VISION Issue 47 | Page 13

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The inside/outside house description is something
of a cliché but here you have a fantastic landscape
the house embraces.
We were very much wanting to create a comfortable
family home on this site, but also trying to achieve nice
proportion in the structure. A journey was envisioned
where you came in through the front door, being a more
public part of the house, and then continuing through
to the formal living area and past the feature spiral stair.
From the entry the journey continues through the hallway
area and into the back living area which very much
connects and opens up to the backyard and provides
views out to the swimming pool.
It reveals itself slowly and the slower you reveal,
I think the better people absorb the story. Is there
a story the house tells as you move through it?
We wanted the front formal room to capture views to
the front yard and the two very well established trees,
and in terms of the journey through that space, we then
created a middle hallway threshold with smaller windows
and warmer joinery colours. Once through the formal,
public parts of the house and through to the private
area, the main living spaces achieve a different
proportion, with lower ceilings, which create a warmer
interior and windows which capture views through to
the landscaping at the rear.