Self-Sustaining Studio
The HillBottom House was my response to a brief that demanded a predominantly self-sustaining yoga and meditation studio to be located in the Toll Keepers Parkette located at the northwest corner of Bathurst Street and Davenport Avenue. This third semester assignment was a solo effort that culminated in a ten-minute oral presentation accompanied by the design proposal, exhibited on boards with explanatory descriptions and details, but without technical data. The structure was to incorporate sustainable building systems and construction practices, be fully accessible to all, have a maximum of 65m2 of interior space, offer a partially covered outdoor space as well as a barrier-free washroom. The line and shape of the roof - the house’s most prominent feature - echoes the incline of the gradient behind formed by the ancient lakeshore. Below the roof, the dark walls with vertical wooden stripping mirror the texture and form of the trees and foliage that cover the slope rising beyond the north face of the structure.
Ground Floor Plan
Site Plan with Neighbourhood & Property Lines Insets
OBC Compliant Barrier-free Washroom Detail
Site Schematic with Proposed Studio
Structural Roof Beam Plan
Structural Roof Beam Elevation
South Elevation
West Elevation
North Elevation
Proposed Sustainability Systems
Studio as seen from the Street