Residential Project | Ashton, Ontario
This home in Ashton, Ontario was designed around a simple idea: creating spaces that allow nature to be experienced year-round. At the heart of the project is a glazed greenhouse atrium, positioned between the kitchen and the corridor leading to the bedrooms—a space that becomes both a passage and a place.
More than a connector, the greenhouse acts as a covered garden and light-filled buffer, filtering daylight deep into the house while offering a moment of pause between the active, social areas and the quieter private spaces. As seasons change, this atrium evolves—lush and vibrant in summer, protective and sun-warmed in winter—reinforcing the home’s relationship with climate and time.
Stone walls ground the house within the landscape, while warm wood soffits and deep overhangs frame views and provide shelter. Inside, spaces flow naturally from one to another, with the greenhouse becoming a daily lived experience rather than a purely architectural gesture.
This project embraces a quiet, sustainable approach to rural living—where architecture, nature, and daily routines intersect through carefully considered transitions and enduring materials.