Client ::
- Private
Location ::
- Bayview, NSW
Completed ::
- 1996
Team ::
- Peter Tonkin, Paul Rolfe, Roger O'Sullivan. Photos by Bart Maiorana.
Project Description::
Located on a generous waterfront site in a northern suburb of Sydney, this house required flexible planning for occupancy by a couple or by a large extended family.
The 650 square metre house has five bedrooms and extensive formal and informal living spaces. All rooms take full advantage of the established landscaped gardens and northerly views of Pittwater. The house is arranged as a sequence of three parallel gabled pavilions, with linking flat roofed galleries. The pantiled roofs are raised above the thickened masonry walls, allowing natural light and ventilation, while the thick walls accommodate sliding screens and storage.
The house relies on passive environmental control in both summer and winter, and has minimum reliance on mechanical systems. Natural materials appropriate to the site’s context have been used in the construction of the house, including timber floors, brick and sandstone walls, and terracotta roofing. The footprint of the house was carefully resolved to conserve the mature garden, notably an established grapevine that was retrained onto the new redwood pergola.
