Coledale | Dharawal Country
A new home for a family of four and their chickens too. This is a creative refuge, imagined to enable the pursuit of passions - a base for a busy practice, and for individual artistic endeavours.
A unique corner block, three sides street facing providing opportunity to engage in three directions.
Long facade to a laneway, and with a desire to relate to the landscape, this becomes a long house, platforms engaging with different levels and a dramatic linear and gentle staircase organising all movement up and down. Between a living area for entertaining, a central zone for making, and the rear sleeping pavilion.
Not unusual for this area along the coast, the the southerly views mean the solar access from the north is a challenge. A combination of courtyard gardens and clerestory windows ensure it will enjoy a sweep of sun deep into the spaces throughout winter.
A single roof pitch reflects the pitch of the natural slope, and frames the escarpment beyond. A single volume overall, materiality of the lane facade is mixed and layered, allowing multiple opportunities for planting and engagement with the lane. Battened windows filter sun through the day and illuminate at night.
The ‘growing' house is reference to a development that unfolds strategically over time. This project has begun on site, now undertaking a portion to start, with the rest to emerge when economics and needs align.
Project team
Brent Dunn, Katharina Hendel, Emma Gaal
Photos by Takt