Bonnallie Service Center

This building offers a play between the opaque and the transparent, between the inside and the outside. The insertion in its environment is very delicate, respecting so well the topography of places that the building seems carved into the landscape. The mixture of essences and colors gives it personality while defining the different spaces.

The new pavilion located in the forest nestles on a narrow escarpment, along the path of Camping, with below the beach and Lake Stukely. The first half of the main body of the building follows peacefully the contour lines along which the outer amphitheater is carved. A stratum of the roof-landscape rises gently like the topography of the park. In the center, a portion opens a wide view of the lake and initiates a vigorous change of direction affirming the entrance of the pavilion and defying the slope. The building plunges to the breathtaking views of the island and Bald Mountain.

The volume of services (cuisine) is discreet while that of the terrace and the discovery space superimposes three layers of different geometries. The first, that of the storage of sports equipment, has a functional geometry related to the activities and the lake. The second, that of the terrace, adjusts to the perimeter and interstitial circulations while the third, that of the roof, rises even more to clear the view on the Bald Mountain and to better control the sunshine. Like a garden pavilion, the indoor and outdoor spaces are interconnected by a pedestrian network formed by footbridge, staircase, sheltered passage and external interstice modeled on the natural paths of the trails.

The lakes, mountains and forest that make up the Park are an inspiration for the materiality of the buildings. The wood, which comes in different forms brings to the indoor and outdoor spaces heat and wrap. It combines with plants as well as slate stones and gabion walls that structure paths and landscaping. The adopted architectural part and the site imposed a vertical facing reminding the sequence of the trunks of the neighboring forest. The textures, essences and colors used, in harmony with the bark of the trees, allow the metamorphosis of the building throughout the day. Designed specifically for this project, the pavilion's cedar skin is composed alternately of recessed and protruding streaks and voids. It thus varies the shading on the facades to the rhythm of the sun's course and literally transforms the storage areas into excessive lanterns and fun at night. The cedar siding is alternately used as a rainscreen and then simply as a facade (ventilated), but cleverly by keeping or removing the recessed portion of the assembly.

The Bonnallie Service Center is the first in a series of three pavilions that will be completed by Anne Carrier Architecture in Mont Orford National Park. These projects will develop a singular architectural identity and identity for the Park in the continuity of an approach that advocates the clarity of architectural expression to create rich and stimulating places in constant dialogue with users and the environment over time. seasons.