Project Name: Maison Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Project Type: Semi-Detached Single-Family Home Renovation
Location: Outremont, Montreal
Area: 1,842 sq ft per floor
Renovation Completion: 2023
Photographer: Studio CRBN
Structural Engineer: Alexandre Mercier Linteau
General Contractor: Des outils et des Hommes rénovations Inc.
Award:
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN
Architecture and Glass: Gold Certification
Architecture and Renovation: Silver Certification
Home under 2,000 sq ft: Silver Certification
The Côte-Sainte-Catherine house project consists of the renovation of a two-storey single-family residence, located on Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine in Outremont. The family wanted to decompartmentalize the living spaces on the ground floor in order to introduce as much natural light as possible into the heart of the house. Upstairs, the project also consisted of renovating the two bathrooms and creating a master suite.
The common areas were really dark. Only a forgotten three-season solarium, behind the residence, was bathed in light. Le Borgne Rizk Architecture made the bet to relocate the kitchen in the solarium in order to regain an abundance of light. This idea suggested a lot of technical issues to solve, but an opportunity to redefine the use of this residual part. Obviously, the result of this gesture was worth all the stakes.
As an opening on the light, the window essentially symbolizes receptivity. The owners have appropriated the edge of the window, multiplying plants, herbs and hydroponic shoots near the windows, thus creating a garden in the kitchen. This glass wall offers, in summer, the contemplation of a perceptible mass of greenery in the common areas. The doors of the adjoining rooms have therefore been designed in glass to bring the inhabitants and nature together in a poetic way, where plants jostle for the sun. The symbolic meaning of light was born from the contemplation of nature, and materializes in the Côte-Sainte-Catherine house through the multiplication of windows and glass doors, where light takes on its full meaning.