Datum House
FIGR.
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
FIGR.
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
From the Designer
The notion to subtract a volume from the envelope of the building to produce a centrally located courtyard evolved as a tactic to offer the house access to biological light and to offer the rooms with graphic amenity.
Inserts into the envelope in the form of the black metal shrouds form openings that relate to both graphic and biological light amenity. These moments open our domestic container envelope to expose elements of the context beyond. A large pivot window lengthens the daybed into the rear yard to convert the window into a seating and reading podium.
Published
14 June, 2017
Photography
Tom Blachford
Architects:
FIGR.
Builder:
Grundella
Engineer:
Meyer Consulting Engineers
Building Surveyor:
Michel Group Building Surveyors
Photography:
Tom Blachford
Styling:
Ruth Wesley
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