For this contemporary, terraced home and its
kitchen, building council guidelines and a tight
site meant a smart solution was required to
address the lack of available natural light.
In response, the whole-house and kitchen
designer Jason Saunders found several ways to
get sunlight into the ground floor of the home
and, by extension, into the kitchen.
“We designed the home to emphasise links
between indoor and outdoor areas. This included
cantilevering the first floor out to the boundary,
but leaving one central area open to the skies,”
says Saunders. “This created a two-storey void
which, together with a roof window over the
kitchen, draws the sun into the home.”
The kitchen, along with a concealed laundry
entered from the workspace, takes a prominent
position at one end of the ground floor, borrow-
ing space visually and in terms of function from
its surroundings. For example, the kitchen can
open directly to the outdoor area in front via
stacker doors, gaining space as well as sunlight.
Of course, just as someone in the kitchen can
look to the outdoor space or across to the dining
area, so too is the kitchen on display.
As the kitchen forms a backdrop to these
Above left: This luxurious, clean-lined
kitchen forms part of a whole-house
design by designer Jason Saunders
of Arc Seven 1. Faced with limited
space, Saunders cantilevered the
first floor to the boundary. A cut-out
in the cantilever and a roof window
mean the kitchen and surrounds
are flooded with natural light from
directly above. Bringing sunlight
into the home had been tricky as
the three-storey buildings to left and
right had limited solar penetration.
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