A Home Designed to Be Unbreakable ( House Tour)

The Sandbox by Peter Braithwaite Studio is a threestorey, timberclad home in the Bay of Chaleur in Canada. As a home designed to be unbreakable, The Sandbox illustrates a pleasing simplification of ideas and forms in both architecture and interior design, as seen in this house tour. Having spent their childhood summers holidaying in the area, the clients Joshua and Chelsea Jenks were aware of Canadas climatic conditions and, as such, approached Peter Braithwaite Studio with an idea for a home designed to be unbreakable. Further, Joshuas work in the construction industry and relationships with local trades laid the foundations for a collaborative partnership with Peter Braithwaite Studio across the architecture and interior design. The resulting home is a timberclad rectangular form that protrudes from the landscape. As a home designed to be unbreakable, it has a single opening framed in Corten steel in the front facade and a boxy, Corten steelclad staircase, which provides access to a roof br, br,