60 Nordic Dwellings
Architectural innovations in the Arctic
Funding Home as Territory: A blueprint for community-driven housing produc;on in Nunavik has received support and funding from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corpora;on as part of the Northern Access Round 3: Supply Chain Solu;ons for Northern and Remote Housing that supports innova;ve solu;ons that remove barriers to increase Canada's housing supply.
Project Home as Territory: A Blueprint for Community-driven Housing Produc<on in Nunavik aims to foster Inuit autonomy and to invent new forms of engagement between North and South when it comes to meaningful dwelling places.
The Blueprint promotes rich and open intercultural understanding and exchanges by tackling three interdependent “chan;ers” [Building Autonomy • Building Capacity • Building Houses]. Flexible and open to complex ideas, the Blueprint provides paths or i;neraries for inven;ng Stories (or Shared visions), as opportuni;es for greater empowerment
Stories take shape from a chan;er, and are built around a selec;on of promising Mo;va;ons, Assets, and Tools, such as this booklet: Tool 1 • 60 Nordic Dwellings.
Chan2er [Building Houses] Offering choices within a variety of housing types and tenure paTerns, as well as sustainable construc;on techniques and materials that are adapted to the Nunavik territory.
Research Habiter le Nord québécois École d’architecture, Université Laval, Québec
Edited by JulieTe Denis, Simone Leblanc, Rosalie Piché with Marcel Chapeau-Morin, Victor Demers, Maxime Vaillancourt-CosseTe, Charlie Wenger (research assistants)
Near Kuujjuaq, Nunavik. Photograph by Maxime Vaillancourt-CosseAe (2023).
Table of contents
Introduc)on page 1
60 Nordic dwellings Projects Numbers
Introduc1on
60 Nordic Dwellings illustrates a variety of arcEc housing types, highlighEng some of the qualiEes and characterisEcs that could be interesEng for Nunavik. It consists of 29 research-creaEon projects designed by architecture students at the École d’architecture (Université Laval, Québec), and 31 internaEonal realisaEons. This catalog accompanies the “chanEer ” [Building Houses] of the Home as Territory research project.
Each project is presented by a schematic image where the information that describes it is located:
• The project number (refers to the table of contents) and its authors,
• The living area of a unit (in square feet),
• The number of units per hectare (density),
• The dwelling type (refers to the table of contents)
sINgle dwellINgs
Units sharing no wall(s), ceilling(s) or floor(s) with another unit.
projectsnumbers
•Cabins/Mountain huts
•Tiny houses
•Individual houses
•Clusters of houses
01 to 10 11 to 14 15 to 27 28 to 32
Interior inspired by the igloo Focus on
Heat is captured and stocked in the bench, then released at night
École
M1: Composition type mur extérieur
3/4’’ Revêtement de bois brûlé recyclé
CONTAINER RECYCLED
P1: Composition type de plancher
-Membrane Pare-air
3/4’’ Fourrures de bois @ 16’’ c/c
1/2’’ Finition de plancher
3/4’’ Revêtement de bois brûlé recyclé
5’’ Structure du Conteneur
-Remplir avec du polyuréthane giclé
5 1/2’’ Panneau d’isolant rigide
Parcours
P1: Composition type de plancher
5/8’’ Panneau de gypse extérieur
-Membrane Pare-air
3/4’’ Fourrures de bois @ 16’’ c/c
1/2’’ Finition de plancher
3/4’’ Revêtement de bois brûlé recyclé
5’’ Structure du Conteneur
-Remplir avec du polyuréthane giclé
5 1/2’’ Panneau d’isolant rigide
5/8’’ Panneau de gypse extérieur
-Membrane Pare-air
3/4’’ Fourrures de bois @ 16’’ c/c
3/4’’ Revêtement de bois brûlé recyclé
Charlotte Audifax-Gauthier, Vincent Morrier
Space organized following
CONTAINER RECYCLED
Claire Lambert, Jade Simard
Simple finishes for DIY
Recycled sea container
Emy
Chabot, Tristan Morissette, Gabrielle Lafleur
École d’architecture • Université Laval
Nunavik, 2022
CONTAINER RECYCLED
On-site rocks
Stilt House David Grandorge and Paloma Gormley United Kingdom, 2020
Prefabricated
Maxime V.-Cossette, Samuel Létourneau
École
Nunavik, 2023
Compact
François-Alexandre Côté, Sabrina Côté
École d’architecture • Université Laval
Nunavik, 2022
CONTAINER RECYCLED
Recycled
Piles
Stained
Modular design
Movable dwellings inspired by qamutik Glycol-heated floors
Steel H beams with skates Prefabrication
TINY HOUSE
Memu Meadows, Experimental House Kengo Kuma Japan, 2011
Couples
Translucent insulated walls
Natural light
Section cut
HOUSE
Photo : Designboom (2012). www.designboom.com
Upper + bottom image : Vandkunsten Architects (2023). www.baumeister.de
Photo : Vandkunsten Architects (2023). www.baumeister.de
Vandkunsten Architects (2023).
Concept from La Biennale di Venezia 2012
Double skin facade
Thermal gradient within spaces
Becomes a lighthouse,
landmark at night HOUSE
HOUSE
Couples Families
Friction piles
Jacks on pad
Ground floor
Second floor
Rémy Jussaume, Rémi Pétrin
École d’architecture • Université Laval Nunavik,2022
Nunavik, 2023
Modularity of containers = flexibility and scalability
Julie Bradette, Audrey Turcotte
Renovation U5 model
Marie Bergeron, Tristan Morissette
École d’architecture • Université Laval Nunavik, 2022
Couples
FamiliesHOUSE
U5 model
Limits
•Porch size
•Divided common spaces
•Mechanical room size
•Size and lack of openings
Potentials
•Openings towards the street
•Main access and porch from the street
•Intimacy on the second floor
250 sq ft per unit 10u/ha
HOUSE
Couples Families
Composition
Wooden wall trusses
Horizontal furring
Sheathing (plywood)
Waterproof membrane
Rigid insulation
Z-bars
Vertical furring (metallic)
Horizontal furring (metallic)
Prefab. plastic panel
cladding
Flexible open space with integrated furniture
Flexible gathering spaces
Piles to bedrock
Delphine Laforest Pradet
20u/ha
HOUSE
Families Multi-gen.
Plan easily adapts for multiplex
Customizable modular units
Igloo inspired bed plateform
Second floor
Ground floor
Alexandre
Relationship between spaces Streamlined mechanical systems
Structural expression 1 700 sq ft per unit 20u/ha
Urban infill for gentle densification
Rez-de-chaussée
Rez-de-chaussée
1. Espace tempéré
1. Espace tempéré
2. Espace de vie
2. Espace de vie
3. Salle à manger traditionnel
3. Salle à manger traditionnel
Étage
Étage
1. Espace calme
3. Mur rangement 4. Cuisine
Espace calme
4. Cuisine 5.Dépense 6. Espace calme
1. Espace calme
2. Chambre visiteur
2. Chambre visiteur
3. Mur rangement
Double skin facade
Termal gradient
1 000
1 700
Maude Boulay, Isabelle Boily École d’architecture
Couples Solo Families Multi-gen. CLUSTER OF HOUSES
IMPLANTATION |
DÉTAILCONSTRUCTIF
Arianne Côté École d’architecture • Université Laval
Nunavik, 2022
Couples Solo Families CLUSTER OF HOUSES
Prefabricated structural panels Made in Nunavik, insulated with local moss
Prefabricated mobile partitions Made in the South, includes services as plumbing, electricity,
Gabion foundation walls
partitions services such electricity, etc.
Using the topography to integrate utilidors
Winds guided to minimize snow accumulation thanks to curvature of the ridge edges
Perforated black spruce structure offers an opportunity to customize
Platform supported by glulam beams attached to the pedestal
Gabion pedestal
Storage space under the house
Sarah-Ève Cloutier, Xavier Moreau
École d’architecture • Université Laval Nunavik, 2020
Unifamiliale 2 type 1
Unifamiliale 1 type 2
1700 sq ft per unit
11u/ha
Mezzanine
CLUSTER OF HOUSES
Families Multi-gen.
À la manière de Annie Pootoogook
Habiter la mezzanine
Rez-de-chaussée
Annie Pootoogook est une artiste inuit canadienne qui est connue pour ses dessins qui représentent la vie contemporaine inuit, basés sur ses propres expériences.
L’aquarelle à la manière d’Annie Pootoogook illustre une manière d’habiter la mezzanine, soit en tirant des matelas pour accueillir la visite. C’est un mode de représentation comme clin d’oeil à la mission.
Mezzanine
Rez-de-chaussée
A windprotected square
Housing belt inspired by penguin huddling
Mezzanine
Habitabilité de l’îlot
Coupe sud Coupes de jour
Transversal section
Rez-de-chaussée
Water concentrated within a thick wall
Rez-de-chaussée
À la manière de Annie Pootoogook Habiter la mezzanine
Section
Cross section
Annie Pootoogook est une artiste inuit canadienne qui est connue pour ses dessins qui représentent la vie contemporaine inuit, basés sur ses propres expériences.
L’aquarelle à la manière d’Annie Pootoogook illustre une manière d’habiter la mezzanine, soit en tirant des matelas pour accueillir la visite. C’est un mode de représentation comme clin d’oeil à la mission.
Coupe nord
Coupe longitudinale unifamiliale 2 type 1
Coupe transversale unifamiliale 2 type 1
Ground floor (model A)
Model A Model B Model C Workshops
Art : Annie Pootoogook, In The Summer Camp Tent (2002)
Ground floor (model B)
Antonin Boulanger Cartier, Marie-Claude Gravel, Pierre-Olivier Demeule
École d’architecture • Université Laval Nunavik, 2016
CLUSTER OF HOUSES
Choose the people you are neighbors with and share spaces with them
Co-op helps to create harmonious proximity and community
The pulaarviks are connected together by the shared covered space
Topography is used to create storage under the houses
Foundation walls on rock
Even though the neighborhood is dense, the dwellings are spacious
