Grounded House

Grounded House

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GROUNDED HOUSE

Project Description: 3-level split home, custom-designed to address a severely sloping 12m wide narrow lot with two street frontages and a 7m height variance from street to street.

Total Size: 372m2

Status: Completed 2020

Builder: Hugo Homes

Architectural Summary:

  • Expressive materiality

  • Copious amounts of natural light and glass

  • The play of varying volumes

  • Mood evoking experiential moments

  • Innovative use of materials

  • Ability to open-up the main living spaces of the home fusing the inside with the outside

  • Solar studies conducted and building form designed to ensure no direct western sunlight penetrates the main living areas of the home

  • An entertainer’s dream; spacious whilst feeling secure and private

  • Secret pantry and storage cupboards to Kitchen and Passage Timber Panelling

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