[size=1.3em]In Suspension is a private residence designed by NatureHumaine. [size=1.3em]The home is located in Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and covers an area of 2,000 square feet. [size=1.3em]In Suspension by NatureHumaine: [size=1.3em]“The client wants to transform the last two levels of a building to create living spaces for her two athletically inclined children, who are now grown adults. The primary goal is to create a shared living space in which all utilitarian functions are shared but which still allows each person to have privacy. [size=1.3em]The architectural concept consists in removing the floor currently separating the two levels to create a wide-open space in which two large boxes appear to float in mid-air. These suspended boxes, adorned with unfinished plywood panels, each contain a bedroom and a bathroom. [size=1.3em]This configuration creates three gaps, each being two floors high; the centre gap becomes a physical exercise room with a pair of gymnastics rings. The whole structure is connected lengthwise by a block that is painted black; the block accommodates different services, including stairways, a shower room and part of the kitchen. [size=1.3em]A large island with unfinished wood painted white delineates the kitchen space, with sliding lacquered bookshelves underneath the wooden boxes.”
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