Naturehumaine adds rodded stairwell to Bessborough Residence in Montreal
Canadian studio Naturehumaine has overhauled a 1950s duplex in Montreal, placing a slatted black volume at its centre alongside other stark contemporary surfaces.
Bessborough Residence is single-family home in the Canadian city's Notre-Dame-de-Gra?ce neighbourhood, whose ground floor was revamped by local design studio Naturehumaine.
Spanning 900 square feet (85 square metres), the project involved the renovation of the main level and the addition of a new stairwell as a focal point.
"The challenge was to open this 900-square-foot space by maximising living spaces while keeping a certain sense of spatial division," said the studio. "The architectural concept is built around three 'blocks'."
One of these blocks acts as the redesigned core of the house, and is wrapped in evenly spaced black rods that run from floor to ceiling. The unit conceals steps down to the lower level, as well as creating room for a coat closet. "This volume plays on its transparency by using a rhythm between full and empty, with variations of glass, steel rods and medium-density fibreboard (MDF) panels," said the studio.
This black construction is found upon entering, past another stairwell that leads to a separate apartment upstairs.
The new staircase leads to a lower level, which belongs to the owner and contains a lounge, another bedroom and bathroom, and a one-car garage.
The boxy unit aids circulation on the ground floor, as well as acting as a buffer between ...
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