Gayemagal people of the Eora Nation
New South Wales
The Queencliff House is for a beach-loving family of four. The entry incorporates a sequence of spaces for rinsing sand, storing surfboards, air-drying wetsuits and changing.
Above the entry, the habitable rooms of the house are relaxed beach-side spaces; conceived as a series of volumes, inserted within a protective outer wall of sand-coloured bricks.
The dwelling form has been articulated to respond to the public domain. The front façade has been faceted to address the three kinked sections of the street; the intersection, the street frontage, and the stairway to the beach.
The front garden is planted with endemic planting and has been designed as an extension of the public domain through the removal of the front fence, addition of a sandstone boulder to sit and rest, and a tap to fill a dog bowl, or wash sand from your feet when you return from the beach.
“The structure, materials, and light have a calming effect; together, they allow the heart rate to slow. Those few moments you grab at home in the morning and evening enable a reset.”
“Natural materials, organic shapes and apertures, and captivating delivery of light throughout the day all create a tranquillity in touch with nature that fits our life by the beach perfectly.”
Tony Chenchow, Principal
Stephanie Little, Principal
Alexandra Wilson, Project Architect
Gerald Lau, Project Architect
Luxsina Thunyaprateep, Graduate of Architecture
Matthew Fung, Project Architect
PMI Engineers, Structural Engineer
Partridge Engineering Consultants, Hydraulic Consultant
360 degrees, Landscape Consultant