Canadian architectural firm Kariouk Associates has designed the Westboro Home. Completed in 2013, this contemporary home is located in Ottawa, Canada.
A raised garden courtyard allows an abundance of light to enter the interior living spaces. The design of the home revolves around a two storey, light-filled raised garden courtyard. The garden takes a “bite” out of the tight, permissible building area, however it allowed for an extensive amount of glass that otherwise, due to restrictive building code requirements, would not be possible. The courtyard’s lot-line side remains open, while its three interior sides are filled with windows and bring natural light into the heart of the home on both living floors. The courtyard is filled with ornamental plantings, and while it serves as a “daylight-magnet,” it also serves as a lush, visual focus for each of the primary living spaces of the home. In some spaces, entire walls have been converted into windows that lookout into the lush green gardens in the courtyard below. The main living areas have been created a full flight of stairs above the street level. So, though residents would have a complete view of the outside, they would be shielded from prying eyes on the outside.
