Stitched right into a 1910 Edwardian-era construction within the historic Shaughnessy neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is a collection of latest interventions by Measured Structure working in tandem with panorama structure by Paul Sangha Inventive landscaping. The really laudable options are thoughtfully composed to contemplate context whereas including solely meritorious components to an architectural patchwork as its quilt continues to unfurl, reflecting this present contribution to a storied historic material. “Though my aesthetic is fashionable,” admits one of many householders, “I’ve a deep appreciation for historical past and cherished understanding that the constructing, property, and neighborhood had heaps to inform already.”
The Shaughnessy Home displays a curatorial, multi-phase method to contemporizing the house, which creates a brand new architectural throughline tethering house and time. A collection of forward-looking enhancements are fused with the 4,500-square-foot, conventional foursquare plan – one the place rooms are parsed into quadrants, clearly delineated, shifting from communal to personal programming because the flooring ascend – whereas rectifying updates from an 80s renovation try. The construction is now anchored by a grand, four-story blackened-metal central stair showcasing heat wooden paneling, an adjoining glass atrium that acts like a light-weight effectively, and multi-level privateness curtain system designed in collaboration with native artisan Material Studio. Visitors are granted entry to a virtually uninterrupted view by the principle quantity as its design trades an unmitigated open plan for intentional web site traces.
The outside can be indicative of nice discretion having been practiced with structural intervention. Whereas the entrance facade maintains the integrity of its historic milieu, the rear delights in reinterpreting it. The central quantity is expressed by uninterrupted floor-to-ceiling home windows that crown with an enclosed glass cupola on the highest ground harking back to the widow’s walks widespread within the residence’s aesthetic heyday. This vertical stacking additionally creates traces of continuation that meet these generated by the infinity pool because the yard reaches the domicile. In playful distinction to the residence – quite than a bastardization of historic components – is a contemporary, steel-clad cubic construction located a brief distance from the principle dwelling and perpendicular to the infinity pool. The higher portion is clad in mirrored surfaces, which assist camouflage the unit whereas visually enhancing the yard’s depth. Under is a pool home within the fashion of a walk-out basement.
The Shaughnessy Home panorama makes use of indigenous vegetation in a composition distilled by picturesque visions of lakes and oceans of the Pacific Northwest. “We aimed to create a collection of various zones that harmoniously coexist beneath a unified design idea,” says Paul Sangha, principal panorama architect and founding father of Paul Sangha Inventive. Integrating all ranges of the property, these zones embody formal plantings knowledgeable by the neighborhood’s heritage design tips, a delegated energetic leisure with pavilion and sports activities courtroom, a eating terrace, the trellised walkway connecting the veranda to the brand new storage, a poolside lounge house, and a walkway between a play construction and the pool home. Pure boulders have been labored into boundaries of components just like the infinity-edge pool to melt harsh traces and lean into pure, meandering paths.
Noteworthy nonetheless are the myriad inexperienced initiatives the Shaughnessy Home boasts. The central textile curtain not solely supplies privateness, but in addition acoustic dampening and warmth abatement. Black photo voltaic panels built-in into the highest of the poolhouse construction warmth the water characteristic 12 months spherical. Indigenous plantings embrace rewilding and a stormwater tank system works with the surroundings to handle runoff. The inside refurbishments embody a reinsulated envelope and partitions, high-efficiency home windows, and the recoating of radiators earlier than reinstalling them in environment friendly areas related to a brand new, state-of-the-art boiler. Amongst different accolades, this home holds the Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) Particular Jury Award for Heritage Retention and Modernization. “The challenge began with a 1910 grand home initially constructed for an English household,” say Clinton Cuddington and Piers Cunnington, principals at Measured Structure. “And now, introduces modern interventions to attract the constructing into the current.”
To view the designers’ respective portfolios go to measured.ca and paulsangha.com.
Pictures by Ema Peter Pictures; Manufacturing by Karine Monie.
