A family, an architect and an artist with 2 young children, wanted to renovate a Montreal townhouse built in 1916. At more than 2 m above street level, the ground floor required functional entries from both its formal front and its alley-accessible backyard. Point Supreme kept the ground floor's efficient layout ―typical of the typology - but adapted it to provide open but defined rooms: a new entry space and toilet at the front, with a living room, dining room, and a generous kitchen that connects to the rear balcony and yard and extends into the former cold storage room appended to the main volume. Circulation to the basement level was reorganized for both visual access from the kitchen and fluid access from the central staircase volume and main-floor living areas. The basement conversion activated a 3rd living level, with a new heated concrete slab, efficient utility rooms, and a wide communal living and play area that openly connects to the backyard through an articulated shed integrated into the rear balcony system.
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