First floor bedrooms with external timber sliding windows

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Modern three level home with large timber look window screes an random stone cladding.

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The concept takes its cue from the layered quality of a pop-up book, where pages lift and overlap to create depth and moments of discovery. That idea plays out in the exterior materials too, with flat sheet cladding layered over slender timber battens that cast soft, shifting shadows across the facade through the day.

A facade alteration brings a modern look to the coastal house. We used Decowood Aluminium cladding on a custom engineered frame to achieve this look.

Esta apasionante pieza de Arquitectura para una pareja enamorada del Arte y el Diseño que nos permitió desarrollar un proyecto que aprovecha todos los inputs que nos aporta el entorno. Un lugar poderoso donde cada ventana es tratada como un marco para el paisaje. Tuvimos el placer de Diseñar algunos elementos en el interior de la Casa, desde las puertas principales de acceso en aluminio plegado, una escalera de hormigón desnudo para la entrada de la casa, una preciosa escalera de diseño en acero con barandillas a juego, una chimenea de hormigón, armarios abiertos para las habitaciones de los invitados y un garaje exterior en hormigón con un detallado encofrado de madera.

Esta apasionante pieza de Arquitectura para una pareja enamorada del Arte y el Diseño que nos permitió desarrollar un proyecto que aprovecha todos los inputs que nos aporta el entorno. Un lugar poderoso donde cada ventana es tratada como un marco para el paisaje. Tuvimos el placer de Diseñar algunos elementos en el interior de la Casa, desde las puertas principales de acceso en aluminio plegado, una escalera de hormigón desnudo para la entrada de la casa, una preciosa escalera de diseño en acero con barandillas a juego, una chimenea de hormigón, armarios abiertos para las habitaciones de los invitados y un garaje exterior en hormigón con un detallado encofrado de madera.

La vivienda, muy próxima al vial público, se cierra a la calle con una fachada prácticamente ciega, configurada como una serie de planos paralelos de diferentes materiales, asegurando así la privacidad de los usuarios.

The concept takes its cue from the layered quality of a pop-up book, where pages lift and overlap to create depth and moments of discovery. That idea plays out in the exterior materials too, with flat sheet cladding layered over slender timber battens that cast soft, shifting shadows across the facade through the day.

Periscope House draws light into a young family’s home, adding thoughtful solutions and flexible spaces to 1950s Art Deco foundations. Our clients engaged us to undertake a considered extension to their character-rich home in Malvern East. They wanted to celebrate their home’s history while adapting it to the needs of their family, and future-proofing it for decades to come. The extension’s form meets with and continues the existing roofline, politely emerging at the rear of the house. The tones of the original white render and red brick are reflected in the extension, informing its white Colorbond exterior and selective pops of red throughout. Inside, the original home’s layout has been reimagined to better suit a growing family. Once closed-in formal dining and lounge rooms were converted into children’s bedrooms, supplementing the main bedroom and a versatile fourth room. Grouping these rooms together has created a subtle definition of zones: private spaces are nestled to the front, while the rear extension opens up to shared living areas. A tailored response to the site, the extension’s ground floor addresses the western back garden, and first floor (AKA the periscope) faces the northern sun. Sitting above the open plan living areas, the periscope is a mezzanine that nimbly sidesteps the harsh afternoon light synonymous with a western facing back yard. It features a solid wall to the west and a glass wall to the north, emulating the rotation of a periscope to draw gentle light into the extension. Beneath the mezzanine, the kitchen, dining, living and outdoor spaces effortlessly overlap. Also accessible via an informal back door for friends and family, this generous communal area provides our clients with the functionality, spatial cohesion and connection to the outdoors they were missing. Melding modern and heritage elements, Periscope House honours the history of our clients’ home while creating light-filled shared spaces – all through a periscopic lens that opens the home to the garden.