The project is a renovation and extension of a Victorian terrace for two energetic downsizers. The outcome reflects a design process which centred the lives, interests, and participation of the clients as equal to any other architectural concerns. This form of process allowed for a deeper engagement between all parties, imbuing the outcome with the meaningful stories and sensibilities of the owners.
The building is a contextually sensitive renovation where form, material and expression are all driven by the uncovering and collecting of personal and contextual references.
The architecture learns from the site’s own established historical typology of a ‘house with outbuilding’, reinstating a separate pavilion in the garden to address specific function with added amenity. An extension to the main dwelling also learns from the existing, arranging simple, well-proportioned spaces into a semblance of rooms and surrounding gardens.
