B. The Scale of the House
The growing desire for more space has meant houses have become larger – in all the wrong places – at the expense of open spaces and a relationship to site. This project defers to tree canopy as a connector between housing and suburb. Through a repeatable and prefabricated module, this project builds a two-storey house for the cost of a one-storey house, increasing density while reducing footprint and impact on existing landscape.
The design retains an important piece of utilitarian heritage, but changes it to become a valuable and desirable setting for modern family life. The additions have transformed the way the owners live on the lot, whilst retaining the character that initially attracted them to it.
Site info
Number of Dwellings: 10
Site Area: 2,636 m2 over 3 lots
Team
Fernando Jerez, Belen Perez de Juan, Joshua Cobb-Diamond and Stephen Thick with Tao Bourton from Yolk Property Group
Schemes
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