Maison du Lac Perdu: A Quiet Plateau House in Québec
Maison du Lac Perdu is a house in Wentworth-Nord, Québec, Canada, designed by Ravi Handa Architect in 2025. Set in the Laurentians, it sits on a plateau at the edge of forest and water. The project turns to the site’s trees, slope, and light rather than to a single front, and its two-volume plan keeps private rooms and shared living areas in careful balance.
About Maison du Lac Perdu
Set on a plateau in the Laurentians, the house sits between dense trees and the lake beyond. Its low profile keeps it partly hidden in the forest, and movement around the exterior slowly reveals its split form.
Maison du Lac Perdu is a house in Wentworth-Nord, Québec, Canada, by Ravi Handa Architect. The project grows from close reading of the land: the architect slept on site, traced circulation, and studied the sun, the slope, and the marks of former paths.
Two rectangular volumes organize the plan. One holds the private rooms, the other the shared living areas, and a slight misalignment between them gives the composition its quiet complexity. A single circulation axis ties the interior together and directs the eye toward the landscape without turning the house into a theatrical panorama.
Light enters with restraint. Even on a south-facing site, it is moderated rather than maximized, so the house reads as a measured observatory rather than an open display. The exterior form stays deliberately indirect, and there is no dominant façade to announce arrival.
Inside, the palette stays pared back to white, wood, and concrete. Wood-lined ceilings and a continuous heated concrete floor bring warmth to the minimal framework, while technical systems and energy strategies remain largely concealed. The result is an architecture of durability and calm, grounded in its setting and attentive to daily use.
Photography by Félix Michaud
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