Kew Residences

Kew, Australia

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Kew Residences

Kew, Australia

Firm

Jack Fugaro Architect

Type

Residential › Multi Unit Housing

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2023

SIZE

5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

BUDGET

$1M - 5M

The Kew Residences sit solidly and discretely amongst their established typical suburban neighbors. They are a boutique collection of only two family-sized townhomes. The two — and three-level residences turn their backs from the public stage, focusing their energy inwards and out towards framed treetop views and vistas across the Melbourne city skyline and the Yarra River.

The brief was to design one owner-occupied, generously sized family townhome fit for future generational change and another detached dwelling for investment opportunity. A multi-residential development of only two townhouses was a challenge on a small site, together with planning restrictions at hand. Refined detailing with a visually detached street presentation as one harmonious composition typically found within the neighborhood-built grain.

The approach was to create a strong, discrete, anchored architectural presence through a series of solid compositional volumes dictated by the program. Breezy cross-ventilation principles enhanced the residences' sustainability. Key local materials and trades were imperative to the build, with the local brick manufacturers and skilled trades utilized to give back to the local community.

Carefully composed series of new solid volumes dictated by the program and balanced to the backdrop of the leafy suburban canvas. A paired back traditional brutalist material palette of tactile clay brick and smooth concrete inspired by the tones of the foliage and bark of the 2 significant Queensland box canopy trees located directly opposite the townhouse.

Calmness was key to the experience of spaces, with room volumes all visually connected yet restrained with carefully positioned openings within walls and ceiling voids, allowing filtered natural light to define each space further and bring a sense of intrigue and lightness to the interiors in contrast to the exteriors solid form. Carefully framed views out to the sky, canopy trees, and Yarra River dictate the controlled, filtered light within.

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Kew Residences

Kew, Australia

Kew Residences

Kew, Australia

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