hawthorn HOUSE

This new home is situated in the inner Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. Sitting alongside the Patterson Reserve the house is in a particularly lush area with many mature trees.

Designed for a young family the building is composed as a stacked mass; a lantern in the landscape.

A series of solid forms and courtyards are interspersed throughout the site, a parti of alternating indoor and outdoor spaces on the ground. An ephemeral linear form floats above, unifying the whole.

Each room is provided with its own distinct outlook, as the natural landscape spills in and out of the house. The house is experienced as a series of distinct episodes.

The materiality of the first floor is made up of varying levels of transparency, light and privacy. Wrapped in a translucent screen, the interior changes throughout the day, closely connected to the external environment, with framed views into the indoor and outdoor spaces below.