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Minimalist steel cabin floats above a rugged slope in Quebec

03/28/2015
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  • Bolton House Quebec lead
    After you’ve purchased a beautiful plot of land, the last thing you’d want to do is spoil the views with an incongruous house. Architecture firm <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/naturehumaine" target="_blank">Naturehumaine</a> achieved a harmonious balance between architecture and landscape with the Bolton Residence, a minimalist country home that overlooks Quebec’s rugged mountain environment. The house comprises two stacked parts: a concrete-and-wood plinth below a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/cantilever" target="_blank">cantilevered</a> steel-clad structure that’s raised in the air to create the illusion of it floating above the wooded landscape.
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  • Bolton House by Naturehumaine
    To minimize the 72-square-meter home’s environmental footprint, Naturehumaine built the structure with a timber frame and clad it with locally sourced materials, from the exterior fiber-cement panels to the interior Douglas fir plywood ceiling planks.
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    Located in the Eastern Townships, the Bolton Residence is built on a natural plateau just below the highest point on the site.
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    Its minimalist gabled form is a contemporary twist on the local vernacular architecture that mostly includes steel and wooden barns with gabled roofs.
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    The home is cooled with passive ventilation in summer and heated with a central, slow-combustion fireplace in winter.
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    The home is lit with LEDs.
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    The concrete and wood-clad ground floor contains the garage, storage, a secondary bedroom with a bathroom, and the mechanical room.
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    The cantilevered upper volumes comprises the master bedroom, a terrace, and most of the living spaces, including the kitchen, living room, and dining room arranged in an open-plan layout.
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    The Bolton Residence includes long horizontal strips of glazing installed to maximize views of Mount Orford and the valley below.
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    Bolton Residence by Naturehumaine
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    Exploded axon diagram of the Bolton House.
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    Upper floor of the Bolton Residence.
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    Lower floor of the Bolton Residence.
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Bolton House Quebec lead

After you’ve purchased a beautiful plot of land, the last thing you’d want to do is spoil the views with an incongruous house. Architecture firm Naturehumaine achieved a harmonious balance between architecture and landscape with the Bolton Residence, a minimalist country home that overlooks Quebec’s rugged mountain environment. The house comprises two stacked parts: a concrete-and-wood plinth below a cantilevered steel-clad structure that’s raised in the air to create the illusion of it floating above the wooded landscape.

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