Fun House

Year of Completion: 2018

Designed by Atelier RZLBD

Structure: Wood & Steel Framing

Architectural Photography: Borzu Talaie

Location: East York, Toronto, ON

Lot: 25,500 sq. ft.

Size (GFA): 4,200 sq. ft.

The Fun House is a playground that belongs and contributes to both the site and the clients. Framed by a trapezoidal lot with a rear ravine and the family with an active communal life, the house is divided into four quarters by the two corridors crossing perpendicularly at the center, further subdivided according to the programs of each floor. The rear half is defined as a trapezoid, which amplifies the space towards the ravine, while the front half is defined as a rectangle, to subdivide the space rigidly and democratically as in the four children’s bedrooms on the second floor. At the intersection of the two corridors, a double-height space with the stair benches acts as an agora, where the boundaries between the second floor and the first, the ravine and the house, the public and the private are obscured, allowing one to perceive the entire house and the nature simultaneously. In more intimate moments, the slide and the firepole suggest playful itineraries between spaces.

In the architect’s own words, Atelier RZLBD