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Ottawa, Canada

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Java

Ottawa, Canada

Firm

Shean Architects

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2022

SIZE

3000 sqft - 5000 sqft

BUDGET

$1M - 5M

Java Residence
Expansive horizontal sliding canopies melding with a deliberate and sublime moulding of natural light allow this home to find its place in the Wellington West neighbourhood. Articulated within these planes are rooms that play with private and public street presence; negotiating the relationship an urban lot has to its natural surrounding and its built context.
The strategic placement of full height windows allows ambient light to softly slide across the floors and ceilings, travelling through the house interplaying with highly precise alignments of textures and planes. The house becomes a conversation between rooms as each receives and communicates its positioning on the lot under the extended overhangs.
The concepts of inside and outside are reflected upon entry as the dropped area known as a Genkan uses a rough porcelain to mirror the exterior, forming a rougher area inside for the removal of shoes. Vertical wall treatments of maple throughout the entry echo the grasses or small trees before entering the proper interior of the home. Walnut screens provide glimpses into the stairwell, courtyard and to the living areas beyond.
The open riser stair detailed with a heavier wrapped maple tread receives morning light through the eastern courtyard, allowing the descent from the upper level to be filled with a soft welcoming of morning light. The Living and dining open to the rear yard and to the kitchen, all connected through the same eastern courtyard and long overhangs. The four bedrooms on the second floor each have an individual relationship to the light of the courtyards, the eastern stairwell, and the second-floor interior southern courtyard. Individual connections are also formed with the surrounding tree canopies and distinct positions on the lot, bringing a cohesive appreciation of the sophisticated relationship between light, the interior and the surrounding environment.

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