By SDA Architects
This Rural residential property falls on the fringes of the National Park and overlooks vast canopies of Blue Gum and other Australian Native trees. The brief from the client was to introduce an outdoor living space to enjoy the views and entertain guests. The distance vistas and the high location of the site provoked a sense of freedom and openness at first sight.
This inspired the introduction of a floating structure for the decking and a Butterfly Roofing Structure with minimal grounding using two primary steel columns. The orientation of the structure, guides the viewers gaze towards a picture-framed natural artwork and invites the entirety of the open space and the forests greenery into the entertainment area.
The decking extends beyond the cliff-edge of the property so when viewers are standing on the perimeter of the Patio, a sense of weightlessness is experienced while overlooking infinite views.
A floating butterfly roof integrated within a rural landscape to create an inspiring space. An interesting juxtaposition of the natural and the synthetic whilst simultaneously combining these two elements to highlight spectacular views in Sydney. The seamless curved staircase in juxtaposition to a sharp angled butterfly roof structure that highlights the nexus between the beauty and harshness of rugged Australian landscape.
Photography by SDA Architects
An award-winning practice based in Dural, designing works of crafted harmony & timeless beauty - from coast to city to country.
Quite often it feels like reading an architects’ website statement adds to the confusion and overwhelm already surrounding the daunting conversations people have when considering taking on a project. They all say the same thing: we’re design-focused, offer bespoke solutions, award-winning, enrich the quality of peoples lives, etc…a polished and somewhat cold academic approach to quote-unquote professionalism to console the worries of someone considering hiring you.
We’d like to tell you SDA has a specific anniversary date of when we started. Often we say 2015, sometimes 2017, but we were floating from home offices to small rentals in industrial complexes and our name was #!@?, which we quickly learnt was too complicated to use because 1. It was impossible to pronounce over the phone and 2. You couldn’t get a website. In 2018, we were registered and had assigned our first nominated architect, but by then we had already worked on projects; both old and new, and had taken on small renovations, larger new builds, and heritage restoration. We eventually landed on SDA – an acronym for Sarkis Design Associates; who we are, what we do and who we work with – a reflection of a shared desire to connect people to place.
We started on a narrow-long table working alongside each other, a creative space for design experimentation, problem-solving, exploration, coffee and questionable music playlists. We are now located in Dural, we have grown a little, but remain alongside each other in an open-plan office, working together on each project through playful testing and serious research. We have won some awards. We have written some articles. We have entered Design Competitions. We have built some buildings. We are currently making more. This website files that work: residential homes, galleries, churches, installations, writing, sketches, prototypes, software experiments and videos. We like working with people who enjoy collaborating and value good design. All our designs are energy-efficient and environmentally considerate, because other than costing you less to run and maintain, an energy-efficient home is a comfortable home.