The Yalukit-willam of the Boon Wurrung/Bunurong and the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation
Victoria
Erindale is a delightful, semi-detached (mirror-image), Federation home situated on a leafy avenue in the ‘Village’ suburb of Ripponlea. Belying its pretty, white brick, picket fence and stained-glass exterior, inside revealed a dark and steadily deteriorating home with disjointed internal and external spaces and restricted northern scope. By focusing on deliberative alteration over the more standard two-storey box-on-the-back addition, spaces were re-purposed, re-oriented and opened up. The result fulfils the owner’s goal – to utilise space more wisely, with clever design and pockets of interest that emerge slowly; to maximise liveability, functionality, access to light and, crucially, better views and connectivity to garden, achieved with minimal impact to the original footprint.
With increasing focus on the impacts of embedded carbon, Erindale is a continuation of our intent to strive beyond standard sustainability practices and address the issue of ‘radical sufficiency’ by simply using less.
“I spent a long time choosing the architect, to frontload the decision-making process and have trust as I don’t think I’m a particularly involved owner.
My brief has definitely been met and exceeded. I’m always amazed by professionals who are good at what they do. I couldn’t imagine having everything I wanted in a single storey that didn’t encroach too much into the garden. It didn’t occur to me we could do this. I love the flow and the openness and the light. It’s a very easy, surprising, functional and modest house. It packs a lot in. I love it.”
Andrew Maynard, Design Architect
Mark Austin, Design Architect
Claire Ward, Project Architect
Saint Remy, Landscape Consultant
KPA Management & Consulting, Engineer
Tensys, Net Engineer
Code Compliance, Building Surveyor