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The In-Between House
The In-Between House
Vancouver, Canada
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The In-Between House
Vancouver, Canada
This project tackles affordable housing options by developing an infill house to provide a functional, reasonably priced and highly sustainable two-bedroom home within Vancouver’s strict laneway house guidelines for a young couple wanting to raise a family.
The overall design maximizes the living area while maintaining a strong relationship with the lane, the street and the existing property. Despite its small area, the project provides considerable interior and exterior livable spaces such as two-home office areas, two washrooms, a den, a master bedroom and three covered outdoor spaces. This laneway infill provides density to the neighbourhood by engaging the laneway while contributing to Vancouver’s eco-density goals of increased livability and reduced environmental impacts.
The house is designed with a clear formal concept driven by sustainability objectives. The main floor is comprised of two volumes separated by a small courtyard and stairwell. This division of the simple volumes introduces ambiguity between indoors and outdoors making the perceived space feel larger. This narrow space also plays a role in increasing daylighting and natural ventilation via the staircase and skylight while a tree terminates the spatial expansion of the courtyard and provides shading in the summer to prevent excessive solar heat gain.
The overall design maximizes the living area while maintaining a strong relationship with the lane, the street and the existing property. Despite its small area, the project provides considerable interior and exterior livable spaces such as two-home office areas, two washrooms, a den, a master bedroom and three covered outdoor spaces. This laneway infill provides density to the neighbourhood by engaging the laneway while contributing to Vancouver’s eco-density goals of increased livability and reduced environmental impacts.
The house is designed with a clear formal concept driven by sustainability objectives. The main floor is comprised of two volumes separated by a small courtyard and stairwell. This division of the simple volumes introduces ambiguity between indoors and outdoors making the perceived space feel larger. This narrow space also plays a role in increasing daylighting and natural ventilation via the staircase and skylight while a tree terminates the spatial expansion of the courtyard and provides shading in the summer to prevent excessive solar heat gain.
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