House on Lac Grenier is a project designed by Paul Bernier Architecte in 2014 and is Lac Grenier, Ville D?Estérel, Québec.

Our clients have owned this property for a number of years. They know it well and love its varied features. They were looking for a sustainable and site-sensitive project that would preserve its topography, vegetation, and natural appearance.
Volumes and placement
The lakefront site is entirely wooded. It is crossed by a stream on its south side and has a steep incline on the north. These characteristics and the need to build at a distance from the stream suggested a lengthwise placement, with the house slipped in between the stream and the slope.
We chose to create a low-profile, primarily single-storey building. Its meandering shape is determined by the opportunities offered by the surrounding landscape. The structure bends, opens, and narrows like a river carving its own path. The form is clad in a single material, with vertical cedar slats of varying width and thickness placed in an open-work manner. The building?s weatherproofing is assured beneath the spaced slats, which conceal the flashing, drip edges, and trim usually visible on the exterior of traditional wood structures. The surface reads instead like a palisade that follows the shape of the building and into which openings have been cut.
From the path leading up to the entrance, the building appears as a mostly opaque volume that follows the contours of the si...