rooftop terraces having shape as bookends for the aforementioned mezzanine degree.
‘the client likes to entertain, so we made a decision to contain the kitchen and eating home on the mezzanine amount due to the fact of the obtain it gives to the two terraces,’ they describe. ‘the inside of the mezzanine provides easy access to the terraces, even though externally they are separated by the opening of the inside courtyard, which supplies views down into the 3rd degree.’
the inside aesthetic is characterized by subtle touches of luxury, cleanse lines, and minute detailing. the organization worked carefully with suppliers to produce certain finishes, these kinds of as the oiled oak hardwood floors of the residence, ensuring a sensitive harmony of heat and coloration that resonates during the area. the studio avoided the extreme ornamentation and overdesign — for example curtains — whilst the minimalistic technique maintains a harmony of the white partitions and black trimmings.
personalized-manufactured furnishings made by neighborhood artisans finish the dwelling and custom-made black terrazzo vanities and washbasins clad the grasp bathroom. the bathroom’s black terrazzo floors lengthen seamlessly into the shower, offering a visible continuity that is replicated in the extension of the main bedroom’s picket flooring to the paneling of its dressing area.
‘within the walls of the initial façade, we have built this type of italian ‘baldacchino’ that sits atop an older construction,’ conclude the architects. ‘it’s a pretty discreet intervention, but loaded with sophisticated technical layout features and transformations that are only disclosed inside the envelope.’
venture info:
identify: residence alma
architects: atelier barda
locale: montréal, canada
area spot: 668.9 sqm (7,200 sq. ft.)
design: le kutsch
photography: alex lesage, threefold
videography: pierre-alexandre guay
christina petridou I designboom
jul 31, 2021