{"id":2863,"date":"2025-08-07T17:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:11:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:11:43","slug":"studioac-carves-outdoor-space-into-toronto-duplex-for-multi-generational-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/studioac-carves-outdoor-space-into-toronto-duplex-for-multi-generational-family\/","title":{"rendered":"StudioAC “carves outdoor space” into Toronto duplex for multi-generational family\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canadian firm StudioAC<\/a> has completed a residential building called Junction Semi for a family of seven, which features pale wooden cladding, a courtyard and a double-gable<\/a> roof.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located on an arterial street in Toronto<\/a>‘s West End, the project was designed for three generations of family members \u2013 a couple, their three children, and a set of grandparents.<\/p>\n

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StudioAC has created a multi-generational duplex in Toronto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The project’s name, Junction Semi, stems from the use of the word “semi” to describe duplex-type buildings in Toronto.<\/p>\n

The building contains a pair of two-storey units that sit side by side. The units are separate but share certain spaces, such as a central courtyard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Courtyard
It contains two buildings connected by common courtyards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The project was created on a site that formerly held a religious building. The team preserved aspects of the original building, such as the foundation and certain walls, but added a second floor and carved away areas on the ground level.<\/p>\n

“Rather than massing buildings and leaving behind outdoor space, the first assignment was to carve away outdoor space from the existing building,” said local practice StudioAC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The courtyard situates itself so that it helps to bring light into the deeper parts of the building that would prove dark without.”<\/p>\n

\"White-clad
It was built on the foundations of a former structure, and uses some of its walls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to the courtyard, the occupants share a foyer in the front of the building, a garage in the rear and a rooftop garden.<\/p>\n

Each unit has its own skylit stairwell<\/a>. Wide stairs lead down to the main level, which sits below grade.<\/p>\n

\"Interior
Aspects of the ground level were carved away to form courtyards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“As the main level is sunken below grade, the massing of the building is actually lower than its neighbouring properties, allowing the project to reference the existing scale of the streetscape,” the team said.<\/p>\n

In each unit, the ground level has a front and back portion, separated by the courtyard. The front holds an open-plan living room, kitchen and dining area, while the back portion contains a bedroom and the shared garage.<\/p>\n

\"Staircase
Each building has a skylit stairwell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Upstairs, one finds bedrooms, terraces and the rooftop garden.<\/p>\n

Natural light was envisioned as a primary feature, so the team opted for a material palette “that celebrates texture over colour”.<\/p>\n