Located in the northern Canadian landscape, Whistling Wind Island emerges from the vast open water off the east coast of Georgian Bay in Pointe Au Baril, Ontario. A unified and holistic approach to interior and exterior space merges building and landscape into a seamless experience, transforming the ephemeral into the tactile.
Elements of volume, light, proportion and materiality are orchestrated to resonate and respond to each project’s unique site, context and program.
Inspired by the beauty of the archipelago, a collection of smaller scale buildings with asymmetrical rooflines sit upon a one acre island of exposed Precambrian bedrock. The silhouette of the seemingly wind-swept rooflines set against the endless expanse of sky reflects the context of the surrounding chain of islands which crop up through the continuous water surface, creating intermittent moments of pause along the horizon.
The main Cottage and Bunkie were built largely upon the footprint of the original buildings. Along with the addition of a freestanding Sauna and a Boat Storage/Fitness building, a community of modest cabins evolved. Exterior roof and walls have a continuous relationship, clad in rustic western red cedar shakes, typical of the local vernacular yet applied to a new building form to accentuate the profile of each cabin.
The Cottage consists of two bedrooms, a shared washroom and open concept kitchen, living, dining area with a Laundry/Mud Room.
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