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The Aldo House
Contemporary Home Ontario, Canada ? design by Prototype Design Lab architects
10 Oct 2016
The Aldo House in Mississauga
Design: Prototype Design Lab, architects
Location: Mississauga, Lake Ontario, Canada

The Aldo House is comprised of three slipping volumes of varying heights and lengths, staggered to respond to site and programmatic conditions. Each one is clad with a different material to hint at its interior function: cumaru wood planks; white quartz stone; and custom, diamond-shaped corten steel panels. The interior of the house continues the clear lines and filigreed details of the exterior.

The house is punctured by an atrium that runs the full-length of the house, topped with an equally long skylight. It is through this space that one first enters the house, through a patterned-brass screen. The focus of the atrium is a suspended, sculptural stair that runs parallel to an interior bamboo garden. The risers are solid walnut wood, and protrude seamlessly from a patterned wall punctured with sculptural, cast-aluminum recesses. These rain-drop like pieces are illuminated from within and are designed to feature a collection of small objects.
The rest of the building is developed around this central axis, continuing the game of harmonic volumes. Next to this architectonic path appears the most public area with the living room, dining room and kitchen, which opens directly ...