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UrbanEco approaches every day with enthusiasm for meeting the challenge of building high quality homes, certified- as a minimum standard- Novoclimat. A close cooperation between the key players along with effective tracking and control procedures ensure a harmonious and efficient building site.
Architecture
First and foremost, we will be attentive to your vision.
Our design team will accompany you for every step of the creative process to create the ideal custom-made home for you to enjoy your desired lifestyle. From beginning to end of the process, we strive to make your experience agreeable, transparent and as harmonious and fluid as possible.
Achievements
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Langlois-Allard: Certification in progress
This intergenerational home is the perfect example of balancing a communal lifestyle with your family and enjoy your intimacy at the same time. Inside, everything has been thought of down to the last detail for a minimalist yet elegant style, whether it is the hard-wood kitchen ceiling, the heated concrete flooring without baseboards, or a few decorating accessories that brings the room together. In total, the house includes 4 rooms and 2 bathrooms. The entrance (in the middle) acts as the separation between the two generations and connects both sides of the house together. Underneath the entrance in the basement, there is a gym which all family members have access to!
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Lecornec-Pibarot: Certification in progress
This magnificent home welcomes an abundance of light in each room. Upstairs, you will find three bedrooms and one complete bathroom where a country character is added to the house by a roof dormer. On the main floor, a heated concrete flooring provides year-round comfort to the home owners and requires very little maintenance, which is perfect for a family who owns a dog!
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Bonneviot-Riopel: Certification in progress
This unique home is the result of a combination of two old solid wood homes, one a log house and the other beam and post, being deconstructed, moved and rebuilt to make one. The interior finishing is thus richly endowed with ancient recuperated materials with a story to tell, and with other resolutely contemporary fixtures that listen and by this virtue engender a dialogue, mutually enhancing one another.
Outside, a graceful pergola and a magnificent gazebo help forge the link with the natural environs and nearby lake.
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Fortin-Courtemanche
Remarkably well-conceived and awash in light, this tiny house conveys and impression of grandeur with its high ceilings and ample windows. The main room of the house, which includes the kitchen and living room/dining room areas, is very welcoming. A place where life feels good and getting around is a pleasure! On all sides are a bedroom, bathroom, small vestibule and storage space, all installed on the same level. Designed by UrbanEco and built through a task sharing arrangement, this cozy little home features clean lines and is ingeniously decorated, in keeping with the image of this young couple who care about the environment.
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La Pool
Designed and delivered in just six months to an American couple who recently relocated to Canada, La Pool is at the cutting edge of technology in terms of low-energy indoor pools. This private indoor complex also houses a sauna, hammam (steam room) and a relaxation area with a wood burning stove. Many high-end technical elements that contribute to make this place an oasis of peace and relaxation have been chosen since they are healthy for the body and the environment. Air quality is ensured by efficient ventilation, automated humidity control and Cedar finishing and lime coatings have been chosen for their natural antifungal properties and great beauty. An LED lighting system creates soothing lighting ambiances and the high quality of materials, the choice of textures and colors, coupled with a welcoming and pure design are conducive to contemplation.
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Jean-Grégoire-Barbeau: Platine LEED
The owners of this residence already had their conceptual design plans in hand, so UrbanEco proceeded to draw up construction plans. This second home located in the Eastern Townships presents the perfect application of passive solar design for a home. With a contemporary style, the building blends in perfectly with the natural environs. Its interior features are optimized to the maximum, with no space lost in this bright welcoming interior that encompasses four bedrooms and two full bathrooms. UrbanEco’s expertise and quality of execution combined with the owners’ penchant for clean lines and noble materials leave a lasting impression on all of its visitors. A remarkable achievement designed and built to pass the test of time.
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La Saint-Camille
It was back to the country for this family of five who left Québec to settle in St-Camille. Designed by architectural technologist Alexandre St-Louis and built by UrbanEco, this magnificent home promotes family conviviality. A prime example of optimization, this house of modest dimensions makes the most of large and luminous common areas. With wood featured throughout, abundant fenestration, 9-foot ceilings and lime wash wall coating these spaces are lively and warm.
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Gagné-Tran
A race won against the clock resulting in an impeccable house.
A Zen garden of white stones arrayed on this family plot of land that offers a bird’s eye view over the Massawippi valley inspires this construction. The classical style of the building is harmoniously matched with the Township’s architectural milieu. Highly energy efficient walls allied with openings on all sides give us ample opportunity to enjoy nature’s beauty while remaining comfortably warm or cool, depending on the season.
A minimum of roofing and foundation allow for maximum space. Four floors of finished housing, with space for each family member, a home office for telecommuting nestled in the attic and a fine carpentry workshop in the basement accessible from the outside.
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Labrecque-Dionne: Silver LEED
This house is situated in the magnificent Eastern Townships forest and well adapted for family life. Spread on three floors, each inhabitant can find their own space. The building envelope is energy efficient and the materials are noble, creating an enjoyable and comfortable atmosphere for everyone.
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Sirois-Long: Gold LEED
This semi-detached house was a budgetary challenge for a young family. Completed on a task-sharing basis, the owners could thus join in the construction and save costs. The customized plans and evolving design anticipate the addition of a workshop and a practical portico entrance. With spaces spread over 3 levels, this project includes two bedrooms with the possibility of a third, a family room and a living room, a half bathroom and a full bathroom, a laundry room and a technical room. Here, a ground-level garden access was preferred to a basement, opening fully on the 2 acres in co-property of the eco-district Le Champ des Possibles project, overlooking the pond. Warm and lively interiors thrill with the abundant natural light of this passive and bioclimatic solar design.
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La Victoria: Platine LEED
Welcome to the La Victoria project, where a geometric spatial play welcomes and invites you to venture further into rooms featuring exposed wood beams, a solid tongue and groove wood floors, giving it warmth and authenticity. Practical and functional, it has a garage-workshop, as well as a four-season greenhouse adjoining the kitchen, allowing for year-round cooking with plenty of fresh herbs, tomatoes and other vegetables! Designed for a father and his daughter, this house is built on two levels, including a frost-free wall and floor slab floor heating. Upstairs are two bedrooms and a bedroom-office and a bathroom with laundry room.
This house is certified Novoclimat 2.0 and in the process of LEED certification.
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Bertrand-Gournay: Gold LEED
A breathtaking view from the perfect mountain home for this couple and their daughter. A single visit is all it takes to make you want to stay forever. A classic in its genre, this mountain beauty is clad with wood siding and cedar shingles and crowned with a metal roof. The generous window openings, spanning from the ground floor to the upper level, are exposed both to the south and to the surrounding view.
Inside, wood predominates with the exposed beams, planking, staircase, kitchen cabinets and moldings all vying for the honors of having the most beautiful grain and nuances of color.
This passive solar home offers three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large multifunctional space, ample storage space and a family room.
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La Côtière: Platine LEED
Welcome to La Côtière, a project that combines our offices and model home under one roof. Designed and built accordingly to the site, with indoor and outdoor finishes that are healthy for the body and the environment, this model house reflects our company’s values and philosophy.
The chosen materials are local, noble and sustainable requiring low maintenance and repair costs. Paints and coats have either low or free volatile compounds emissions, which are toxic and usually found in regular constructions. Furthermore, its solar passive and bioclimatic design, combined with sunshields guarantees a house that is fresh in the summertime, and warm and cozy in the winter while remaining bathed in natural light year-round. With triple fenestration, superior building envelope air and water-tightness, La Côtière has a low energy consumption (between 30%-60% less than a conventional home). In brief, our model home represents what an UrbanÉco house is: an investment for a better quality of life, and a comfort you can’t find elsewhere.
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Perreault-Deschênes
This magnificent home was designed by UrbanEco Construction and built on a task-sharing basis in Trois-Pistoles, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. The architecture is classic Québec style, but the building is up to future standards.
Perched on a mountain, this house manages the challenge of having a view over the river to the north and capturing the southern exposure to the sun.
This project is the cornerstone of a project inspired by food self-sufficiency and a return to the land. The interior finishing will allow our new homesteaders to endure the long winter months, but already, they enjoy fresh air, bountiful health and the sweetness of living.
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Courchesne-Courcier
Designed and constructed by UrbanEco, this vast residence extends in remarkable fashion over several levels.
On the first floor it features a superb living room with an 11-foot ceiling and large windows facing south. A few steps up are the entrance, kitchen and dining room. Upstairs, we find 2 bedrooms and a third room currently used as a workshop, as well as a generous sitting room.
Presenting a natural wood exterior and intricately angled roof, this country house melds perfectly with its setting, deep in the country surrounded by magnificent horses.
A home for this new family to live their dreams!
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Morin-Richer
The metamorphosis of a chalet into a butterfly:
On this enchanting site, a family cottage testified to the preceding eras. With a tip of a hat and few taps of hammers, another page in the history of this family was written.
Being in contact, in every sense of the word and to the utmost, with the beautiful Eastern Townships lake was the guiding principle for this impressive major renovation. Facing southern exposure, the oversized balcony and large windows, with the spa and generous sheltered area, enable all to appreciate nature and the landscape come what may the weather. Indoors, the open concept space, including the art studio overlooking the lake and the massive observational expanse of the mezzanine with its central spiral staircase, adds a sense of grandeur to everyday living while remaining within the bounds of reason, with regard to dimensions at least…
Thanks to Claude and Nathalie for this great teamwork!
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Denault-Landry: Gold LEED
This bi-generational residence was designed and built during the first phase of our project Le Champ des Possibles, in Waterville. This simple and warm home is very bright and has 3 bedrooms and an office upstairs and a complete apartment on the garden level. The residence also serves as the kindergarten “Kindergarten in the Field of Possibilities”. Working with a tight budget, the result is an example of how to go big with small, with a carefully considered layout so that every square foot is well used. Next door to the UrbanEco model home with our offices, toddlers brighten our days with their smiles and laughter.
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Cyr-Bernier
As soon as you walk into this home, you can feel the spacious open concept that was ingeniously designed by UrbanEco’s architecture and design team. Making the most of the Brompton Lake shoreline, huge windows adorn the façade to offer breathtaking views of the water. The ceilings up to 17 feet high, a central staircase and glass railings between floors help amplify the sense of grandeur. Exposed beams give even more character to this magnificent house that is flooded in natural light. A mezzanine with 2 additional bedrooms and a large living room complete the living space.
Step 1
First Meeting
During our very first meeting, you will have the occasion to visit or model home and learn more about the services we provide, whether it’s in architecture, construction, or one of our eco-neighborhoods. This meeting is free of charge and will also allow us to calculate an approximate budgetary estimate of your project as well as elaborate on the next steps to move forward.
Step 2
Budgetary estimate
Before we move along with your project, our estimator will calculate a more precise budgetary estimate of your project. In order to do so, we will collect more details about some particularities of your land and the services you would like to require from us.
Step 3
Conceptual Design Study
In line with our philosophy of respecting the environment, we draw our projects based on your land to minimize the negative impacts construction can have on surrounding nature. Therefore, our architecture team will evaluate your land even before they start to draw the plans and gather various information such as the site’s topography, important views or panoramas, dominating winds and types of soil. With this information and various photos, images and drawings of inspiration explored with you, we are finally able to draw. Your dream is starting to come to fruition! These first blueprints include perspectives, site planes and schematics showing the architecture of the building.
Step 4
Official Blueprints and Specifications
Once you are completely satisfied with the plans so far, we can draw the plans that will be used for construction and focus on various details. At this stage, you can choose your indoor and outdoor finishes and we will add plans for the roof, electricity, the foundation, details for the stairs and built-in furnishing. In order to help you choose the best materials possible suitable for your needs, a document with all specifications related to the plans will be annexed. These specifications will also help different suppliers submit their quotes.
Step 5
Official Quotes and Construction Contract
The official blueprints and specifications are approved and signed by you! You can now ask for an official quote from UrbanÉco and/or another contractor if you wish. We like to offer some flexibility to our clients so we either built turnkey houses, or split construction tasks to allow you to get involved and reduce the costs. We also provide guidance and estimates to assist you through the process with your financial institution. If needed, we bring some last changes to the plans, print the lasted version, obtain a construction permit and once your construction contract is signed, we can begin the construction!
Step 6
Construction and Acceptation
We now have the pleasure to introduce you to our production team! As a general contractor, we can hire our own construction team, who is very detail-oriented, has great work ethic and is very knowledgeable regarding ecofriendly houses. As for our suppliers, they are well-aware of our high-quality standards and they work hard to apply them. Communication, planning and quality control is our motto!
For Your Health and the Environment
For Your Health and the Environment
Learn more about the added value of an UrbanÉco eco-friendly home!
It’s to be warm and cozy every winter when the temperature hits -20 degrees with little heating on because of our airtight house shell and superior insulation, yet still be comfortable in the summer thanks to our bioclimatic design. It’s to sleep through Sunday morning when your neighbor mows the lawn, thanks to superior soundproofing qualities. It’s to cut down up to half of your heating and electricity bill thanks to a solar passive design and triple fenestration. It’s a smart investment as your home will be built with care and noble and durable materials that require little maintenance.