A Glass House Inspired Pavilion Houses an Indoor Swimming Pool

Maurice Martel architecte provides nod to iconic fashionable structure in a challenge in Montréal the place they designed an indoor swimming pool that may be loved all yr lengthy, even in the course of the lengthy Quebec winters. Pavilion A references Philip Johnson’s Glass Home and the Ben Rose Home, featured in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, with its minimalist construction made from steel and glass. Huge home windows float floor-to-ceiling with a flat roof that seems to drift on prime.

The outside a part of the construction is likely to be black, however the inside is vibrant with the assistance of skylights and a white ceiling.

Inside, a lot of the perimeter is lined with crops to provide a tropical really feel that evokes leisure, whereas providing added privateness.

A round construction clad in heat crimson cedar cleats hides the toilet, which opens as much as reveal a vibrant white inside flooded with pure gentle from above.

Pictures by Adrien Williams, courtesy of v2com.

Caroline Williamson is Editorial Director of Design Milk. She has a BFA in images from SCAD and may normally be discovered looking for classic wares, doing New York Occasions crossword puzzles in pen, or transforming playlists on Spotify.