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Project Description:
Place: North Bondi, Australia
From architect: “Project briefs were to design a new house for a builder and their young family, which is on a long sandy flat running from Bandi to the port in Rose Bay. Block is big for northern Bondi in 4,467 sq ft. Located in the corner of a busy road with apartments and shopfrots. Carefully decontroled.
“The possibility of garden to filter neighborhood conditions and help tenderness was a primary focus for the project. Initial investigations with advisors enabled us to design on a clear understanding of what the garden will be like and we How to trust them can trust privacy and protection, carefully considering the contact of each room.
“In the scheme, the steps of the room and to stagger to create separate garden spaces that provide relief to the overall experience, bring light and ventilation to the plan. Connected, each room offers confidentiality and different conditions, a four -step level change that solves the slopes of the site from the backyard to the road. Has raised the level of the garden.
“The entrance path goes on the road through an unfit garden, which is below the house to reach the center of the scheme. The central entry neatly divides the scheme into private sectors and public living places which join outside The first-floor planning is more compact with a circulation that connects four bedrooms and bathrooms.
“In terms of materiality, the Red Brick was selected to respond to the context. The red brick is usually found on the back roads of Bondi. The brick selected for this project was closed and reflected the available quantity The final design required. The original bungalow was used to produce the internal skin of the brickwork, which was finished in a natural render, unexpected and sealed with wax Was.
“The site has increased the shade through new indigenous planting. The house has a 9.3kw solar system and battery, electric car charging and 7,200l water tank. The storm water is managed through a refined infiltration system. . “
