Mountain Chalet in Quebec, Canada

• Mountain chalet in Quebec, Canada

The modern chalet, designed RobitailleCurtis, located on a steep slope of the former ski slope of Mont-Jasper, near the village of Saint-Donat in the Canadian province of Quebec. With a height of 742 meters above sea level site is considered one of the tallest habitable places in the Laurentian Mountains and the Lanaudière region. Surrounded by a thick forest of spruce and maple trees, the building has a panoramic view of a length of 160 kilometers of scenic Lake Archambault.

House area of ​​255 square meters has been designed for a family with two school-age children as a place of rest at the weekend. Due to the steep slope of the building placed on the piles of western red cedar, which allows the snow melted and spring waters freely seek down. Every spring, a housing greens thick cover of the forest of ferns and mosses.

The house can be reached by the input bridge. Kitchen, dining room and living room connected by a single space. Along the area of ​​kitchen and dining area is located more than 8 meters long with a window sill of American cherry wood. The kitchen has a large central island from the surface of the same material. The island, as well as a long box, provide a sufficiently wide and comfortable common recreation area for family and guests gathered together after a long skiing. The island accommodates a gas stove and sink, so that the owner will never have to turn your back on an exciting species or to family and friends. The living room occupies the southern side of the chalet, where daylight can enter from three sides. Here create the cozy comfort of a small fireplace from Belgium and another seat by the window with a beautiful view of the mountains. Right next to the living room through a glass sliding door you can see the terrace to relax in the warm season.

In the northern part of the main common areas are designed master bedroom and bathroom with large windows that maintain a visual link structure with the surrounding landscape.

On the lower level and children's bedrooms, and a guest bedroom, a sauna and a lower living room overlook directly on the lake and forest. In one of the children's rooms specially designed bunk bed of birch plywood, and the other has a comfortable bed with a modern fitted top of the mattress is flush with the sill. Spa area occupies the lower deck with a panoramic view of the forest.

Outside the building evenly trimmed siding of bog white cedar. Wide eaves of the roof and ceiling throughout the interior of the main common areas are decorated with wood of western red cedar.

thermal protection system chalet carefully detalizovannye to reduce thermal bridges and energy consumption.

Photos: Marc Cramer