A Toronto Pool House Splashes Out With a Wild, Wavy Roof
A historic guesthouse lost to fire is reincarnated as an undulating escape with a swimming pool and kitchen.
A historic guesthouse lost to fire is reincarnated as an undulating escape with a swimming pool and kitchen.
The Canadian architecture firm Partisans is known for bold, dramatic curves—and they’ve made their biggest wave yet at the Fold House, a sculptural pavilion with a sweeping roof that pushes the boundaries of compression-bent wood.
The 338-square-foot Fold House combines a pool pavilion embedded into the hillside with a two-story guesthouse.
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The project is a surprising addition to the historic grounds of an early 19th-century manor on the edge of an escarpment. The site is subject to strict heritage and environmental regulations that required careful planning by the architects and an open mind from the client, food-and-beverage venture investor Scott Friedmann, who purchased the property in 2014 as an antidote to city living for his family of five.
The wavy roof cradles a black steel staircase with Eramosa Stone treads that appears to levitate above the ground and leads up to the terrace.
Partisans
The stairs lead up to a green roof that camouflages the building amidst the landscape and protects it from direct solar heat gain in the summer.
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