The location of the complex is determined by the presence of a stream that runs through the land. On the south side, the linear layout of the rooms allows for a constant view of the landscape and its creek. On the north side, two distinct volumes, connected by a fully glazed entrance, appear as a long blind façade unified by a single roof.
The shape is defined by a change in the axis of the ridge, which generates a silhouette with new complexity.
Converging on a set of formal solutions, the volumes hide both storage and domestic elements to articulate a structured system. A set projected under a mathematical functional logic.
MEV by Studio Jean Verville architectes. Photograph by Maxime Brouillet.
MEV by Studio Jean Verville architectes. Photograph by Maxime Brouillet.
MEV by Studio Jean Verville architectes. Photograph by Maxime Brouillet.
Project description by Studio Jean Verville architectes
Seduced by the photographic narration illustrating the projects of Studio Jean Verville, two admirable eccentrics, passionate about art and Italian design of the 80s, invited him to design their refuge in the forest. The objective is to host their daily lives with whimsical energy, a challenge in absolute cohesion with the disruptive approach of the Studio.
The project realizes a personalized alternative universe, designed in a collaborative spirit and a ludicization approach and then developed with architectural mathematical rigour. MEV exploits the association of geometries and colours under the impetus of the rebellious universe of the Italian group, Memphis, the antithesis to monotony and the monochromatic architecture and design of his time. Constellated with meticulous manoeuvres that evoke this wacky universe of the 80s, the project celebrates a diversity of references in a system of expressive and contrasting relationships in order to communicate the personalities of the owners. For the sake of integration into the surrounding nature, this house studio reveals an organic form and a raw appearance, confronting its materials with a set of curved lines in a meticulous implementation. Its extravagance manifests in interiors with graphics, where volumes and materials development in a sparkling chromatic organization.
MEV by Studio Jean Verville architectes. Photograph by Maxime Brouillet.
The location of this eclectic ensemble is determined by the presence of a stream that crisscrosses the land. On the south side, the linear layout of the rooms allows a constant view of the landscape and its stream. On the north side, two distinct volumes, connected by an entirely glazed entrance, appear like a long blind facade unified by a single roof. While an entirely mathematical logic of functionality invites the exclusion of roof surfaces in a Boolean diagram, its shape is redefined by a shift in the axis of the ridge, which thwarts the reading of the volumetry and animates the silhouette of new complexity.
Converging in a set of formal solutions, volumes conceal both storage and domestic elements to articulate a structured system. Playing with the possibilities of visual impact, the textures, colours, and materials exploit light in a kaleidoscopic reflection. Volumes and surfaces play games of formal opposition, adorning themselves with a panache of elements, patterns, and colours vying for traces of childhood. The quintessence of the getaway in nature, the Laurentian forest welcomes the house studio on a parcel of its territory that has remained out of reach, providing a place of life and work, both vibrant and free.
