位于加拿大蒙特利尔岛西南端的厄尔费城，最早建立于17世纪，以保护市民免受来自南方的入侵。该镇主要由位于圣劳伦斯河沿岸的农民居住，并逐渐向岛的内陆地区扩展。只是在第二次世界大战后，随着预制房屋的传播，该地区才开始显得更像一个传统的郊区，建立在细分的农业用地上。主要街道的布局是根据主轴线按照正交网格组织的，而次要干线则蜿蜒地沿着该地区的不规则地形。植被茂密而成熟，给这个原本属于郊区的地区带来了自然氛围。
The city of Baie-D’Urfe, situated at the southwestern end of the island of Montreal, Canada, was first founded in the 17th century to protect citizens from invasions coming from the south. Populated largely by farmers located along the shore of the St. Lawrence River, the town gradually expanded inland of the island. It was only after the Second World War that the area began to appear more like a traditional suburb with the propagation of prefabricated houses, established on subdivided lots of agricultural land. The main street layout is organized according to principal axes following an orthogonal grid while the secondary arteries meanderingly follow the irregular topography of the area. The vegetation is dense and mature, giving a natural atmosphere to the otherwise suburban area.
街道的蜿蜒性质意味着住宅的多个外墙往往可以从道路的许多视点察觉，从而影响居民的隐私。这种独特的场地特征带来了额外的挑战，因为它与典型的北美郊区形成了鲜明的对比，后者坚持正交的布局，有一个主要的单一外墙。在这方面，这种转变的基础是重新建立住宅建筑–不是作为一种消费品购买的制成品，而是作为一种由一个地方的特定品质衍生的建筑。
The winding nature of the street means that multiple facades of the residences are often perceptible from many viewpoints from the road, consequently affecting the privacy of the inhabitants. This unique site characteristic presented an additional challenge as it contrasts the typical North American suburb that adheres to an orthogonal layout with a dominant single façade. In that respect, the basis of this transformation was to re-establish residential architecture – not as a manufactured product bought as a consumer good, but rather, as an architecture derived by qualities specific to a place.
建立一个新的地平线–NORM是对现有单户住宅的改造和扩建，打破了郊区住宅的一般概念，通常是在没有真正考虑其环境的情况下建造。坐落在一个朝南的缓坡上，原来的房子把阳光最充足的部分留给了车库，而起居室则朝向北方。从外面看，体量的安排从街道上露出一个车库门，使人行通道几乎不可见。
Building a New Horizon – NORM is a renovation and extension of an existing single-family residence that breaks the generic notion of the suburban house, typically built without real consideration to its context. Located on a gently sloping south-facing site, the original house left the sunniest part of land to the garage, while the living rooms were oriented to the north. From the outside, the arrangement of volumes revealed one garage door from the street, rendering the pedestrian access almost invisible.
新的空间配置强调了与景观的更明确关系。随着程序的完全逆转，该项目重新定义了不同建筑体量之间的统一联系，并向场地内的特定景观组件开放。新的玻璃开口现在面向特定的树木或其他自然区域，面向天空或地面，以便重新引导人造郊区的原始景观。通过这种方式，空间的布局允许对整个景观有更近一步的了解，尽管附近有建筑，但还是给房子带来了视觉上的隔离质量。
The new configuration of spaces emphasizes a more explicit relationship to the landscape. With the complete reversal of program, the project redefines a unified link between different architectural volumes opening to specific landscape components on the site. The new glazed openings are now oriented to specific trees or other natural areas, to the sky or ground, so as to redirect original views of the manufactured suburban neighbourhood. In this way, the layout of spaces allows for a closer understanding of the landscape at large, giving the house a visual quality of isolation despite the nearby buildings.
室内装修的刻意同质性是指从外部感知的建筑体量的抽象和多方向的特点。这种激进的方法使每个房间的功能程序相对化，使其从属于一个流动的 “景观内部 “的建设，它在设计空间的光线和复杂的线条的作用下被阐述出来。这种有意消除物质性的做法满足了客户的愿望，即生活在一种最小的生活画布中，为他们丰富多彩的生活创造一个中性的背景。
The deliberate homogeneity of the interior finishes refers to the abstract and multi-directional characteristic of the architectural volumes perceived from the exterior. This radical approach relativizes the functional program of each room to subordinate it to the construction of a fluid ‘landscaped interior’, which is articulated under the play of light and complex lines of the designed space. This intentional elimination of materiality met the clients’ desires to live in a kind of minimal canvas of life, creating a neutral backdrop for their colourful lives.
内部和外部装修之间统一材料的延续，内在地创造了一个沉思的生活空间，由光线、自然和季节在简化形式上的微妙变化所决定。NORM希望对居住行为重新赋予批判意识和认识，加强与环境更丰富、更明确的关系，同时减少主导我们的消费世界的物质征服。
The continuation of a uniform materiality between the interior and exterior finishes inherently creates a contemplative living space, dictated by subtle variations of light, nature, and seasons on simplified forms. NORM hopes to re-inscribe a critical sense and awareness to the act of inhabiting, reinforcing a richer and more explicit relationship to the environment, all the while diminishing our material conquest that dominates our world of consumption.
Architects: Alain Carle Architecte
Area: 395 m²
Year: 2021
Photographs: Felix Michaud
Project Manager:Yann Deschesnes
Architects:Alain Carle Architect
City:Baie-D’Urfe
Country:Canada