Appareil Structure makes use of minimal palette to replace 1960s Montreal house
Darkish slate tiles, white marble and wooden are among the many supplies that Canadian studio Appareil Structure has used within the renovation of a mid-century house in Montreal to “foster concord” with present particulars.
Appareil Structure designed the overhaul for a residence within the metropolis’s Outremont neighbourhood, which was accomplished within the 1960s by Montreal architect Jean Ouelle.
The native studio was tasked with renovating the mid-century household home with modern parts that also honoured the constructing’s modernist appeal, akin to its linear kind and easy supplies of wooden and stone.
A key aspect of the decor is the pared-down palette of gray, white and black hues. This characteristic is meant to enliven the interiors in a cohesive method.
“All through the mission, explicit consideration was given to the present constructing to focus on its authentic character and foster concord between previous and new parts,” mentioned Appareil Structure.
“The interventions honour the present structure whereas modernising the area to make it extra useful and welcoming,” the studio continued.
Appareil Structure reconfigured the association of the three-storey property, eradicating partitions on the bottom ground to create fluid areas and open up views to the again backyard.
Appareil Structure provides white eating annex to Waterloo Residence in Montreal
The group created an enormous window within the eating room to the backyard vista and usher in loads of pure mild. The opening is framed in wooden, choosing up the hues of the wood eating desk and chairs in matching wooden. Darkish slate ground tiles and the intense white partitions full the ornament on this area.
Becoming a member of the eating room is a galley-style kitchen, which encompasses a zig-zag exterior wall punctuated by home windows.
Pale wood cupboards run up the on one aspect, contrasting decrease cupboards throughout which might be black with a white marble counter. A big counter can also be clad in white marble, and separates the kitchen and formal eating room.
Finishing the bottom ground is a front room, toilet and workplace. Stairs on the centre of the house are nestled inside present stone partitions, and hid behind extra wood cupboards within the kitchen.
“The addition of wooden produces a delicate echo which balances the connection between previous and new parts,” the studio mentioned.
Upstairs are three bedrooms, a toilet, and a main bedroom with an en-suite toilet, spacious closet and a personal terrace. One of many different bedrooms within the rear of the home additionally opens onto a small patio.
The zig-zagging exterior on the bottom ground is sustained upstairs and informs the location of each bogs. One toilet options black marble, whereas the opposite is outfitted with white terrazzo.
Bedrooms characteristic full-height wooden closets which might be painted pale gray, in addition to white partitions and lightweight wood flooring.
Complementing the house’s monochrome palette and cohesive use of supplies are teak furnishings and brass lighting fixtures that add a playful, heat contact.
“The whole lot of the mission emphasises consideration to element and end, each of that are dropped at the forefront via a fragile composition,” mentioned the studio.
Based in 2010, Appareil Structure is led by Canadian architect Kim Pariseau and is predicated in Montreal, Canada.
The studio has just lately launched a sequence of chairs and stools, below Appareil Atelier, that follows the prototypes created for Montreal’s vibrant Pastel Rita cafe. The black stools within the kitchen of Du Rocher Residence, referred to as Floe, are a part of the gathering.
Different residential initiatives by Appareil Structure embody a gabled, black cabin in Quebec and a white, modern extension for a household house.
Pictures is by Félix Michaud.
Venture credit:
Mild design: Hamster
Cabinetmaker: Ébénisterie CST Enr, Steve Tousignant
Desk and chairs: Kastella
Stools: Appareil Atelier, Floe