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DPR House

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Arch / Design:		MCK Architects (web)
Type:		House
Year:		2011
Location:		Sydney
Photographer:		Willem Rethmeier (web)

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The conceptual framework for DPR House was one of house as landscape, a house that would have a topography where activities were acted out on a terrain that flowed and folded and hinged, a circuit of movement was flowing internally, externally vertically and horizontally, providing a dynamic and fluidity to the plan.

Drawing from the natural terrain, the house creates its own topography, folding and hinging at various levels to define the proportions of both the interior and exterior living space.

A decking system snakes around the property to wrap around an outdoor pool and carve out a series of outdoor spaces from the sloping rear garden. the volume of the house interacts with the shape of this deck plan, protruding at specific points to offer coverage and shade. the pool, which is sunken in, extends from the underground level to the garden, serving as an anchoring
focal point from many vantage points throughout the dwelling.

The palette of materials was chosen to reflect the surrounding heritage context with traditional materials such as dark face brick work, timber shakes, slate tiles and copper sheeting. from the street, the house is revealed in form-blocking layers and seemingly unfurls to its full arrangement as the approach is made towards the rear garden.