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Stacey-Turley Residence

Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Dates: 2011-2013
Task: To design a “forever” home on a narrow lot for a young family

Design Challenge:

The requirements for this project called for the design of a small home that would respond to the evolving life needs of a young couple, with two small boys, who intend to live their lives here for the next half century. A significant spatial challenge from the start of the project was that the maximum allowable width of the house could only be twenty-four feet, hence the house would necessarily need to be long; because windows on the long sides of the home were greatly restricted by zoning regulations, there was an immediate design challenge to bring light into the long interior volume that otherwise would be dark.

Design Solution:

The home is set as far back as possible within a contoured landscape, effectively turning the “basement” into a “lower level” that opens fully to the light and views of the large front garden. Here, and as well above on the main floor, the front wall comprises a floor-to-ceiling glass accordion-door system that can open 100% to the landscape. On the main floor, the roof overhang is calibrated to block the higher-angled summer sun, while the lower-angled winter sun penetrates the home. The Insulated Concrete Form walls (ICF) and the poured concrete, radiant heated floors capture and hold the warmth of the winter sun, gradually releasing the heat throughout the home in the evening. The sloped roof continues through the interior and reaches fourteen-feet to catch light and to create a “chimney effect” that accelerates breezes down the length of the house, eliminating the need for air conditioning. Light is brought into the center of the home through an ensuite whose volume hovers in a large opening in the floor plate; the bathroom is fitted with expansive skylights and clerestory, allowing daylight to spill through that opening, illuminating both levels.

Behind the high-efficiency wood stove hang four bronze plaques engraved with a quote that was provided by the client at the outset of the project as a direction for the spirit of the design:

“It is proper to every gathering that the gatherers assemble to coordinate their efforts to the sheltering; only when they have gathered together with that end in view do they begin to gather.”
Martin Heidegger, Logos

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    Narrow house on the narrow lot

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    Architect: Kariouk Associates
    Photography: Photolux Studio

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    Narrow modern house with orange exterior

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    Architect: Kariouk Associates
    Photography: Photolux Studio

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    A modern small house for a long narrow lot

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    Architect: Kariouk Associates
    Photography: Photolux Studio

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    Contemporary orange house

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    Architect: Kariouk Associates
    Photography: Photolux Studio

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    Clean up area before you come in house

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    Architect: Kariouk Associates
    Photography: Photolux Studio

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    Black tile behind the stove

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    Architect: Kariouk Associates
    Photography: Photolux Studio

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    Narrow open-plan living room with bright color accents

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    Architect: Kariouk Associates
    Photography: Photolux Studio

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    The yellow volume of the master bathroom

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    Architect: Kariouk Associates
    Photography: Photolux Studio

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    Yellow wall in the middle of the room

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    Architect: Kariouk Associates
    Photography: Photolux Studio

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    Bridge linking the living space to the master bedroom

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    Dark tiled floor with yellow cabinets and white walls

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    Architect: Kariouk Associates
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