Two Hulls House in Port Mouton
Two Hulls House, Nova Scotia Home, Port Mouton Property, Canadian Building Images, Architecture
Two Hulls House in Port Mouton
Port Mouton Home Property, Contemporary Building, Canada ? design by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
30 Mar 2017
Two Hulls House
Location: Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Design: MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
Two Hulls House
photo © Greg Richardson
Two Hulls House is situated in a glaciated, coastal landscape with a cool maritime climate. The geomorphology of the site consists of granite bedrock and boulder till, creating pristine white sand beaches, and turquoise waters.
photo © James Brittain
Two pavilions float above the shoreline like two ship’s hulls up on cradles for the winter, forming protected outdoor spaces both between and under them.
photos © James Brittain
Like a pair of binoculars, Two Hulls acts as a landscape viewing instrument, effortlessly framing the environment. A concrete seawall on the foreshore protects the house from rogue waves.
photos © James Brittain
Two Hulls House touches the land lightly, by sitting on concrete fins, in order to minimally impact the fragile land and flora.
photos © Greg Richardson
This is a permanent home for a family of four consisting of a day pavilion and a night pavilion. One approaches the understated, abstract public façade, then through the foyer, then right to the sleeping pavilion, or left into the living pavilion.
photos © James Brittain
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