The palette of interior materials is limited and carefully detailed to allow each area to read as a continuous plane.
A counterpoint to these flat surfaces are created by using other elements and materials, such as lighted windows, see through fireplace, glass bridge on the second floor, glass tiles in the bathrooms, etc. to reinforce the light and the space created by the gearbox.
The layout of interior spaces reflects a traditional layout of the spaces in the degree of coating, the bedrooms on the second floor and an area Äòfamily, AO in the lower level.
These spaces, however, while organized by the concept of design of gear boxes, generously open to others, creating a system of informal movement perpendicular to the primary geometry, allowing an uninterrupted flow direction room room.
The views are created through these boxes, focused on the canyon landscape, from and through major interior spaces.
The outer coating consists of sealing U / V resistant wood panels with epoxy resin, cedar panels stained black and zinc. Each box is expressed as displaced wood-coated (exterior walls, ceilings, returns the recess).
The wood treatment is carried into the interior of the house through a variety of colored wooden panels, doors and woodwork to enhance the volume of space changed. details of stairs, kitchen cabinets, woodworking living room and wooden window frames contribute to an expression of the house, the AM sculptural form.
This private residence is located in a small urban site in downtown Toronto, overlooking a densely wooded ravine.
The house is well lined with tenements, maximizing your site oblong, generously open to the view of the ravine.
The house consists of a series of boxes stacked two stories linear. lateral changes between the boxes and allow light to filter space between floors, as well as the creation of a variety of outdoor spaces at ground level and the second grade.
A private pool, Äúretreat, AU a covered outdoor dining and small are part of the overall composition of the interiors and exteriors.
Toronto-based Teeple Architects won a Best of Canada Award for their work on the Heathdale House that sits along the Cedarvale Ravine. Beautifully designed in wood and glass with lots of natural light and spacious rooms, the Heathdale House is one that makes you want to have large social events every week. Hubby and I have been dreaming of buying up an entire corner in our ’hood to build such a house.
Location Toronto
Canada
Client Private
Building status built in 2004
Site type urban
Building area 3700 sqft
