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sweet home
Collingwood, Australia
Challenging the
existing heritage policy, which creates humpbacked dwellings all over our inner
cities, these two extensions to a tiny worker’s cottage were completed in 2004
and 2010. The original 1850s house was one of the smallest houses in Melbourne at
approx 40sqm. Once attached to the pub next door, its backyard had become home
to nineteenth-century beer, perfume and medicine bottles buried 1m down into
the soil as well as the odd clay pipe. The first extension, to the rear,
employed a long plastic wall for maximum light and privacy from the overlooking
buildings. In 2010 we added an upper level to the front, with an internal
courtyard. The old house and verandah were retained below, without seeming
incongruous – the reverse of the traditional heritage approach. Dramatically
new at the rear and simple and seemingly traditional at the street end, the
house features two bedrooms upstairs with separate staircases, and a fully
enclosed deck/courtyard between. This creates a private outdoor living zone,
with shade and wind protection, while allowing maximum cross ventilation to
both rooms. Movable shutters control the solar gain, making the house very
energy efficient. Solar panels reduce the carbon footprint and also shade the
roof from the summer sun.
The typical arrangement
of inner-city terraces leaves a small garden to the rear, benefitting only the
last room of the house, and usually in shadow for much of the day. the approach
of pushing a room to the front and creating a private light filled courtyard on
the 1st floor, benefits the 2 bedrooms equally, and provides maximum light and
ventilation, dramatically improving quality of life.
The built form evolved
directly from the existing house, and the ex-pub attached. the modest street
face accepts the existing character of the old building, without compromising
the new interior. the rear extensions abandons all reference to the existing,
being more like a greenhouse- almost temporary looking garden structure. this
addition isnt visible from the street, so there is no "shock of the
new".
The brief was for a
lo-tech low budget high performance extension, that could be easily built.
light and ventilation were a priority. all joinery was to be either flatpack
kits or home made, to reduce cost and force innovation.
Close collaboration
with the tradespeople on site helped adapt the design to avoid cost blow-outs
and deal with the 150 year old buildings quirks. the project was consciously
designed to take advantage of the particular skills of the guys involved.
Constructing as an
owner builder allowed control of costs at all stages, and the design was
constantly updated to achieve maximum bang for the buck.
existing heritage policy, which creates humpbacked dwellings all over our inner
cities, these two extensions to a tiny worker’s cottage were completed in 2004
and 2010. The original 1850s house was one of the smallest houses in Melbourne at
approx 40sqm. Once attached to the pub next door, its backyard had become home
to nineteenth-century beer, perfume and medicine bottles buried 1m down into
the soil as well as the odd clay pipe. The first extension, to the rear,
employed a long plastic wall for maximum light and privacy from the overlooking
buildings. In 2010 we added an upper level to the front, with an internal
courtyard. The old house and verandah were retained below, without seeming
incongruous – the reverse of the traditional heritage approach. Dramatically
new at the rear and simple and seemingly traditional at the street end, the
house features two bedrooms upstairs with separate staircases, and a fully
enclosed deck/courtyard between. This creates a private outdoor living zone,
with shade and wind protection, while allowing maximum cross ventilation to
both rooms. Movable shutters control the solar gain, making the house very
energy efficient. Solar panels reduce the carbon footprint and also shade the
roof from the summer sun.
The typical arrangement
of inner-city terraces leaves a small garden to the rear, benefitting only the
last room of the house, and usually in shadow for much of the day. the approach
of pushing a room to the front and creating a private light filled courtyard on
the 1st floor, benefits the 2 bedrooms equally, and provides maximum light and
ventilation, dramatically improving quality of life.
The built form evolved
directly from the existing house, and the ex-pub attached. the modest street
face accepts the existing character of the old building, without compromising
the new interior. the rear extensions abandons all reference to the existing,
being more like a greenhouse- almost temporary looking garden structure. this
addition isnt visible from the street, so there is no "shock of the
new".
The brief was for a
lo-tech low budget high performance extension, that could be easily built.
light and ventilation were a priority. all joinery was to be either flatpack
kits or home made, to reduce cost and force innovation.
Close collaboration
with the tradespeople on site helped adapt the design to avoid cost blow-outs
and deal with the 150 year old buildings quirks. the project was consciously
designed to take advantage of the particular skills of the guys involved.
Constructing as an
owner builder allowed control of costs at all stages, and the design was
constantly updated to achieve maximum bang for the buck.
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