The form and programme that emerged from this project resulted from challenging site constraints, spatial limitations and a tight budget. Located in a flood prone area, it was necessary to elevate habitable rooms 1.2m above ground level. As a secondary dwelling, the brief needed to be achieved within 60sqm and adhere to a budget that would allow it to remain an affordable housing option.
Beavers House carefully considers the heritage characteristics of this beautiful Victorian Terrace but proudly introduces a contemporary addition to the front facade which extends into an open plan, light-filled and practical living / dining space
Mavis House is a contemporary and minimal renovation that transformed a post war brick house into an expansive family home situated in Yarraville.
Alexandra House involved the conversion of a turn of the century boarding house and pathology lab into a functional family home.
The Double Happiness House took shape in the computer. Layout first sorted, with different zones, and thinking of the way the floorplan would be used, keeping the powder room away from the kitchen
The Ballarat East House is wrapped in a locally sourced vertically clad native Australian hardwood board and batten cladding. This emulates it’s vertically native treed environment whilst light and shadow change on the three dimensional cladding throughout the days progress.
A Queenslander in the leafy suburb of Paddington takes on a new personality with this very progressive and unexpected double-height extension.
Our response was inspired and directed by the client’s determined assertion that she was merely the current caretaker of this ‘old lady’; of this building that had preceded and would surely succeed her into the future.
