Our clients expressed an interest in a modern flat roof design and seemed open to the use of multiple planes to develop the massing into an interesting layered form. We used simple cubic elements to create the forms and different materials and colours to help articulate the design. In plan form the building is essentially an L-shape with a courtyard behind a stepped garden wall creating a private frontage off the main living spaces.
Completed: January 2019
Builder: Haven Built
Engineer: Aldanmark
Photographer: Paul Redding Photography
The brief was to design a house with style; contemporary but timeless in appearance, flowing spaces, environmentally responsive design, particularly with regard to sun and views, spatially effective but compact to reflect their changing lifestyle. Our clients came to M2a mid 2016. We had previously worked with them on a major renovation project just along the street, but this project was for a new house on a small, triangular and newly subdivided vacant lot.
The site is quite level, triangular in shape with a 2.5 M wide drainage easement on the Northern side and with it’s most open aspect to the North West. Our response was to plan the house against the easement on the eastern side and against the southern boundary, making use of the open NW aspect.
The building envelope defined within the Planning Scheme allowed a second storey which helped to achieve a comfortable fit on the site and also provided some access to views back across the river to the mountain.
Views from ground level were minimal, so the focus was going to be on creating a pleasant environment within the property.
We achieved that focus by incorporating a courtyard into the layout allowing interior spaces to flow to the exterior and to create a pleasant outlook.
Internally, the upper level volume is connected through a double-height entry foyer and study nook at the top of the stairs, while the ground floor bedroom wing can be closed off when needed.
Our clients expressed an interest in a modern flat roof design and seemed open to the use of multiple planes to develop the massing into an interesting layered form. We used simple cubic elements to create the forms and different materials and colours to help articulate the design. In plan form the building is essentially an L-shape with a courtyard behind a stepped garden wall creating a private frontage off the main living spaces.
Completed: January 2019
Builder: Haven Built
Engineer: Aldanmark
Photographer: Paul Redding Photography
The brief was to design a house with style; contemporary but timeless in appearance, flowing spaces, environmentally responsive design, particularly with regard to sun and views, spatially effective but compact to reflect their changing lifestyle. Our clients came to M2a mid 2016. We had previously worked with them on a major renovation project just along the street, but this project was for a new house on a small, triangular and newly subdivided vacant lot.
The site is quite level, triangular in shape with a 2.5 M wide drainage easement on the Northern side and with it’s most open aspect to the North West. Our response was to plan the house against the easement on the eastern side and against the southern boundary, making use of the open NW aspect.
The building envelope defined within the Planning Scheme allowed a second storey which helped to achieve a comfortable fit on the site and also provided some access to views back across the river to the mountain.
Views from ground level were minimal, so the focus was going to be on creating a pleasant environment within the property.
We achieved that focus by incorporating a courtyard into the layout allowing interior spaces to flow to the exterior and to create a pleasant outlook.
Internally, the upper level volume is connected through a double-height entry foyer and study nook at the top of the stairs, while the ground floor bedroom wing can be closed off when needed.
