There remains of the old vacation residence redesigned by the Carle workshop, on the shore of a lake in the cantons-de-l’esse, that its foundations and its stone fireplace, which welcomes visitors like a commemorative monument. An unusual introduction to a project made to cross time with grace.
The house which once stood on this vast domain belonged to an American family for several generations. With her facade, her porch and her arched windows, she recalled the villas of the East Coast. Its wooden structure on rubble walls had unfortunately resisted the years. Rather than making a clean sweep of the past, the Carle workshop has chosen to rely on its history thanks to the stones present on the scene.
“We have decided to do a new construction, but by keeping a fragment of what existed, that is to say masonry, and to make it dialogue with the new project,” explains the architect Alain Carle, founder of the Montreal workshop. A challenge masterfully taken up thanks to the know-how of a mason which has set out to find local stones close to those of origin and assembled them in a traditional way.
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Photo Alex Lesage, provided by Carle workshop
Three pavilions overlook a large hilly plot.
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Photo François Roy, the press
A beautiful work of masonry using local stones unifies the new constructions with a cedar cladding.
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Photo Alex Lesage, provided by Carle workshop
French windows allow you to enjoy nature from cherry kitchen.
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Photo Alex Lesage, provided by Carle workshop
A masonry home invites you to come together in a lounge in harmony with it.
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The imprint of the past
The ground, at the entrance to the vast domain which overlooks a lake, has kept the imprint of the old building. Its foundations and fireplace, formerly in the heart of the house, indicate access to pavilions which follow the elevation of the land to the water.
Photo François Roy, the press
The architects Isaniel Lévesque and Alain Carle, founder of the Carle workshop
We have tried to respect the existing topography as much as possible. The very steep field allowed us to create a suburban house. Keeping this topography has also been a way of stimulating our creativity.
Isaniel Lévesque, architect in charge of the project
A configuration of the UR architecture, made up of three buildings in noble and durable materials present in the house of origin, allowed a harmonious integration of the project to the site. It also lends itself to the reception of the many guests of the owner and her family, in particular thanks to a floor fitted out in the basement, in a large retaining wall, giving direct access to the garden below. Relaxation and game spaces unite the wings reserved for hosts and their visitors.
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Photo Alex Lesage, provided by Carle workshop
The common pavilion houses a large chimney coat which also serves as a bench.
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Photo Alex Lesage, provided by Carle workshop
The Halls stone floor brings nature inside the house.
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Photo Alex Lesage, provided by Carle workshop
A saved limestone table and bench accompany such a mineral soil.
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Photo Alex Lesage, provided by Carle workshop
Grange wood beams give a rustic cachet to new construction.
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Of all kinds
The interior extends the intention expressed outside. The stone is found among others on the Halls soil between the pavilions, like a natural platform, and the wood is omnipresent, barn beams from the common area to the wall covering through the furniture. Without fear of mixing the essences. Cherry, oak, walnut agree despite their differences. “The variety of materials leads to interesting complexity,” points out Isaniel Lévesque.
We wanted to keep a heterogeneous whole, to bring a certain eclecticism so that the mistress of the place feels free to bring personal things there.
Alain Carle, architect and founder of the Carle workshop
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Photo Alex Lesage, provided by Carle workshop
A large abstract canvas by the artist Kim Bertelt goes to a very soothing living room in natural colors.
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Photo Alex Lesage provided by Carle workshop
The Carle workshop has designed, with the help of the wooden element cabinet firm, a tinted oak chest of drawers for a house room.
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Photo Alex Lesage, provided by Carle workshop
A crate & Barrel wooden frame bar gives character to this corner where it is good to land.
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Photo Alex Lesage, provided by Carle workshop
A canvas by the Haitian artist Bernard stays brings welcome touches in a rather neutral setting.
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Photo Alex Lesage, provided by Carle workshop
The dining room is made up of a tailor -made walnut table and ch36 chairs in smoked oak from Hans J. Wegner for Carl Hansen & Son.
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The Montreal workshop was also entrusted with the mission of furnishing and decorating the premises. An exercise in style carried out in parallel with the architectural project thanks to a team devoted to interior design. “This allows you to make choices, including more consistent construction. Furniture can change a place, ”notes Alain Carle. Antiquities therefore rub shoulders with tailor -made achievements such as the limestone stone sculptural table of a hall made to withstand the time and modes that mark it.
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