Range Life Home / RELM Builders + PLOTNONPLOT Architecture
Curated by Paula Pintos
OTTAWA, CANADA
- Architects: PLOTNONPLOT Architecture, RELM Builders
- Area: 3700 ft²
- Year: 2023
- Photographs:Killeen | RELM
- Manufacturers: Artemide, Beldenbrick, Bocci, Euroline, Ideal Roofing, Mirage Floors
- Structure Engineer: Daly Engineering
- Mechanical Design: Efficient Home
- Architecture And Interior Design: PLOTNONPLOT Architecture
- Project Manager: Michael Mazzarello | RELM Builders
- Site Supervisor: Taylor Cotroneo | RELM Builders
- City: Ottawa
- Country: Canada
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Text description provided by the architects. Range Life is a contemporary bungalow designed to house a young family in Ottawa’s established Glabar Park neighborhood. Various design and detailing strategies were implemented to blur the interior and exterior and yield a home that captures both the openness of roaming outdoors with the safety of enclosure.
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Visibility from the street to the inside of the home is minimized through the dramatic vertical cuts into the façade, oblique angles to gracious views, a deeply-carved roof with protective overhangs, interior screening mechanisms, and careful functional programming.
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Despite the restrictive covenants governing this particular street, Range Life allows for playful moments that create a dynamic home for the family and visitors alike. Thoughtful illumination strategies allow natural light and shadow to be emphasized from dawn to dusk against the white exterior form and glass.
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