The study of architecture YH2 has been the manager of designing this series of houses, called Spahaus, which try to bring the natural environment and the contemporary architecture to his owners.

Located in a natural environment so beauty, stands out the sensibility and the care with which the project has been realized, searching at all time to preserve the, above mentioned, environment. In adittion to the housing Spahaus, YH2 designed another housing, this other with 3 plants, called Trihaus which you can see here.
 

Description of the project by YH2

On the banks of Lac Supérieur, just 90 minutes north of Montreal (Quebec), a mountain that was once the property of a former religious congregation now houses a creative and innovative model for integrating contemporary architecture in a natural environment.

Located on the north side of the Mont-Tremblant ski resort, in the Laurentians touristic region, the Fraternité-sur-Lac resort site values human experience above all else. In 2012, its developers entrusted Montreal studio YH2 with the challenge of creating a series of modern residences that would be integrated to the natural environment – hence targeting a new generation of homeowners who are sensitive to design, architecture and new standards with regards to interior and exterior developments. This approach marks a clear shift away from traditional log lodges, the mythical Canadian cabin or plywood-heavy alpine cottages surrounded by boutiques.

By signing on to a real estate project for the very first time, the YH2 team first conceived Spahaus, which focuses on horizontal housing, a marriage of wood and concrete, panoramic vistas and an outdoor spa. A series of Trihaus – a big brother to Spahaus – then rapidly followed, with its three-storey vertical design overlooking a terrace, providing owners with the feeling of living amidst the trees. This cluster of secondary homes aims to preserve the site’s natural state, including the original trees, a river and trails leading to Lac Supérieur and the Club de la Pointe, an open-air playground laid out on the shores of the aforementioned lake, where motorized vessels are forbidden.

Text.- YH2

CREDITS. TECHNICAL SHEET.-

Architects.- YH2 Architecture.
Developer: Fraternité-sur-Lac.
Builder.- Richer et Laurence.
Area.- Spahaus and Trihaus spaces.- 1,000 to 1,400 sq. ft. Surface area of the land.- 18,000 sq. ft.

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YH2 is an architectural design firm founded in 1994 by architects Marie-Claude Hamelin and Loukas Yiacouvakis.

For YH2, the architectural process is not simply about finding a functional solution to a given problem; it is a creative and transformative tool for approaching the spaces we inhabit every day, a way to reinvent reality.

The project should adapted itself to the context while transforming it. With every project, the focus is not only on form and essence, but also on the meaning of each element of the program.

The resulting designs are composed in the language of simplicity and purism. Concepts are developed with economy of means, and each element must be essential to the overall design.

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Published on: July 29, 2015
Cite: "Democratized access to contemporary architecture in nature" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/democratized-access-contemporary-architecture-nature> ISSN 1139-6415
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