架构师提供的文本描述。在我们第一次访问劳伦提德的赫伦湖时，我们最终被秋天点燃了一片森林。我们借了一条小径到达工地的顶端，在那里我们发现了一处海角上的空地。我们可以想象下约60米的湖。它虽小但曲折，给人的印象是一条弯弯曲曲隐藏了大湖看不见的部分。

Text description provided by the architects. At our first visit to Lake Heron in the Laurentides, we ended up in a forest enflamed by fall. We borrowed a small path to reach the top of the site where we found a clearing atop a promontory. We could contemplate the lake which was about 60 meters below. Small but sinuous, it gave the impression that a meander hid the invisible part of a larger lake.

 © Alain Laforest

阿兰·拉弗雷斯

远处隐约隐现出群山的轮廓。景色美极了。那天发现这个网站时，我们都喘不过气来。我们静静地穿过不同的生态系统，到处都是壮丽的岩石。我记得有一小片云杉林带着一条狭窄的小径，形成了一种有节奏的垂直，过滤了水的水平。

The silhouette of the mountains loomed in the distance. The scenery was of immense beauty. We all gasped discovering the site that day. We went down quietly through different ecosystems dotted with magnificent rocks. I remember a small forest of spruces with a constricted path the caused a rhythmic vertical which filtered the horizontality of the water.

 Floor Plan

从湖面上，我们可以看到我们早些时候参观过的海角。当第一批草图被画出来时，我们的想法是创造一个平台，让我们可以欣赏风景。这个大露台既能捕捉太阳，又能俯瞰湖面。不知道家庭在下面，它是从顶部访问。这个表面用作屋顶。房子的需求是建立在一个较低的平面上，放置在非常薄的柱子上，给人的印象是有人居住的空间漂浮着，就像漂浮在空中一样。

From the lake, we could see the promontory that we had visited earlier on. As soon as the first sketches were drawn, the idea was to create a plateau where we could enjoy the view. This large terrace captures the sun as well as has a view on the lake. Unaware that the home is below, it is accessed from the top. This surface therefor serves as roofing. The needs of the house are based on a lower plane, placed on very thin columns to give the impression that the inhabited space floats, almost as if in levitation.

 © Alain Laforest

阿兰·拉弗雷斯

结构框架由9个方格组成，每个方形4米大，宽。我们从街面进入这所房子。然后我们沿着一边的人行道到达一个小型的室外露台。然后我们可以进入家庭的心脏。这些房间位于山坡上，而其他房间则得益于景观的开放，而这些景观似乎被大窗户放大了。大高原的位置和简单的体积使它成为一个地方，你可以享受一个新的视野湖。

The structural frame consists of nine squares each of four meters large and wide. We access the house at street level. We then follow a walkway on the side to reach a small outdoor terrace. We can then enter the heart of the home. The rooms are located on the hillside while the other rooms benefit from the opening of the landscape that seems amplified by large windows. The location and the simple volume of the Grand Plateau make it a place where you can enjoy a new perspective on the lake.