By Michael Ong Design Office
A new 600m2 family home, designed over two and a half levels. The robust brick walls of the ground level is designed as two linear wings, with a sweeping curve corridor link, central to this plan is a private and sun-filled courtyard. Perching above the brick is a darken timber element which holds the main living spaces, this form then wraps around a central maple tree while reaching out to capture the view of the neighbouring golf course.
The spaces around, between and underneath the house is carefully shaped to form an architecture that invites and encourages the inhabitants to use enjoy every part of house, inside and out.
Photographer: derek swalwell
Michael Ong graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2009 with a Masters of Architecture.
Michael Ong has won the Intergrain Timber Vision Award for Peppercorn House (residential category), has been named in Italian Architectural Journal CASABELLA as one of its international architects under 30, The Guardian listed Michael as one of the upcoming architects and is the SOYA Award winner for the Architecture and Interior Category.
Michael’s work has been published both nationally and internationally. Most notably, his conceptual silo regeneration work in MARK magazine, Dwell Asia ( where he was selected as one of the seven experts to discuss the future of design), Monument and HOUSES magazine to name a few.
Michael Ong Design Office is an award winning architecture studio based in Melbourne, Australia.
Our design process is driven by a strong focus on quality and the benefits of good design. A process which is grounded by thoughtful design ideas and rigorous analysis of site, context and brief.
Our buildings create spaces to form intimate and highly responsive connections between its landscape, building and inhabitants. We are excited by the simplicity and beauty of everyday spaces and objects, and we explore concepts that turn the ordinary and common into rich, textured and expressive.
At every scale, we greet each project with an open mind and our innate sense of design curiosity to realise buildings that are enriching and inspiring. We always collaborate with our clients brief and budget to realise a thoughtful, unique, complete project.
“Michael’s first home shows a real feeling for space and materials. His silo project and in particular his experimental kitchen is indicative of his need to explore design.” – Brian Zulaikha [former president of Australian Institute of Architects and director of TZG Architects]”