When facing the renovation of a 200 year old Quebec stone house and the design of a significant addition, the architects, Henri Cleinge and his team, was challenged to define a clear conceptual approach which would reconcile a contemporary architectural language to the ancestral home. Its original structure once belonged to the Hudson Bay Company and had the main entrance facing the river, where the old road was situated. Over time, a new road was built on the back side of the house, which now became the front.

The program required sheltering four generations: the great grandfather, the grandparents and the children in the old house, and the parents in the addition.

This led to the idea of drawing a parallel between the multi-generational component of the program and the fact that a contemporary project would be built alongside a historical house. In this manner, the design expresses the passage of time. The strategy defined itself as a contemporary project contrasting the existing stone house, yet having an obvious relationship to the ancestral home. This idea extended to the way the spaces are defined, as two double height living rooms are at opposite ends, one in each volume, linked by a path highlighted by a bridge linking the old house to the new volume.

CREDITS.-

Project Architect.- Henri Cleinge.
Team.- Henri Cleinge, Paulette Taillefer.
Structural Engineer.- César Zelaya.
General Contractor.- Abitec.
Cabinetry and custom built furniture.- Kastella.
Surface.- 9900 m².
Date of completion.- 2012.
Location.- Dorval (Québec).

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Henri Cleinge (arquitecto) se gradúo en Carleton University en 1989 y estableció su práctica en 1998. La firma prioriza el proceso de exploración de diseño y la expresión personal, en estrecha colaboración con los artesanos que hacen a mano materiales juntos en composiciones personales.

La práctica de Henri Cleinge intenta crear una arquitectura elemental y de experiencia, respetando la sencillez y la esencia. Su enfoque pone énfasis en la luz y el espacio definido por las materias primas como la madera, el acero y el hormigón. Los proyectos de la firma incluyen, en Montreal, la casa Beaumont (2011), la casa Christophe-Colomb (2008), el proyecto de vivienda contemporánea 6747 à 6759 rue Saint-Urbain (2005), así como una serie de espacios comerciales, tales como el restaurante SoupeSoup en Wellington street y el restaurante La Salle à Manger.

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