The Less Than Project, Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard Cabin, Canadian Residential Architecture, Images
The Less Than Project in Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard
Building Development in Québec, Canada ? design by Jean Verville architecte
7 Dec 2017
The Less Than Project
Design: Jean Verville architecte
Location: Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard, the Laurentian Mountains, Quebec, Canada
The Less Than Project

Captivating, but above all ingenious, the Less Than project eloquently illustrates the fertile and insightful contribution resulting from the great collusion between architect Jean Verville and his clients.

The rehabilitation of this A-frame reflects the method of the architect who, approaching the essence of his clients? everyday life, leads them to scrutinize their daily habits as well as their real family needs to surpass their own limitation.
With the Less Than project Jean Verville continues his reflections on compact domestic spaces transgressing standardization. Challenging the initial hypothesis of lack of space, the architect opted instead for subtracting floor areas in favor of spatial quality. At the same time compressed and fragmented, stratified and unobstructed, the living area decreases from 950p2 to 690p2 (88 m2 à 64 m2 ) by intensively exploiting the densification of spaces.

Of graphic nature, the vocabulary of the Less Than project results in a trigonometric poesy juggling with the emblematic A-frame triangular figure and expressin...