House Typology – Rural Context
Tallarook house – 2013
1 – Linear pavillions stretched across the landscape
2 – Gable roof forms produce a strong silhouette
3 – Strong horizontal datum line creates a sense of place
House Typology – Beach Shack
Sorrento House – 2016
1 – House responds to site / context
2 – House & terrace hover over the landscape
3 – Stone wall defines zones within / without the house
House Typology – Suburban Context
Balwyn House – 2008
1 – Open “Active” spaces to north are designed as an elemental composition
2 – Closed “Passive” space to south are carved (out of stone)
House Typology – Urban Infill
St. Kilda House – 2011
1 – Design reflects a duality of form
2 – Carved solid form of the black box
3 – Folded steel form modelled to define living space resulting in a dialectic tension
4 – Exploration of figure ground relationship with pool
House Typology – Coastal Retreat
Somers house – 2009
1 – Cliff top house designed to capture views to ocean
2 – Stone elements anchor house
3 – Cantilevered concrete floors
4 – Steel structure orders and articulates house
5 – Double height north facing courtyard provides thermal amenity