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house in grey county
house in grey county
Grey County, ON, Canada
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Other Projects by Ian MacDonald Architect Inc
house in grey county
Grey County, ON, Canada
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Built
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2008
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In a sense, the house is a non-building, subtly distinguished from the ground plane when viewed on approach; designed to place the inhabitant in particular relationships to the site. The design intent is to provide a spatial framework that will heighten one’s appreciation for and experience of the site, while asserting minimal presence into the landscape. With flat roofs planted in material consistent with that of the meadow, two rectangular wings (one private, one public), are embedded in the landscape and configure, in concert with the existing barn, a civilized courtyard oriented toward the principle view. The design intentions can best be understood within the frameworks of sequential experience, complimentary landscape relationships and environmental sensitivity.
One arrives to the property by ascending a tree lined road, which dead ends at the entrance to the site, just east and up hill from the barn. Upon entering the site, one is presented with a glimpse of a distant valley landscape to the north. Incised into the slope, the L shaped composition of flat roofed single storey elements withholds the dominant naturally framed westward view to the valley beyond. The path to the front door delivers one to a space carved out of the meadow, beneath a generous canopy designed using a building section typical of other pubic spaces in the house. At this point, one’s experience is that of containment within a subtly civilized space in the landscape, structured with dry laid stone retaining walls. The western view to the valley below is revealed only after one progresses through a narrow, elongated approach, to the public wing of the house. The west edge of this space is fully glazed, and addresses itself over a discrete, flat, civilized grass court foreground, to the distant view beyond, framed by the barn and a grouping of existing trees.
The building addresses itself to two outdoor landscapes, designed to provide complimentary experiences throughout the year. The long westward view is the most dramatic, and in large part defines one’s memory the house. The court space serving the entry, kitchen and den is embedded in the meadow landscape, and provides a protected outdoor realm of containment that anchors the project and compliments the extension of space and exposure provided by the defining westward view.
One arrives to the property by ascending a tree lined road, which dead ends at the entrance to the site, just east and up hill from the barn. Upon entering the site, one is presented with a glimpse of a distant valley landscape to the north. Incised into the slope, the L shaped composition of flat roofed single storey elements withholds the dominant naturally framed westward view to the valley beyond. The path to the front door delivers one to a space carved out of the meadow, beneath a generous canopy designed using a building section typical of other pubic spaces in the house. At this point, one’s experience is that of containment within a subtly civilized space in the landscape, structured with dry laid stone retaining walls. The western view to the valley below is revealed only after one progresses through a narrow, elongated approach, to the public wing of the house. The west edge of this space is fully glazed, and addresses itself over a discrete, flat, civilized grass court foreground, to the distant view beyond, framed by the barn and a grouping of existing trees.
The building addresses itself to two outdoor landscapes, designed to provide complimentary experiences throughout the year. The long westward view is the most dramatic, and in large part defines one’s memory the house. The court space serving the entry, kitchen and den is embedded in the meadow landscape, and provides a protected outdoor realm of containment that anchors the project and compliments the extension of space and exposure provided by the defining westward view.
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