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With two storey walls on three sides and a northerly aspect on the short side, the challenge was to insert a three-storey structure that felt immediately spacious and welcoming without compromising natural light, ventilation and outdoor living spaces at all levels. This was achieved using a steel frame structure that allowed voids and glass walls to transform what could otherwise have been a dark and closed environment.
A rigorous schedule of limited materials was applied: oak, concrete and white walls have been accented with Italian blue limestone and stainless steel. The aim was to avoid visual clutter and allow the personality of the occupant to emerge. Although largely without doors, intimate spaces are created by changes in ceiling height and concealed sliding walls, Views to the water feature in the rear courtyard are heightened at night by carefully placed lighting that allows the water ripples to dance in the rear bedroom.
FILTERING EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
The kitchen is the focal point of thi,
two-storey Sydney house by architect
Nicholas Murcutt. A sense of connection
to the outdoors from the kitchen and
throughout the house was part of the
clients' brief, as they had enjoyed a
series of intirnate rooms off courtyards
in the previous home on this site.
The curved wall acts as an axis. creating
a sense of destination. It is also a filter from
the neighbours while letting the outside
in at regular intervals. Doors open from
the kitchen to a western terrace and
garden and a window provides a view
through to the eastern outdoor spaces
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