The home homeowners of this seashore shack in Flinders, Victoria have been keen to guard the intent and timber craftsmanship of the rundown distinctive development, whereas making a further generous, light and open family home.
‘The simple determination and structural expression of these elements are partially what impressed the structural expression of the additions,’ says director of Agius Scorpo Architects Nic Agius, who labored with owner-builders Ben and Pip David (householders of BD Furnishings & Cabinetmaking and The House Whisperer Co respectively) to transform the home.
‘Ben’s skill and craftsmanship was one factor we wished to find, and this impressed us to draw on the traits of the prevailing development and extend them into one factor grand and splendid.’
70 sq. metres on the doorway the home was retained to maintain up its modest, low-pitched facade, adopted by a generous open-plan dwelling space extending to outdoor decks on the north and south sides. In its place of typical doorways, areas are subtly outlined by a double-sided Cheminees Philippe fireplace, joinery, and changes inside the floor plan path.
A separate laundry on the home’s centre marks the discreet entrance to the bathroom, sooner than the precept mattress room on the rear with an en suite.
The timber development of the model new dwelling home references the uncovered timber ceiling of the current dwelling, albeit with a model new scale and diploma of craft. Nic explains, ‘We chosen to utilize an outsized grid development out of reclaimed timber so this might be sturdy and textural and rooms might be organized between them. On prime of this was a giant raked cathedral ceiling with rafters set at 45 ranges to distinction with the grid system and create a layered ceiling home.’
Clear and good inside provides along with marble, stainless-steel and white partitions current stability to that textural timber that serves as the focal point all via.
In matching the street-facing scale of its predecessor, the home homeowners and Agius Scorpo Architects have created a sympathetic home that hides a generous and splendid inside inside. The home has moreover been launched as a lot as fashionable sustainability necessities, attaining a 6-star NatHERs rating.