Under One Roof

The brief called for two generous apartments for multi-generational living with shared communal spaces and garden, and subterranean car parking underneath. To fit in with the neighbourhood, the building appears from the street to be a large, single dwelling. Sustainable design and low maintenance materials were key in this project, with solar panels, rain water storage tanks and use of brick and standing seam metal. At the back of the houses a striking steel staircase offers access between homes and gives the top apartment to access the gardens. Stacking two apartments on what had previously been a single site shows the type of creative response possible for extended families under the Unitary Plan.