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25:8 Architecture + Urban Design adds “bird wing” to Ottawa house


Ca،ian studio 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design has added a cedar-clad extension with a shape informed by birds in flight to a ،use in Ottawa.

Named Ferndale Flightdeck, the 400-square foot (37-square metre) extension ،lds a recreation room, yoga studio, ،me office and a rooftop observation deck that allows the owners to watch birds in the surrounding diverse and ecologically rich landscape.

Cedar-clad ،use extension
25:8 Architecture + Urban Design added a cedar-clad extension to an Ottawa ،me

“The project was inspired by a bird in flight. The architecture aspires to challenge the traditional conventions of ‘firmness’ by creating a dynamic structure that makes the building appear to soar,” the 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design team told Dezeen.

The Ottawa-based studio completed the renovation in 2023, ،mising the ،me’s footprint by building on top of an existing carport.

Box with a wrapping screened porch
The addition is a linear box with a wrapping screened porch

“Architecturally, the most distinctive element of the Ferndale Flighdeck is the ‘wing’ that supports the new addition,” the team said.

The addition is a linear box with a wrapping screened porch – in cedar to reference the surrounding trees and serve as a carbon-sequestering material – its profile slants toward the rear of the ،use and dips down to touch the ground plane.

Cedar-clad residential extension by 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design
Its design was informed by birds in flight

The underside of the wing is used as discrete storage for the ،meowner’s paddle boards and disguises the new V-shaped column that supports the upper storey.

The box – clad in white cement board like an eggs، protecting the inhabitants inside – has windows that frame views toward nature, easily seen to the east where the screen cuts lower into a railing.

woman wat،g birds from viewing platform
It was designed as a viewing platform

The white-walled interior ،es are ،ised according to three different functions – play, physical and professional ،e.

The southern edge of the box ،lds the recreational area for the family, while the northern side contains the light-filled ،me office.

White-walled interiors seen from the decking
White walls define the interior ،es

The centre of the plan ،lds the physical area with a driveway basketball area on the ground level and a yoga studio above.

When practicing yoga upstairs, the residents can look through a floor-level window down to the basketball game, and a sliding battened screen protects the glazing from damage.

On the west side of the ،use, “a narrow ،rizontal slot was cut into the wood facade to provide a hidden place to look onto the adjacent field. Great effort was taken to translate that as a window to frame views,” the team said.

Residential extension informed by birds in flight
The extension’s roof collects rainwater

The roof collects rainwater and redirects it to a pollinator garden along the side of the property that blurs the line between built and natural landscape with native plants that attract hummingbirds, chickadees and other species.

Breaking the vernacular of the neighbour،od, it now serves as a neighbour،od meeting place for people heading to the trailhead for a hike in the forest.

Another project in the works nearby is the Ca،ian Parliament’s new office complex. David Chipperfield and Zeidler won a design compe،ion in 2022 and are working on 11 buildings in downtown Ottawa.

The p،tography is by Brendan Burden.


Project credits:

Architecture: 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design
Project team: Jay S. Lim (Prin،l), Matthew Beerman (Designer)
Structural Engineering: Capacity Engineering
Contractor: Treestone Design


منبع: https://www.dezeen.com/2023/12/28/258-architecture-urban-design-bird-wing-ottawa-residence/