Tasmania
The project, a rear extension to a much loved quintessentially Hobartian red brick family home, facilitates greater outdoor connectivity and natural light to a previously closed garden façade. Though the employment of connected upper and lower storey space and eye directing planes, inviting views toward the garden whilst editing out the adjacent properties, the project ensures both upper and lower storeys meet the needs of the backyard devoted occupants. Small moves for big impact underpins the approach, including the conversion of an unused under croft space into a light-filled family rumpus room, the addition of a garden accessing internal staircase to a north facing family dining space and kitchen, and the carefully crafted restoration of the existing front rooms of the home. By enacting the ideology of doing more with less, the project encapsulates the achievement of greater family liveability within a footprint reflective of a contextually sensitive scale.
This renovation has totally changed the way we live in our house. The new kitchen/breakfast area, so centrally located in the house and with amazing views down our little valley, has become the preferred spot for the entire family. The house has become both warmer in winter and cooler in summer through clever design while also increasing our connection and access to our garden. The retention of the existing character has been such a wonderful outcome. Even a year after its completion, we still find ourselves marvelling at the fact we get to live in such a delightful home.
Bek Verrier, Design Architect, Documentation Architect
Hamish Saul, Graduate
Aldanmark Consulting Engineers, Hydraulic Consultant
Aldanmark Consulting Engineers, Structural Engineer
Pudding Lane Building Surveyors Pty Ltd, Building Surveyor
RED Sustainability, ESD Consultant
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