The project, an extension of a typical three bedroom 70s house,
investigates the simplicity of light in form, colour, and detail.
The design features a new main bedroom with floor to ceiling windows,
bathroom, walk-in-robe, hallway joinery and a timber deck to the
north. These graft themselves to the eastern elevation of the existing
house, offering renewed privacy and natural light to the clients, a
family of five. The plan pulls back to create two private courtyards,
one seemingly internal, featuring Japanese Maple trees. The extension
leads users to double back twice, revealing both sides of the entrance
wall, before entering the main bedroom space which offers views down
the valley to the site’s north-west.
Original and reclaimed material selections, such as an old Huon
Valley barge, was used (in the timber decking and contemplation
seating) to contrast the white planes of the blade privacy walls. These
bind the design on two opposing sides, one now creating a more
apparent and appealing entrance to the home.