Architect: YH2 Architecture Project: Window on the Lake / Family Cottage Project team: Karl Choquette, Marie-Claude Hamelin, Étienne Sédillot, Loukas Yiacouvakis, Location: Saint-Elie de Caxton, Quebec, Canada Area: 140 m² Project end date: 2017 Photography: Francis Pelletier

建筑师：YH2建筑项目：湖/家庭小屋项目组的窗口：卡尔·乔奎特、玛丽·克劳德·哈梅林、蒂安·塞迪洛、卢卡斯·伊阿库瓦基斯、地点：加拿大魁北克省圣埃利·德卡斯顿：140平方米项目结束日期：2017年摄影：弗朗西斯·佩莱蒂埃

Description by architect: A window on the lake: the very essence of the cottage. A warm, simple wood dwelling open to nature and a peaceful lake. The house stands on the site of an old family cottage, just steps away from the shores of Lac Plaisant in the Mauricie region. Thanks to its simplicity, restraint and refinement, the project embodies the architect’s attempt to capture the essence of cottage life – a wooden home designed for vacations and enabling true communion with nature.

建筑师的描述：湖面上的一扇窗户：小屋的精髓。一个温暖的，简单的木屋，对自然开放和一个和平的湖。这所房子坐落在一座古老的家庭小屋的遗址上，就在距莫里西地区的莱克大道海岸仅几步之遥的地方。由于它的简单，克制和精致，该项目体现了建筑师的尝试，以捕捉别墅生活的精髓-为度假而设计的木屋，并使真正的交流与自然。

Featuring wood construction inside and out, the house’s single large gable covers all living spaces. Sited in a small clearing, its foundation invisible, the home is a pure, light volume resting on a grassy carpet. Its architecture is restrained and its scale modest, in tune with the clearing and lake.

以木结构内外，房子的单一大山墙覆盖所有的生活空间。坐落在一小片空地上，它的基础看不见，家是一片纯净，清淡的空间，躺在长满草的地毯上。它的建筑克制，规模适中，与清澈的湖水相协调。

The exterior, both roof and walls, is clad entirely in white cedar boards. Both of the building’s long sides feature three large, tall glass panels, allowing seamless transitions between interior and exterior spaces.

外面，无论是屋顶还是墙壁，都是完全用白色雪松板覆盖的。这座建筑的两边都有三块大而高的玻璃板，可以在室内和外部空间之间进行无缝过渡。

The south side is all glass, creating a direct link between the lake and the living spaces, arranged under a large double-height gable extending outward to cover a small porch. The full transparency of the southern façade lets in ample sunlight in fall and winter, while the mature trees standing between house and lake moderate the summer sun and provide a high degree of privacy in boating season.

南侧全是玻璃，在湖和生活空间之间建立了一个直接的联系，安排在一个巨大的双高山墙下，可以向外延伸，覆盖一个小门廊。南面的完全透明让秋冬阳光充足，而坐落在房子和湖边的成熟树木可以调节夏季的阳光，并在划船季节提供高度的隐私。

The balloon frame, with its exposed wooden studs and joists painted white, gives the building a unique rhythm of shadow and light. The cottage has a relaxed character. It is a true family cottage that can sleep up to 12 in two ground-floor bedrooms and a large, open sleeping area on the second floor.

气球框架，其暴露的木制钉和托梁涂成白色，给建筑一个独特的节奏阴影和光。这间小屋有一种轻松的性格。这是一个真正的家庭别墅，可以睡在两个底层卧室和一个大的，开放的二楼睡觉区12。

This is the cottage as an expression of the art of living: a gentle, simple, pure way of life.

这是作为生活艺术的一种表现：一种温柔、简单、纯净的生活方式。