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West 3rd Ave Residence
West 3rd Ave Residence
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West 3rd Ave Residence
Vancouver, Canada
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2016
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
Airy, sophisticated, and finely detailed. The West Third Residence is a fresh arrival in West Coast design.
The West Third Residence is a newly built project consisting of a two-bedroom home plus laneway studio located in Vancouver’s picturesque Point Grey district. Texturally rich and highly crafted, while remaining dutifully utilitarian, the dwelling’s form is a response to its challenging site conditions and its inhabitant’s vision for simplicity, flexibility, and expression.
To address an unusually narrow, long, and steep site, the building is conceived as a set of stacked offset volumes, which maximize natural light while offering privacy and framed views. Upon entering the home, a calming palette of poured-in-place terrazzo and board formed concrete walls greets the visitor, while custom ash wood millwork infuses warmth throughout the interior of the space. A modest office nests at the front of the home and captures views towards the front garden and the Pacific Ocean beyond.
The first of the residence’s two bedrooms lies just beyond the office. In place of conventional framed walls, the millwork acts as the bedroom’s separating wall, providing both privacy and discrete storage. To meet the client’s vision for flexibility, a retractable wall can easily separate the room into a bedroom and room for additional guests. Just outside the bedroom sits a small kitchen for quick prep items by guests, as well as the lower floor bathroom, laundry room and utility area.
A suspended central staircase serves as the home’s main organizing feature. Extending three stories through a full-height glass atrium, the staircase provides an impressive anchoring form while the atrium helps to invite natural light and ventilation deep into the center of the home.
The home’s second floor is largely open plan in design allowing for sweeping views of Vancouver’s iconic city and ocean scenery and houses the kitchen, dining and living areas. Further delivering on the client’s call for flexibility, folding multi-paneled doors leading to the patio transform the space into a gorgeous indoor-outdoor experience. Like the first floor, custom millwork discreetly hides storage and appliances throughout.
Beyond the open plan area sits the main floor bathroom and library—each offering an unexpected delight of colour and contrast to the airy and earthy palette of the rest of the home. The bathroom presents a bold display of crimson tile work, operable porthole window, and, in a nod to its seaside location, a custom ‘oyster’ sink.
The library, meanwhile, presents an intimate hideaway where inhabitants can retreat from worldly distractions. Part entertainment space, part oasis, the library earns its coziness from a heady use of burled redwood for its interior walls and ceiling paneling.
Outside the library sits the home’s back garden and laneway home. Like the front garden, the backyard offers a terraced experience that leads visitors from the main home to the two-story garage and laneway studio.
Beyond its functional purposes, the garage/studio also solves the project's steep site challenge. Most neighbouring garages in the area sit perched at the top of their steep, and largely unusable yards. At the West Third Residence however, the addition of the studio below earned the project city approval to lower rear grade thereby creating a usable rear yard.
Back inside, the visitor at last heads to the master bedroom retreat. Like the main floor, the third floor follows an open plan design to give inhabitants a frictionless experience of the breathtaking natural views. A custom hot tub on the room’s expansive outdoor patio completes the experience. In a nod to the client's Brazilian ties, the hot tub’s exterior design incorporates a playful mosaic of black and white tiles reminiscent of those on the boardwalks of Copacabana.
Many sustainability strategies mitigate the project’s impact on the environment, including:
• Triple glazed windows
• Solar hot water heating system and hot tub heat recovery system
• 1,700-gallon cistern for capturing rainwater to feed toilets, landscape, and green roof
• Passive cooling and ventilation strategies (no air conditioning)
• Natural lighting through atrium and stairwell
• Use of FSC certified wood throughout
The West Third Residence is a newly built project consisting of a two-bedroom home plus laneway studio located in Vancouver’s picturesque Point Grey district. Texturally rich and highly crafted, while remaining dutifully utilitarian, the dwelling’s form is a response to its challenging site conditions and its inhabitant’s vision for simplicity, flexibility, and expression.
To address an unusually narrow, long, and steep site, the building is conceived as a set of stacked offset volumes, which maximize natural light while offering privacy and framed views. Upon entering the home, a calming palette of poured-in-place terrazzo and board formed concrete walls greets the visitor, while custom ash wood millwork infuses warmth throughout the interior of the space. A modest office nests at the front of the home and captures views towards the front garden and the Pacific Ocean beyond.
The first of the residence’s two bedrooms lies just beyond the office. In place of conventional framed walls, the millwork acts as the bedroom’s separating wall, providing both privacy and discrete storage. To meet the client’s vision for flexibility, a retractable wall can easily separate the room into a bedroom and room for additional guests. Just outside the bedroom sits a small kitchen for quick prep items by guests, as well as the lower floor bathroom, laundry room and utility area.
A suspended central staircase serves as the home’s main organizing feature. Extending three stories through a full-height glass atrium, the staircase provides an impressive anchoring form while the atrium helps to invite natural light and ventilation deep into the center of the home.
The home’s second floor is largely open plan in design allowing for sweeping views of Vancouver’s iconic city and ocean scenery and houses the kitchen, dining and living areas. Further delivering on the client’s call for flexibility, folding multi-paneled doors leading to the patio transform the space into a gorgeous indoor-outdoor experience. Like the first floor, custom millwork discreetly hides storage and appliances throughout.
Beyond the open plan area sits the main floor bathroom and library—each offering an unexpected delight of colour and contrast to the airy and earthy palette of the rest of the home. The bathroom presents a bold display of crimson tile work, operable porthole window, and, in a nod to its seaside location, a custom ‘oyster’ sink.
The library, meanwhile, presents an intimate hideaway where inhabitants can retreat from worldly distractions. Part entertainment space, part oasis, the library earns its coziness from a heady use of burled redwood for its interior walls and ceiling paneling.
Outside the library sits the home’s back garden and laneway home. Like the front garden, the backyard offers a terraced experience that leads visitors from the main home to the two-story garage and laneway studio.
Beyond its functional purposes, the garage/studio also solves the project's steep site challenge. Most neighbouring garages in the area sit perched at the top of their steep, and largely unusable yards. At the West Third Residence however, the addition of the studio below earned the project city approval to lower rear grade thereby creating a usable rear yard.
Back inside, the visitor at last heads to the master bedroom retreat. Like the main floor, the third floor follows an open plan design to give inhabitants a frictionless experience of the breathtaking natural views. A custom hot tub on the room’s expansive outdoor patio completes the experience. In a nod to the client's Brazilian ties, the hot tub’s exterior design incorporates a playful mosaic of black and white tiles reminiscent of those on the boardwalks of Copacabana.
Many sustainability strategies mitigate the project’s impact on the environment, including:
• Triple glazed windows
• Solar hot water heating system and hot tub heat recovery system
• 1,700-gallon cistern for capturing rainwater to feed toilets, landscape, and green roof
• Passive cooling and ventilation strategies (no air conditioning)
• Natural lighting through atrium and stairwell
• Use of FSC certified wood throughout
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