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Dowel House
Dowel House
Melbourne, Australia
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Dowel House
Melbourne, Australia
Project Featured on Feb 09, 2020
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2015
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
BUDGET
$100K - 500K
Our design strategy is always to celebrate the particularities of the project. While exploring the functional opportunities of opening and closing the windows in the skylight as well as incorporating shading devices, the use of the timber dowel offered an opportunity to become the rod to open the louvres as well as a decorative chandelier over the dining table. The chandelier can be reconfigured, with the coloured elements highlighting which dowels can be removed and repositioned to change to dowel display.
The use of the dowel then extended to is application within the kitchen as an art display device, shelving and support legs for the concrete benches. The dowels are also used as display ledges for the client’s extensive art collection, doors pulls, towels rails and wall hooks amongst many other things. The colours selected within the interior have been drawn from the collection to personalise the design response. These colours are applied to the dowels within the chandelier as well as dowel elements which punctuate the space.
The circular cut-outs featured in the sliding study wall panel, robes and panelling to the skylight and the TV cupboard also repeat the dowel motif throughout the spaces.
The dowel establishes a consistent design approach through each space, while varying its function in each and every space. This humble material is elevated to higher level, as it blurs the boundaries between the functional, the decorative and art. The series of spaces create a holistic yet diverse experience between each other in constant dialogue with the ever changing art collection on display.
The use of the dowel then extended to is application within the kitchen as an art display device, shelving and support legs for the concrete benches. The dowels are also used as display ledges for the client’s extensive art collection, doors pulls, towels rails and wall hooks amongst many other things. The colours selected within the interior have been drawn from the collection to personalise the design response. These colours are applied to the dowels within the chandelier as well as dowel elements which punctuate the space.
The circular cut-outs featured in the sliding study wall panel, robes and panelling to the skylight and the TV cupboard also repeat the dowel motif throughout the spaces.
The dowel establishes a consistent design approach through each space, while varying its function in each and every space. This humble material is elevated to higher level, as it blurs the boundaries between the functional, the decorative and art. The series of spaces create a holistic yet diverse experience between each other in constant dialogue with the ever changing art collection on display.
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