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| 7.1.2022
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"establishes a relationship between 'site and modifier,' between
place and object, and is envisaged to enable multiple readings,
from beyond and from within"—the humanly scaled house is as
honest a work of architecture one can hope to encounter.
To actually live there? Luck without limits. Imagine floating through
such a space. Which is quite what one does in a fluid, flow
state-inducing interior. The home's open plan living arrangement
includes a suite of bedrooms, kitchen and dining environments,
and a main living area that is separated from a cozy lounge and
TV room by a double-story void at the heart of the home. With
a cut in the roof inviting natural light from above, highlighting a
group of ferns, this void as inner garden further unites the inside of
the house with the landscape. Below the home's upper platform,
meanwhile, a subterranean pool with the hypnotic stillness of a
reflecting pond is visible on entry via the void.
The "expansion and contraction of the interior allows shifts
between the intimate and the public," the studio explains of floor
plan. "The deep verandah space allows for a shadow gradient
to emerge between inner and outer thresholds, enhancing the
sense of sanctuary from the surrounds and its variable weather
conditions. It allows one to be outside in torrential rain and avoid
the burning midday sun."
The "expansion and contraction of the interior
allows shifts between the intimate and the
public," the studio explains of floor plan.
