Revelstoke
Revelstoke Design
Type
Year
ft2
Status
Services
Location
Residential
2017
Home
On Paper
Design
Revelstoke, British Columbia
SJ House
SJ House
Year
ft2
Status
2018
1600
Early concept
SJ House is an early concept put together for an acreage of farmland outside of Stonewall, Manitoba. The house prioritized views to the south where a strong tree line provides a living backdrop to large kitchen / living room. The south views also maximize solar gains through the winter when the sun is low in the sky and can reach deep into the house.
By extending the roofline an additional 5 feet beyond the south side of the house we were able to provide shade to the interior during the summer months while blurring the transition between interior and exterior with the continuation of structure beyond the building envelope and floor to ceiling glazing.
The main axis in the home features windows on either end, ensuring the occupant is always moving toward a view of the exterior. The two L-shaped stone walls were to be sourced from the farmland surrounding the site and thought of as way to ground the home, while providing a structural symmetry to the floor plan.
Bower Design
Bower Design
Type
Year
ft2
Status
Services
Location
Residential
2018
2350 (Main House), 775 (Secondary Suite)
On Paper
Design
Winnipeg, Manitoba
We envisioned a modular system of repeating 12’ grid that removes the need for any large structural members. Since our pile layout is typically on a 12 foot grid as well, this gesture wouldn’t end up causing a need for any additional foundation requirements or costs.
Next we considered building as many things as we could within an enclosed shop environment where insulation, building wrap, strapping, siding, staining and flashing could all be installed or applied conveniently on sawhorses.
This got us thinking, could a window frame be milled in advance to receive a perfectly complimentary bracket for the eventual window covering? Installation of said window covering would then take a fraction of the time of typical installation. The components would seamlessly compliment each other.
