M House
On the leafy shoreline of Clareville Beach, this new residential dwelling recedes behind a green canopy cascading from the rooftop down and growing up from below blurring the lines between outside and in. Hints of Brazilian Modernism are seen in the concrete form with deep drawn-out eaves, voids and openness.
The underlying principal for M House was to create a restful and private family home that receded into the landscape using immersive planting from the rooftop cascading down, visible from every room, as well as planting from the ground up. Encouraging nature to envelop the structure, blurring lines between outside and in allows the home to disappear behind the greenery providing privacy and tranquillity.
The feeling of being outside yet still being sheltered by a formative structure was key – this is where we played with the idea of hard and soft. Hard is represented in the Brazilian modernist design with concrete, stone and tallowwood. The result is a solid structure with large eaves creating a safe shelter in which to recede.
The soft is exemplified with light, voids, landscape and glass. The soft allows the strong shelter to become one with the trees, plants and water surrounding the home.
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Rama is a multi-disciplinary design team specialising in architecture and interior design. our vision is to create beautiful spaces and timeless architecture that gives people an enhanced sense of well-being.
Design Style and Principals
Rama is proud to explore a variety of different styles of Architecture and Interior Design, from traditional coastal or weatherboard homes to innovative modern structures, non-residential projects and everything in between. Our philosophy with Architecture and Interior Design revolves around the ideologies of simplicity, balance, scale & proportion and a connection to landscape.
Architecture
Our practice thrives on innovation, pushing boundaries and dreaming up spaces yet to be seen. We’re also grounded and pragmatic.‘Form follows function’ is a principle of modernist architecture, which is embodied in all the work we do. Our Architecture performs first on a functional level before we endeavour for an aesthetic solution.
Interior Design
Rama offers interior design services as a component of a greater architectural project or as a stand-alone interior design offering. Our designers enjoy working closely with clients to achieve a result that reflects their desired outcomes and requirements and are happy to facilitate showroom visits to select materials, finishes and furniture. Upon establishing the brief, design intent and project direction, our designers offer tailored design advice to suit each client to create beautiful homes that are bespoke, refined and complimentary to their lives.
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