Strato Castor designed by D?HOUNDT+BAJART Architects & Associates, « There?s a blackberry bush of this type upstream to Stamper house, a very dense thicket, so tangled and bushy, that even bears bypass it: around the bones left by deer and covered with moss, and the mooses that get caught up when they try to clear a pass through, stands a wall of spines that seems to be totally impenetrable.

When the spring?s sun used to shine above the blackberry bush, the light would filter through the leaves, enough for Hank to clear path, and he would spend hours on all fours, exploring the feasible ways. »
Photography: Pierre Rogeaux
Ken Kesey, Sometimes A Great Notion (Et quelquefois j?ai une grande idée), Monsieur Toussaint Louverture, p.136.
The residents have preferred to enlarge their home rather than moving elsewhere, as they are in love with their neighborhood. Raised by one floor, the Castor House (Maison Castor ) stands out from a row of brick houses, semi-detached and symmetric. As if it has grown overnight, it finds itself covered by a surprising new level wearing a tangle of wooden battens strangely reminding of an animal house.

The elevation, with its simple geometry and proportions, is similar to a Monopoly house: four sides, pitched roof. Recognizable at first glance, it expresses the familiar image of the small house in the urban zones. Painted in red-orange metallic color, the covering, as a superposition of anarchic trellises, covers the added building.
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