Raven House
Architecture Residential Lilyfield, New South Wales, Australia
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Description
For Raven House, a steep and rocky site presents more opportunities than challenges for a gorgeous new family home.
A dynamic facade establishes a confident presence with its setting. Broad floating steps lead from the footpath to the front door, enclosed by a folding roof and metal screen to create a quiet and welcoming entry gesture.
The open plan living, kitchen, dining and covered deck at the rear operate as one flexible, expansive environment flowing out to the new pool with its dramatic rockface backdrop. In this heart of the home, the warm yet simple material palette is bright and open; the honed concrete block hearth anchoring home to site. The elegant, almost floating metal clad rear volume is also grounded to the earth by chunky brick columns and blades.
This is a home that shelters, centres and celebrates family and foundation. It is revealed gradually through level changes and materiality: vertical and horizontal layers of brick, rock, metal, glass and timber screening.
Questions and Answers
What was the brief?
Our clients briefed a generous new family home, integrated landscape and pool for their Lilyfield site in Sydney's inner west.
What were the key challenges?
The tight, sloping block had an enormous rockface stepping up at the rear of the site and fronted on to a major transport intersection. As a new home slotting into a pack of older dwellings, a meaningful relationship needed to be defined with the streetscape and neighbours. Would it be hushed and private, open and engaging, or something in between?
What were the solutions?
Our response was the latter. By breaking up the front of the home into two main volumes - the cantilevered second storey over the garage and the recessed entryway - we designed a dynamic facade that establishes a confident presence and mediates the somewhat gritty nature of the setting.
Details
| Completion date | 2020 |
Project team
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Bijl Architecture | |
| Wilkinstruct |