Australia, Internal Focus Visually and Functionally Sunshine Coast House in Queensland
October 31st, 2010 - Posted in Architecture Design, contemporary design
Exterior Landscape Sunshine Coast House in Queensland
Internal Focus Visually and Functionally Sunshine Coast House
Nests Floating Above Sunshine Coast House
The Carved Interior Volume Sunshine Coast House
The Garage of Car Sunshine Coast House in Queensland
The Rectangular Site Sunshine Coast House
Visually Sunshine Coast House
The building is largely opened on the short access to allow views out of site with the living level utilising sliding screens to opening the interior completely to the exterior. The long axis walls are largely solid and openings are finely screened with vertical timber to blend with the vertical cedar cladding to give the sense of taught solid volume folding over the long sides. On the short axis to the bedroom level the openings are finely screened with horizontal timber members which from within allow exterior views whilst presenting a solid volume albeit with a subtle change in texture. The purpose of treating the houses as siblings was a deliberate attempt to control the built quality through shared details that would assist in the construction phase which did not involve the architects with the usual level of control and involvement.
The inside and outside are united by seamless transitions and the consistent use of a restrained palette of materials. The carved interior volume provides an internal focus visually and functionally. Materials are generally timbers left to weather naturally, zinc, and self- finished oxide renders which will improve their appearance with time, allowing the houses to merge with the landscape. The organisational strategy was delivered by the topography which allowed the garaging of cars to occur below grade with the living spaces on the ground and sleeping spaces placed above. The removal of the garage spaces from the main living level allowed the main living spaces to link visually and physical along the long axis of the rectangular site and allowed the living spaces to be treated as a field of connected spaces and rooms whilst the bedrooms on the next level are conceived as nests floating above. Richard Kirk Architect
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