Toronto firm Amantea Architects has built a pool house in the garden of an Ontario home to provide washing and changing facilities, while blocking views from a neighbouring property.
The project involved constructing a pavilion at the end of the plot in King's City, which is owned by a family of four.
一排高大的挪威云杉树木界定了院子的边缘,但是树叶不足以掩盖家里的客厅和隔壁房子之间的视线。
因此,Amantea建筑事务所设计了一个可提供隐私,户外生活空间和新游泳池设施的构筑物。
A row of tall Norway spruce trees define the edge of the yard, but the foliage wasn't enough to obscure views between the home's living room and the house next door.
Therefore Amantea Architects designed a structure that would provide privacy, outdoor living spaces, and amenities for a new swimming pool.
The Clearview Pavilion follows the line of trees to form an additional barrier, and accommodates a changing area, a shower and a powder room.
"The design is conceived as a pavilion – an assembly of ground, wall, and roof planes – that works together with the tree line to edit out the view of the bungalow beyond," said the architects.
Slats of Douglas Fir screen the front of the structure – oriented vertical on one side and horizontal on the other – while solid boards in the same wood clad the back.
"The versatility of wood allows the pavilion to be at once opaque and transparent and at times luminous, and serves as the main focal point of the yard, instead of the neighbouring house," Amantea said.
具有抗腐蚀性的Ipe板用于游泳池前面的甲板上,同木材用于亭子的屋顶拱腹。
结构在自然景观上以螺旋方式升高,与传统基础相比,尽量减少对树根的影响。
Ipe boards was chosen for the deck in front of the pool due to its rot resistance, and the same timber was used for the pavilion's roof soffit.
The structure is raised on helical piles above the natural landscape grade, in an effort to minimise the impact to tree roots compared to traditional foundations.
A veranda between the pool and the main house creates a shaded outdoor dining area over a bespoke oak table. The steel frame supports a slatted wooden roof that matches the pavilion.
Next to the house, a concrete counter that integrates a BBQ and a sink acts as an outdoor kitchen.
The surface turns 90 degrees and steps down to become a planter, which runs underneath the dining canopy and culminates as a fire pit.
Pool houses come in many shapes and sizes, from simple covered spaces like this concrete pavilion near Madrid to a two-storey building in Arkansas complete with an overhanging sleeping loft.
Photography is by Tom Arban.
项目信息:
建筑事务所:Amantea Architects 建筑事务所
团队成员:主建筑师,Michael Amantea;实习设计师,Melissa Ng
工程师:Andrew Au-Yeung, Brown and Co Engineering; Shannon Hilchie, Faet Lab
承包商:Rob Vanderniet, Niet Custom Renovations
木工:Lubo Brezina, LUBO Design
建筑混凝土:Sandro Silvestri
Project credits:
Architect: Amantea Architects
Team members: Michael Amantea, principal; Melissa Ng, intern architect
Engineers: Andrew Au-Yeung, Brown and Co Engineering; Shannon Hilchie, Faet Lab
Contractor: Rob Vanderniet, Niet Custom Renovations
Table woodworker: Lubo Brezina, LUBO Design
Architectural concrete: Sandro Silvestri