Cascade House
Set among mature trees on a gently sloping site, Cascade House brings together environmentally responsible design and a refined architectural composition. Oriented precisely along the cardinal axes, the house is shaped to maximize natural light and respond to its northern urban context.
The design integrates a high-performance building envelope with passive solar principles. A generous south-facing window admits low winter sun, allowing heat to penetrate deep into the interior. A three-storey slate wall acts as a thermal mass, absorbing solar energy during the day and releasing it slowly into the evening. Small apertures within the wall filter light into adjacent spaces, creating a soft, shifting atmosphere while guiding movement through the home.
Along the street facade, a screen of vertical glass fins forms a sculptural threshold. Set in an undulating pattern, the screen admits light while maintaining privacy, its shifting reflections animating both interior and street. From within, it evokes the sensation of looking through a cascade of water.
Behind, living spaces extend to a terrace and pool, where light, water, and reflection continue outward. The result is a house grounded in performance and material expression, where environmental strategy and daily experience are closely aligned.
Glass and slate form sculptural elements that shape space through light, reflection, and material presence.
A thermal slate wall absorbs sunlight by day, releasing warmth slowly and shaping a calm interior atmosphere.
An undulating glass screen filters light and privacy, casting shifting reflections that animate both house and street.
Light, water, and reflection extend outward to the pool, linking interior space to the rhythms of the landscape.
