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Home extension
Nunavik, Québec
2018

This project consist in adding an entrance hall to an existing house using a container as the basic structure. The threshold, an important element in Inuit homes, is intended to be an inviting transition space, but also serves as an additional storage area. The storage has been design in order to be modular and flexible to accomodate a higher number of needs, Inuit culture and values have been taken into account during the whole design process,

Openings drilled into the
existing container

Addition of the container to the house
and gradation of spaces (covered,
temperate, heated)

Different paths according to the seasons

Built according to climate constraints