{"id":3132,"date":"2018-12-25T09:11:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T08:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.listonegiordano.com\/gulf-islands-residence\/"},"modified":"2020-01-23T12:03:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T11:03:27","slug":"gulf-islands-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listonegiordano.com\/one\/en\/architecture\/gulf-islands-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf Islands Residence: buen retiro in Canadian forests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AA Robins<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Gulf Islands are a small archipelago off\nVancouver, in the Strait of Georgia, between\nVancouver Island and British Columbia. Their\nlush, unspoiled nature offers a landscape of\nconifer forests sloping down to the sea, and\nwarrants National Park status.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This family holiday home, commissioned\nfrom Tony Robins of the AA Robins practice,\nis situated in a cove and is hidden among\ncoastline trees. The home achieves a careful\nand beautiful balance through the building\u2019s\nforms, which fold back on themselves like\nsheets of paper in a piece of origami.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raised above ground-level on slim circular\npilotis <\/em>and open-faced concrete walls, the\nbuilding\u2019s volumes are clad in a rust-colored\nsteel alloy that blends in with the arbutus\ntrees growing all around. Hidden and\nsuspended, the residence offers sheltered\noutdoor living areas, including an infinity\npool that blends into the ocean and forest\nbeyond.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Built entirely out of pre-fabricated elements, the majority of the residence is contained within a suspended parallelepiped: some 57 m long, it is supported by columns and walls that rise between 2 and 6 m above ground-level, offering bedrooms and the home\u2019s private areas. The ground floor flows in continuity with the outdoors, enjoying completely unfettered views over the ocean through a system of glazing that can be fully opened, making it possible to combine indoors and outdoors while benefiting from the shelter of the building\u2019s bulk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A sense of high-quality space pervades the entire residence: the length-based plan, which exploits the spectacle of the coast to the utmost, helps orient visitors in the unfolding spaces, offering them a sense of intimacy and introspection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Material selection was vital to defining the\nvarious room spaces. The ground floor, with\nits granite flooring and a ceiling clad in\ncedarwood running from the swimming pool\nto the dining area, offers continuity between\nindoors and outdoors, while different\nflooring types outline the various interior\nareas to create a sense of transition.\nThe home successfully banishes the border between natural and manmade, fostering an inseparable dialogue between architecture and nature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A response to the natural landscape of a small cove on an island in an archipelago off the waters of Vancouver, this home\u2019s form and colors, hidden and concealed by the trees, make the most of the spectacle of this stretch of ocean coast. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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