The Illusionist

In Southern Canada in the Ontario region stands this small cottage designed by Irene Chan Gardpoit and Eiri Ota, of Uufie. Working with volume and texture this cottage appears lost in a forest of pine and birch by cleverly disrupting appearances, playing with refection, depths and transparencies to create a home that plays on illusions - Magic one could say.

This home gives new meaning to 'bringing the outdoors in' - the walls, floor and ceiling are clad with birch plywood in shades of pale pink (I'm blushing already) with a raw tree trunk to form the stair structure. The exterior counteracts the soft interior with the outer coating composed of charred cedar boards on the walls and a dark intense steel roof has been used to mimic the color of the tree trunks.

Photos : Naho Kubota