Low House

The centralised courtyard space creates the context for the home, bringing nature right into its core. Living spaces, bedrooms and circulation are arranged to connect directly with the courtyard. Approached from the street to the south, an entry opens to a glazed gallery hallway creating a strong linear axis leading past the courtyard to living spaces located to the north.  This axis has been demarcated externally by a lower roof that splits the larger roof forms. Internally brick lines this gallery axis, punctuated by a sequence of windows featuring timber faced mullions. The client brief referred to ideas based in the architecture of contextual modernism, with several European homes used as case studies. These ideas have been reinterpreted and then been assembled with particular attention to the colour and texture of individual materials, all working towards a comfortable, warm and sociable home to be enjoyed throughout the seasons.