"Arch Think Outside the Box" Natalie Dionne

  CREATIVITY & DISRUPTION

"Architecture Think Outside the Box"

BY BRITGET COGLEALEY VIA  DEZEEN.COM

"We are always striving to strike the right balance between new and old in order to create a coherent whole, preserving the authenticity of the existing details while affirming the contemporaneity of our interventions," said Natalie Dionne. Natalie Dionne extends Montreal residence using offset black: Canadian architect Natalie Dionne has attached a geometric extension onto the back of a brick townhouse in Montreal, to include more space in the kitchen and a balcony for the master bedroom. As well as creating more living space, the project involved rearranging the original layout. Dionne opened her eponymous Montreal-based firm in 2000, and works with her partner Martin Laneuville. Together they built themselves a family home and studio office in 2008. "Through the reconfiguration of outdated internal divisions and the grafting of two black volumes in juxtaposition, the pre-existing architecture is enhanced and transformed to better reflect the modern lifestyle and aspirations of its inhabitants," said the architect.