La Maison de la Pointe

La Maison de la Pointe was originally a small summer cottage built on a vast land ending in a point on Lake Memphremagog.

A modest construction from the first half of the 20th century, it bears witness to a time gone, when summer vacations were spent in a small lakeside cottage.

What to do with this rustic cottage, cobbled together over the years and no longer meeting the owners' needs?

Enlarging a cottage always means altering it a little.
Tearing it down and rebuilding it from scratch means erasing its heritage and applying the new setbacks from the lake. The house would then lose its history and its unique character as a lakeside cottage.

In order to preserve the cottage's residential character, it will not be extended directly, but a new pavilion will be built further back. A fully glazed passageway will link the two pavilions.

The pavilion on the lake is the original chalet, whose general morphology has been preserved. Its interior, however, has been completely redesigned as the master bedroom and living quarters, now offering a vast new interior space under vaulted ceilings, inspired by the arches of the original veranda.
The new pavilion is a compact volume set back into the natural slope of the land. It is the children's and guests' pavilion, integrating bedrooms, living room, study and garage.

The project is a balancing act between two pavilions of similar size and materiality, but different composition and architectural expression.

Today, the Maison de la Pointe is an expression of contemporary architecture built on a heritage that we no longer want to forget.