Drying Floor Lofts

The drying floor has 5 m ceilings and windows on both sides. Each loft is a single room with a timber box in it for everything that needs a door.

The site in Montréal set the terms before we drew anything. A deep plan with heavy timber posts on a tight grid. Walls go where the posts allow.

Kitchens and bathrooms stack inside the boxes so the perimeter stays clear.

We worked from a 1:50 model for most of the design stage and kept it on site through construction. Where the model and the drawings disagreed, the model usually won.