requirements, rubbing up against the need for
sunlight into the north facing windows of the
adjacent property to the south.
The monolithic, upper-level form is articulated
with a fine patterning of neatly seamed flat
locked panels. Contrast this with the delicate,
but sharp, screen elements pinned off the
façade by a neat gap. Internally, the main
space is accentuated with ribbed walls on one
side, and a smooth Venetian render, inside
and out, on the other.
Without resorting to frosted glass and a sill
height above 1700mm, a large upper-level
window dominates the rear façade. The
screen to the window serves the functional
requirement of allowing long and short range
views from inside the main bedroom and
adds a lightness externally. The screen is
made from a galvanized ladder frame, clad
with single dot perforated flat plate aluminum.
The aluminum is held off the main façade to
add to the lightness to the otherwise heavy
volume.
In the wet area, the owners wanted a
robust, yet restrained palette. Long lasting
and natural in tone. The extensive use of
long sheet porcelain for the splashback,
benchtops, TV unit and outside bench reveal
and versatile material quick to blend in with
its context. Internally, polished concrete floors
and porcelain tiles wrap up the robust and low
maintenance palette.
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