the Whadjuk people of the Nyoongar nation
Western Australia
An extension to a heritage cottage in inner-urban Perth. The extension places its mass to the south to create a new northern garden along the length of the new building, allowing a new disposition to light, sun and solar passage for the inhabitants.
The home pays homage to the increasingly lost inner-urban productive market garden, itself becoming a new green ‘plot’ placed at the rear of the property.
The new extension is a double height volume divided into three equal ‘containers’. Each volume is designed to give a different feeling and shifts and changes and the days and seasons do. The Kitchen is high and east facing, the dining is top-lit for the stars, and the living room is west-facing for pink late afternoon light.
Coronation House is a home accentuated by the play and capture of various blends of light; early east, north noon, late west, and high night.
Client will be present during the site visit and is open to questions.
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
