West Wing House
The neat, geometric addition to the rear of West Wing House peeks out over the rooftop of its unassuming original cottage in north-eastern Melbourne. This modest addition reveals itself gradually to the visitor, slowly unfurling and building intrigue as one moves from the street toward the house’s newly established heart.
The addition is approached via the existing entry hall, the path from the front door encompassing inviting glimpses of the new, double height spaces at the rear and the garden beyond.
A second storey bridge marks the divide between old and new, moving beneath this one enters into the complex composition of volumes, voids, and openings that comprise the new double height primary living areas, study and main bedroom.
Bound to the north and south by neighbouring properties, the architectural resolution incorporates an array of carefully curated high level openings to allow plentiful light and ventilation throughout, whilst maintaining privacy and cultivating maximised positive outlook.
The spatial arrangement is therefore unique, each of the new rooms freely interacting with one another and sharing the myriad of light and views delivered by the addition’s small footprint without being typically open plan.
Externally, the addition is considered as one, singular architectural volume. The west-facing garden facade is shaded by deep subtractions to this form, delivering generous sun protection to an otherwise unencumbered relationship between inside and out.
The refined architectural approach to West Wing House transforms a previously unremarkable Melbourne cottage into an inherently liveable and dynamic family home, delivering a distinct sense of space and grandeur uncommon to typical residential architecture.
A second storey bridge marks the divide between old and new, moving beneath this one enters into the complex composition of volumes, voids, and openings that comprise the new double height primary living areas, study and main bedroom.
Bound to the north and south by neighbouring properties, the architectural resolution incorporates an array of carefully curated high level openings to allow plentiful light and ventilation throughout, whilst maintaining privacy and cultivating maximised positive outlook.
The spatial arrangement is therefore unique, each of the new rooms freely interacting with one another and sharing the myriad of light and views delivered by the addition’s small footprint without being typically open plan.
Externally, the addition is considered as one, singular architectural volume. The west-facing garden facade is shaded by deep subtractions to this form, delivering generous sun protection to an otherwise unencumbered relationship between inside and out.
The refined architectural approach to West Wing House transforms a previously unremarkable Melbourne cottage into an inherently liveable and dynamic family home, delivering a distinct sense of space and grandeur uncommon to typical residential architecture.
The addition is approached via the existing entry hall, the path from the front door encompassing inviting glimpses of the new, double height spaces at the rear and the garden beyond.
A second storey bridge marks the divide between old and new, moving beneath this one enters into the complex composition of volumes, voids, and openings that comprise the new double height primary living areas, study and main bedroom.
Bound to the north and south by neighbouring properties, the architectural resolution incorporates an array of carefully curated high level openings to allow plentiful light and ventilation throughout, whilst maintaining privacy and cultivating maximised positive outlook.
The spatial arrangement is therefore unique, each of the new rooms freely interacting with one another and sharing the myriad of light and views delivered by the addition’s small footprint without being typically open plan.
Externally, the addition is considered as one, singular architectural volume. The west-facing garden facade is shaded by deep subtractions to this form, delivering generous sun protection to an otherwise unencumbered relationship between inside and out.
The refined architectural approach to West Wing House transforms a previously unremarkable Melbourne cottage into an inherently liveable and dynamic family home, delivering a distinct sense of space and grandeur uncommon to typical residential architecture.
A second storey bridge marks the divide between old and new, moving beneath this one enters into the complex composition of volumes, voids, and openings that comprise the new double height primary living areas, study and main bedroom.
Bound to the north and south by neighbouring properties, the architectural resolution incorporates an array of carefully curated high level openings to allow plentiful light and ventilation throughout, whilst maintaining privacy and cultivating maximised positive outlook.
The spatial arrangement is therefore unique, each of the new rooms freely interacting with one another and sharing the myriad of light and views delivered by the addition’s small footprint without being typically open plan.
Externally, the addition is considered as one, singular architectural volume. The west-facing garden facade is shaded by deep subtractions to this form, delivering generous sun protection to an otherwise unencumbered relationship between inside and out.
The refined architectural approach to West Wing House transforms a previously unremarkable Melbourne cottage into an inherently liveable and dynamic family home, delivering a distinct sense of space and grandeur uncommon to typical residential architecture.
Project Year: 2016
Country: Australia
