The narrow house in Toronto

House-slip (Galley House) in Canada by Donald Chong Studio. This house is built on the site of an old Victorian style buildings. The task set by the customer was pretty abstract, “We do not want to have a house in an old Victorian home. But we also do not want to get something like a modern bowling alley. ”

The house is nestled on a long (62 m) and narrow (less than 7 m) site. Given the need for the side aisles of about one meter, the total width of the house is less than 5 meters. Another important limitation was the inability device side windows. However, the architect managed to quickly solve all problems, to replace the old house of 74 m2 spacious modern housing area about 200 m2!

PS Unfortunately build a similar house in Russia now legally impossible. Least because of the fire requirements of technical regulations on the minimum distance between residential buildings of 6 meters. In general, Shoigu we now not only the minister of emergency situations, but also the chief architect of the country …