Gessato Features Townships Farmhouse by LAMAS
Townships Farmhouse by LAMAS was featured on Gessato as part of the publication’s coverage of contemporary residential architecture and design. Located on a working farm in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, the project is presented as a contemporary farmhouse informed by the region’s agricultural building traditions and seasonal rural landscape.
The feature highlights how the design draws from both Québécois and northeastern American barn typologies, particularly through its courtyard configuration, large operable barn doors, and use of reclaimed hemlock salvaged from deteriorating Ontario farm structures. Gessato emphasizes the project’s relationship to the rhythms of farm life, noting how the architecture responds directly to seasonal agricultural activity and changing environmental conditions.
The project is organized around a sheltered courtyard that frames views of surrounding fields, orchards, and Lake Massawippi while protecting the house from winter winds. Through the reinterpretation of vernacular agricultural forms, the design explores how circulation, framing, and spatial overlap can transform traditionally functional farm elements into devices for light, landscape, and visual connection.