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The house is situated in Queens Park at the edge of one of Sydney's great urban green spaces - Centenniel Park.
Leafy figs line the street and screen the facades of the houses. These houses are a mixture of scale, ryjtmn and expression.
The allotment is long and narrow, with a fall from the stret frontage to a rear lane of approx half a level. The strret frontage faces west, with a shared party wall on the northern boundary.
The original single storey cottage was dilapidated and poorly organised. It was decided to demolish it completely and start again.
Th elong narrow site with no northern exposure crrated difficulties in providing natural light into the centre of a deep plan. This was overcome by hollowing the new form in the centre to draw light through an internal atrium from above.
Glazing of the 2 ends provided pleasant views and good light while existing street trees serve to screen undesirable western sun. The glazed ends also add a transperancy to the external space thereby creating an expansive internal space environment.
Ibn order to provide the required accommodation, a 2 storey from was introduced. The loss of useable space at ground level was compensated for by the inclusion of a roof terrace which enjoys expansive views in all directions, as well as unimpeded sunshine.
A split level design over 4 levels responds to the fall across the site. The atrium has a glazed roof above and is penetrated by natural light throughout the day.
The structure is composed of 2 identical steel framed 'pods' slipped apart at the void where the level change occurs.
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