Location
Queens Park, NSW
Year
2018
The original federation house sits within the heritage conservation area much as it always has. The street presence remains largely unaltered with the exception of remedial works. The new works sit quietly behind and below the existing ridge, deliberately avoiding the tendency to tower a box above the existing. The retained federation front transitions into the contemporary addition to the rear and garden beyond. The solid mass of the fireplace sits as a counterpoint to the jacaranda tree with its dappled canopy. The fireplace anchors and supports the rear façade enabling 2-way easy-sliding doors, weighing 220kg each, to open the rear façade completely to the garden.
The retained federation front and its formally defined spaces are juxtaposed with the open contemporary space extending to the garden beyond.
The previously dark core is now flooded with light via the skylight and void, the connection point between old and new.
Previously excluded northern light breaks into the lounge room through the fireplace skylight.
Awards
- Shortlisted Houses Awards 2019 – Alternations and additions over 200sq.m
- Shortlisted Houses Awards 2019 – House within a heritage context
Team
- Architecture: Michael MacCormick, Joanna Barlow, Carmen Chan
- Interiors: Interni – Louise Bell
- Builder: Cumberland Building
- Engineering: Dambrosio Consulting
- Photography: Katherine Lu
