The Galley House emerged out of the context of studying patterns of the evolving typological landscape in Toronto, and the desire over the past century to maintain natural light within spaces affected by an urban block-type progressively becoming more dense and refined. The aim was to consider the project prototypically: how a new, slender detached housing type in Toronto can be viable in terms of square footage while not shortchanging itself on natural light. This attempt to re-use leftover lots by reforming typologies is hoped to be a sound approach to building in the North American city.
Design concept and solution: The clients had a long, narrow urban-infill site just west of Toronto’s downtown core, on a side residential street where lots are typically 25-feet wide, almost double in width than this particular lot. The 2,400-square-foot house is a three-story single-family dwelling 62-feet long with clear width dimensions of less than 12 feet—there are no windows on the side faces due to the municipal code restraints. The house has three bedrooms, and a double-height family room that opens to the street. The backside opens to the north, with a sunken garden court extending from a 13-foot-tall kitchen space through a pivot-window/back door combination.
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