Ellison House

The client asked SxSE to explore design solutions that would create spaces that would provide a welcoming warm series of spaces that flowed together from inside to outside. The clients wanted spaces that were filled with natural light while also providing wall space for their changing art collection. The new entrance, kitchen, dining and living spaces are brought together under a vaulted roof volume that allows space, light, and texture to combine to provide a strong sense of welcoming. The new spaces provide clear visual links to the outside environment. The sweeping roof form creates ‘sheltered’ and ‘open’ spaces to live amongst. The different timber cladding used on soffits, walls, and deck were carefully chosen to work with the colours found within the surrounding landscape and to provide a sense of warmth, human scale and contrast within the spaces. The different timber selections also allowed us to play with textures & colours that changed with the play of light through the day and through the seasons creating surfaces with an inherent dynamic nature