This new house on a 325m2 section attempts a considered subversion of the 2-story weatherboard cottage.

It accepts and reiterates its neighbours' weatherboard and corrugated iron materiality but is more playful with its formal relationships to the exterior and interior.

Located at the junction of Ponsonby and Herne Bay it seeks to find space at the intersection of modern and traditional domestic design.

Care is taken at the street to integrate with the existing setbacks and break up the scale of the dwelling with detailed elements such as a partially screened bay window , an upper story shutter and differing painted textures. The garage has been recessed back from the street and hidden into the façade detailing.

The interior reflects a plan of overlapped sliding spaces bringing the twin benefits of spacial efficiency and the  subversion of the formal planning that typifies the Victorian villa architecture of the neighbours.