Contemporary Interpretation of Neighbourhood Context - Elwood Residence by DX Architects

With interior design by Kate Walker Design, Elwood Residence was built by Harris Construct and offers a contemporary solution to its narrow site. The approach to materiality was inspired by an overall emphasis on contemporary design, one that would provide the perfect backdrop for its client’s lives, and one that that would not date or age dramatically. Instead the emphasis was not over over-designing elements, but on a restrained and simplified palette of warm, exposed timber and key contrasting black and white elements. The feature timber detail in the stairwell allows for an expression of these key materials, in a vertical and clean geometry, encouraging a tactile engagement.

Key to the design and planning of Elwood Residence is the encouraging of natural sunlight into the space, and allowing for a connection beyond the formal boundary of the built area. Interventions such as large spanning skylights allow this conversation to occur, and provide a sense of relief to the climatic conditions. Punctuating the horizontal plane allows for deep voids to create an articulated ceiling landscape also, adding a sense of the sculptural in nuanced areas.