Project size: 3,600 sf
Program: The Rough House is a single family residence rooted in handmade craft and built to showcase local artisans and their design processes.
Location: Vancouver’s residential Kitsilano neighborhood.
Solution: Situated within a tight urban lot, the house is separated from its neighbors for privacy and sense of place. Interventions such as the narrowing of the building to support increased side yards and landscape edges, and the mixing and matching of textures, enhance the space. The first and second floors are influenced by the Japanese principle of shakkei, or “borrowed landscape,” which integrates framed views of nature into the architecture.
Construction and materials: Materials were selected to showcase the work process of local skilled artisans. To address the need for compositional balance not only at the building massing level but also at the scale of fine, medium, and coarse material selection, carbonized cypress was used for exterior cladding. Board-form concrete was selected for exterior window surrounds and soffits.
Additional Information
Completion date: July 2015
Gross square footage: 3,600 sf
Total project cost: withheld
Total construction cost: withheld
Client/Owner: Monica Berdin and Clinton Cuddington
CreditsArchitect: Measured Architecture Inc.
Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Clinton Cuddington, Principal Piers Cunnington, Principal
Architect of record: Clinton Cuddington
Interior designer: DMonica Berdin and Clinton Cuddington
Engineers: Fast + Epp - Structural,
General contractor: Powers Construction
Photographer: Ema Peter / Andrew Latreille / Martin Tessler
Consultants: Landscape: Aloe Designs Other: Dear Human - Hand Made Tile - Noel O'Connell + Jasna Sokolovic |
SpecificationsStructural System Typical Wood Frame Construction Exterior Cladding Precast concrete: Powers Construction Wood: Delta Millworks Inc Other cladding unique to this project: Delta Millworks Inc - Shou Sugi Ban wood cladding Roofing Built-up roofing: Butterfly roof for solar panels Other: Soprema Green Roof Systems Windows Wood frame: Western Windows Glazing Glass: Atlas Meridian Glazing (AMG) Insulated-panel or plastic glazing: NA Doors Entrances: Western Windows Upswinging doors, other: Western Windows Hardware Locksets: Emtek Interior Finishes Cabinetwork and custom woodwork: All custom woodwork by Nico Spacecraft Paints and stains: Benjamin Moore Special surfacing: Power Trowelled Concrete [Remple Concrete/Nelson Concrete] Floor and wall tile: Dear Human - Hand Made Tile - Noel O'Connell + Jasna Sokolovic Resilient flooring: Hardwood Installed by Cypress Hardwood – PurParket – White Oak Raised flooring: Hand Made Tiles made by Dear Human - Noel O'Connell + Jasna Sokolovic Special interior finishes unique to this project: Hand Made Tiles made by Dear Human - Noel O'Connell + Jasna Sokolovic Furnishings Upholstery: RAVI DESIGN/CURTAIN OTAKU- Ravi Pankhania Lighting Interior ambient lighting: Dasal lighting Downlights: Dasal lighting Tasklighting: Ino Maurer Zettel Dimming system or other lighting controls: Lutron
Energy Photovoltaic system: Other unique products that contribute to sustainability: Suprima Green Roof systems |
