Tucked in the quaint Caraquet village in New Brunswick, Canada, Les Jumelles designed by YH2 Architecture features a pair of charming structures linked side-by-side to create a single family holiday house oriented towards the grandiose scenic view of the Baie-des-Chaleurs.
Les Jumelles (which means “The Twins” in French) is simultaneously a peaceful retreat in nature in front of the sea as well as an architectural insertion in the context of this historical Acadian Village in Caraquet. The site of the project is but a couple of hundred metres from the village’s church and less than 60 metres from the thin sand beaches.
Les Jumelles features a pair of charming structures linked side-by-side to create a single family holiday house oriented towards the grandiose scenic view of the Baie-des-Chaleurs.
Sober and stripped down architecture inspired by the Acadian vernacular architecture, the house consists of twin looking volumes adoringly called “sister houses”. The sister houses, common to Acadian architecture, stand parallel to each other and are only connected by a glazed passage that acts as a working space offering a panoramic view on the sea. Here, the small constructions covered by metal sheets are located in one of the last natural clearing of the village.
The first entity, largely fenestrated on its south facade, contains the living spaces, while the other dwelling, open on its north end, regroups the bedrooms and the garage. Its displacement between the twin sisters and its length offer just the right amount of privacy between entities while also defining a sunbathed courtyard protected from the often violent winds of the area.
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