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proportions refelct those of the surrounding trees. This becomes the
recurring theme and allure of the stripped-down interior, leaving
plenty of room for the surrounding landscape. The rhythm of the
supporting columns opens towards the horizon in vertical bays and
breaks up the exterior panorama into small "selected paintings".
The large roof overhangs the entire outer perimeter of the pavilions,
repelling snow during winter and sun during summer.

The structural layout is simple and apparent; expressing lightness
and an ephemeral quality of the intervention, in contrast to the more
permanent aspect of the rocky hillside.

The verticality of the project is strategic – offering a sensitive response
to the desire to preserve a delicate appropriation between the site and
its inhabitants. The project preserves a mountain peak landscape,
in stark contrast to the plague of deforestation and destruction of
natural systems, and the incessant sprawl of development in this area,
on the outskirts of Montreal. dw

Technical sheet
• Project Name: ROLO
• Location: Morin-Heights, Quebec
• Year: 2021
• Area: 327 m2/ 3515 ft2
• Lead Architect: Alain Carle
• Project Manager: Isaniel Lévesque
• Photographer: Félix Michaud
• Contractor: Dominic Toutant
• Glulam Structure: Art Massif
• Windows: Fabelta
• Photo credit: Félix Michaud
• Cabinet maker: Xavier Collection

www.alaincarle.ca/projects/residentiel/rolo

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