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The project presented the unusual prospect of a double sized building allotment within Sydney's heavily built inner west, where half the site was occupied and the other half not.
The occupied half contained a late Victorian terrace house. The front of the terrace was intact, and contained a double Living room downstairs and two bedrooms up. It has been retained and repaired. The rear had suffered major changes and has been demolished.
The unoccupied half of the site became the primary building site for the project.
A new two-storey infill containing a Kitchen and Dining space downstairs, and Studio upstairs is set to the Terrace house alignment. It mirrors the massing of the original terrace, but defers to the older building as the functional and ceremonial point of entry. On the rear laneway alignment, a new Garage/Workshop has been built.
A recessive join between the two buildings contains a ground level toilet and new stairs that lead up to a second level aluminium clad Bathroom box at the rear.
The Kitchen/Studio is composed of masonry bookends that define a vertical light strip facing east and west. It contains triple sliding openings and fixed panels of translucent polycarbonate. For privacy, sun control and security, timber battened boxes enclose the light strip. The Garage/workshop mimics many of the forms and materials of the Kitchen/Studio structure, with timber battened folding doors opening to the courtyard and laneway.
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