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A modest single-storey federation terrace front conceals an innovative two-storey 4 bedroom house. This new design subverts the conventional terrace configuration by creating a spiral circulation path though the new house. With north to the front of the house, a courtyard was inserted into the centre of the plan to draw natural light and sunshine into the previously dark spaces at the rear of the house. The stair was positioned to face north so that it would also double as a lightshaft bringing the low winter sunshine (as seen in the photos taken in june) into the rear kitchen and dining spaces. The client's desire was for a white house, as a backdrop for artworks and special personal items, but the stair was to be a special feature with a strong, bright colour. Red was chosen as that colour • creating a beautiful red tube, charging the senses each time one travels up or down the stair. At different times of the day and during the different seasons, the quality of light passing through the stairwell shifts from subtle to dramatic, bathing the lower spaces in strong sunshine or soft light. The design positions the living/dining/kitchen area adjacent to the courtyard to the north and rear garden to the south, taking maximum advantage of the illusion of space by viewing into these spaces. The bedrooms upstairs are large and private, each with their own bathrooms. The overall design is a sculptural composition of intersecting rectilinear forms, right down to the composition of sculptural ceiling elements in the living/dining/kitchen space.
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