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DESIGN 375º : 10 000 Young Montrealers Mobilized to Beautify their Schools
Youth Fusion

Dans le cadre de ce projet Design 375° de Fusion Jeunesse, en collaboration avec RBC, le Conseil des gouverneurs de la Société des célébrations du 375e anniversaire de Montréal et le Gouvernement du Québec, les élèves de 5e année de l’école Nesbitt ont créé un espace de détente pour discuter, relaxer et lire un bon livre. Leur nouveau lounge chaleureux, ludique et coloré inclut des bancs et des boîtes à fleurs (construits en collaboration avec l’école nationale du meuble et de l’ébénisterie) ainsi qu’une installation artistique sur la clôture attenante.

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Thierry Bossé

DESIGN 375º : 10 000 Young Montrealers Mobilized to Beautify their Schools
Youth Fusion

Dans le cadre de ce projet Design 375° de Fusion Jeunesse, en collaboration avec RBC, le Conseil des gouverneurs de la Société des célébrations du 375e anniversaire de Montréal et le Gouvernement du Québec, les élèves de la classe FPT (formation préparatoire au travail) de l'école Saint-Henri ont poursuivi le réaménagement de l’îlot vert entamé l’an dernier. En plus d’y installer un piano public, ils ont conçu et créé des tables hexagonales munies de toits, des bancs installés dans les escaliers, des poubelles ainsi qu’un croque-livres. Ils ont aussi bonifié le verdissement de l’espace, en plantant entre autres, leurs propres semis, avec la collaboration de l’éco-quartier du sud-ouest, l’EMSOM, Alternatives et Soverdi. L’objectif des élèves était de rendre la cour plus intéressante et agréable pour les élèves de l’école, mais également les résidents et passants du quartier. 

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Thierry Bossé

Provencher_Roy announces the appointment of new partners
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Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

The white exterior helps register the seasons, distinct amidst the green fields of summer, and melding into a winter landscape of waning light and snow.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

Landscape manipulations embed and connect the house to its site: constructed with fieldstone found on the property, low retaining walls create a foundational plinth for the house and an enhanced sectional dynamic.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

Inside, floors and walls made from white oak and knotty white cedar are textured and warm. In contrast, the ceiling above the main space is white, expansive and seemingly boundless. The distinct difference in materiality echoes the meeting of land and sky outside.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

A view from the primary living space through to the courtyard.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

Large bifold doors disappear, blurring the boundaries between interior and exterior space.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

The warm oak and cedar floors and walls contrast beautifully with the rough texture of the stone fireplace and the carved geometries of the sculpturally articulated ceiling planes.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

Judiciously placed skylights in the soaring pitched roof planes of the house allow soft washes of light to illuminate the interior.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

An intimate second-floor study provides views of the surrounding landscape through a triangulated window framed by the home’s pitched roof.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

A hidden stair between the kitchen and principal bedroom suite connects the main space with a loft above.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

Spaces are oriented to capture different views of the landscape. Here, the bedroom enjoys a long view to over almost 100 acres of farmland.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

A view from the bedroom suite into the expansive central family space.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

The house looks to the east and west during the winter months onto forest and harvested farmland. Toward the end of spring, the opening of the central space’s bifold doors refocuses the view to the north and south onto hills and emerging crops.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

Two wings at right angles partially enclose an intimately scaled outdoor courtyard.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

A view of the courtyard and covered dining space from Phase Two.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

This is a project that is built to improve with age. The exterior displays the firm’s commitment to an architecture that endures, manifest in the use of low-maintenance construction materials such as cement-board siding, aluminum windows and a steel roof. Such efforts have resulted in Compass House receiving LEED Gold certification.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

Transcending ordinary domestic programming, Compass House creates a place of spiritual resonance that orients and heightens one’s experience of the surrounding environment.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame

Compass House by superkül Named Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner
superkül

Set back into the 200-acre property and away from the road, the house is nestled into the land and against a line of trees that act as a windbreak and provide a sense of enclosure. The house virtually disappears into the snowy whiteness of the winter landscape.

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Ben Rahn / A-Frame