KaSa

Toronto, Canada

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KaSa

Toronto, Canada

Firm

Ibañez Kim

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2022

SIZE

3000 sqft - 5000 sqft

BUDGET

$1M - 5M

KaSa is a quiet haven located along a valley in Toronto's busy north suburbs.
The clients are therapists with young children. Their two-story home is conceived as four characters interlocking around a central atrium. Each character contains a bedroom above and a ground-floor element, such as the kitchen or living room, below. The steel frames for each character rest upon each other for both vertical and lateral support.
This arrangement provides a pinwheel plan where the views and moments of rest are found off-axes. Each of the four characters are accessed from a bright, double-height atrium and projecting stair covered by an oversize glass skylight.
The exterior materials are stacked: metal siding and panels of zinc above for the walls, roof and inset windows of each bedroom, and Japanese charred wood, and cedar siding at their base. These materials find moments where they fold inside the house.
The windows also have double formats. At ground level they pop-out over the landscaping, then recede above for privacy at each bedroom. A soft light reflects from the simple palette of interior surfaces: charred and cedar wood, white plaster, and cedar floors.

Lead Architects: Mariana Ibañez, Simon Kim

Design Team: Adam Schroth, Darle Shinsato, Andrew Matia, Tyler Swingle, Jan Kwan, Cheyenne Vandevoorde, Wenqi Huang

Photography: Kim Jeffery and OTBx Air

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KaSa

Toronto, Canada

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Toronto, Canada

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