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Dominick
House,
Photography Studio and Gallery
2000-
Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario
Canada
This is an urban house and place of
work for a photographer and his young family. The studio faces the
street, creating a buffer between the street and the private realm
of the home. The entry is the only point of focus on a bare street
elevation. A gallery wall makes a procession, along an exterior
reflecting pool, from entry and studio into the house. The massing
of the house makes a wall along the edge of the site, which closely
borders another house. The other long edge of the site, to the southeast,
borders a narrow woodlot. The elements of house and studio are added
to the existing composition of street, woodlot and neighboring houses
in an attempt to make a private realm, which extends through the
glazed ground floor to the exterior boundaries of perimeter walls
and woodlot. The simplicity of this house comes from a desire for
abstract, uncluttered space and economy. It is a quiet backdrop
for the daily life of the family and the work of the artist. The
play of light through the trees and off the shallow pool activates
the simple planar elements of the house, constantly shifting the
mood of the place in a subtle way.
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