Brunswick West House
Taylor Knights
Brunswick West House is a small-scale,
50-square-meter alteration and addition to
a Californian Bungalow home. The addition
forms a low-volume, compact intervention on
the project’s site, that aims to re-engage the
home with the generous north-facing garden
beyond.
The modest nature of the project called for
simple, incisive moves that would sidestep
the need for an arduous and costly re-
configuration of the existing home. In turn,
our strategy looked to repurpose an ivy-lined
sideway, creating a new, central entry for the
home.
This approach enables the home to operate
succinctly in two halves: the original rooms
now accommodate more private activities,
while the addition forms its new social heart.
These new living spaces are arranged in
and around three sculptural masonry walls,
creating nooks and reveals within the open
plan – spaces that could offer a place to sit
and share with family or retreat within at
other times.
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