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Bellwoods Lodge in Toronto

Residential Development in Ontario, Canada – design by GREAT LAKE STUDIO

10 Oct 2019

Bellwoods Lodge

Architects: GREAT LAKE STUDIO

Location: Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Bellwoods Lodge is located on a small lot in Downtown Toronto, Ontario.

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The owners of this new three storey residence desired a peaceful urban retreat, purposefully tailored to nurture and enhance a close communal family life and their enjoyment of the outdoors.

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The response is a highly personalized expression of one small family’s particular lifestyle.

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At ground level, a back-split condition responds to the natural slope of the site. An adventurous sectional arrangement continues vertically upward, with additional split levels arranged around a 3-storey light well, drawing sunlight (and moonlight) deep into the house.

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A home office occupies the light well, with views to the living room above, and a library space below. What would typically be the dark middle of the house is bathed in sunlight and enjoys a feeling of expansive vertical space.

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The various regions of the home are all closely knit together across this interior light well, creating an interesting balance between separation and intimacy: While the family may be individually occupied with remote activities (cooking, lounging, working, playing), they are always quickly and easily engaged with one another.

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The three principal living spaces (Living room, Kitchen/ Dining area, Library) also expand outwards, into separate exterior areas, each with its own unique and complementary character.

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At ground level, an arrangement of subtle level changes and low partitions gradually increase the degree of privacy as one moves from the street, through the interior, and into a secluded, forested back garden.

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The third floor living room – an urbanized version of a cabin in the woods with wood stove and cedar ceiling – nestles intimately into tree tops at one end, and opens widely toward the sky at the other.

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An upper level outdoor terrace offers easy enjoyment of the city skyline, urban tree canopy, sunsets, and the night sky.

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The house is thus organized around three principal axes which connect the interior with the outdoors: a ground level Garden Axis, a third level Sky Axis, and a vertical Sun Axis.

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Bellwoods Lodge,Toronto – Building Information

Designer: GREAT LAKE STUDIO

Project size: 175 sqm
Site size: 115 sqm
Completion date: 2019
Building levels: 3

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Photography: Tom Arban

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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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