https://bild.com.au Bild Architecture - places for people Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:09:02 +0000 https://bild.com.au en https://bild.com.au/Splash-Page Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:09:02 +0000 Bild Architecture - places for people https://bild.com.au/Splash-Page https://bild.com.au/North-Melbourne-House Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:53:46 +0000 Bild Architecture - places for people https://bild.com.au/North-Melbourne-House North Melbourne House featured on Grand Designs Australia (Episode 8, Season 10) <img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/379e8dd33577b92cfa442fdf8e97fd36bdab05e48a321e446aca0aa82b0148a1/Bild_House-8_North-West-Corner.jpg" data-mid="147735668" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/379e8dd33577b92cfa442fdf8e97fd36bdab05e48a321e446aca0aa82b0148a1/Bild_House-8_North-West-Corner.jpg" /> The North Melbourne House is an experiment in small footprint living, maximizing the potential of an infill inner-city site for a sustainable single family dwelling, enriched with the qualities of the heritage urban fabric surrounding it. <img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38ddcb732b9a90f4259c02eff27bf42cf641ac86eb6a2dc9e9b58bc44b60514d/Bild_House-8_East-Facade_Wide.jpg" data-mid="147735684" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38ddcb732b9a90f4259c02eff27bf42cf641ac86eb6a2dc9e9b58bc44b60514d/Bild_House-8_East-Facade_Wide.jpg" /> The project site, measuring approx. 8 x 8m is located at the center of an inner-city North Melbourne block, accessed via a network of laneways and surrounded by converted warehouses and historical houses. The project responds to this character in an unashamedly contemporary manner, however one that draws on the industrial heritage of the area. By infilling a new family home on a small site that had been vacant for many years, the project minimizes environmental impact by supporting existing neighborhood infrastructure and minimizing consumption of land at the urban periphery. <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53ba56c3c1d389142f6728f93b429f7a35da898f68b04b0fc9c25c54a9b6914f/Bild_House-8_Living.jpg" data-mid="147735667" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53ba56c3c1d389142f6728f93b429f7a35da898f68b04b0fc9c25c54a9b6914f/Bild_House-8_Living.jpg" /> Surrounded by laneways on three and a half sides, the house is an extruded three story volume, with the south-east corner cut back to minimize over shadowing of the houses to the rear of the site. The design adapts the historic warehouse ‘loft’ plan, providing column free interiors, allowing for future adaptation and flexibility. <img width="1599" height="2000" width_o="1599" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67083af64355f06649b938a6c41595b1428190060ab1b94e6b16f8d23edee132/Bild_House-8_Section_Perspective_Portrait.jpg" data-mid="147735670" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67083af64355f06649b938a6c41595b1428190060ab1b94e6b16f8d23edee132/Bild_House-8_Section_Perspective_Portrait.jpg" /> The ground level comprises garage and home office, the second level; three bedrooms, bathrooms and en-suite, while the third level is open plan living, kitchen and dining, with views to the Melbourne CBD.&nbsp; An outdoor stair from the third level, provides access to a roof top garden providing a high quality outdoor open space on a very tight inner urban site while reducing urban heat island effect, retaining rain-water on site and providing high levels of insulation the living spaces below. <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25e4d01de376bf41e1a77a2b5f5b171d40998b1a7dcfe367cf1d358dedb289c9/CNC-tests_plywood_03.jpg" data-mid="147735672" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25e4d01de376bf41e1a77a2b5f5b171d40998b1a7dcfe367cf1d358dedb289c9/CNC-tests_plywood_03.jpg" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c32b49db2e777484c8e7c2c6dabce0374a74188e5a36f0765d8faa3b365d599/CNC-final-panel-layout.jpg" data-mid="147735671" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c32b49db2e777484c8e7c2c6dabce0374a74188e5a36f0765d8faa3b365d599/CNC-final-panel-layout.jpg" /> mold fabrication in the RMIT Robotics Lab The main material and structure for the project is pre-cast concrete panels, allowing for very rapid construction while eliminating the need for scaffolding on this very tight site. Bild Architecture is working closely with the RMIT Architectural Robotics Lab to develop an innovative robotic fabrication system for mass customized pre-cast concrete form liners for the project. <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e786908dacef542f7870671a093958395d9a43357304439aeb8853e4b8bc6c9/Completed-Pre-cast-Panel.jpg" data-mid="147735674" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e786908dacef542f7870671a093958395d9a43357304439aeb8853e4b8bc6c9/Completed-Pre-cast-Panel.jpg" /> This system allows for the surface of the concrete to be patterned in a way that is continuously differentiated, that is it allows for the whole façade to be designed as a single composition, rather than a repeating or modular pattern. In this case the façade pattern is generated based on the amount of shadow cast from the adjacent building proving more relief in areas of greater shadow, similar to the façade articulation of historic facades that increase relief around areas of visual interest. <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99154ff0ee359c9ea99761ea205eb8e1ef1a758f897f63f1b18f89ea14ce8557/Bild_House-8_Ensuite.jpg" data-mid="147735663" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99154ff0ee359c9ea99761ea205eb8e1ef1a758f897f63f1b18f89ea14ce8557/Bild_House-8_Ensuite.jpg" />&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4067a29496c7995cedca6182957c6fa2801aaba43321d1dc21b3333c280e326/Bild-House-8_Bathroom.jpg" data-mid="147735659" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4067a29496c7995cedca6182957c6fa2801aaba43321d1dc21b3333c280e326/Bild-House-8_Bathroom.jpg" /> The 8x8 house is a study in innovation for contemporary housing in compact inner city infill sites, exploring the adaptation of historic building types through the application advanced manufacture and robotics. <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5044d87f9f835ddfd4551a40b01a7b4732454e0766339f56d2a8f17492ca9e78/Bild_House-8_Appartment.jpg" data-mid="147735660" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5044d87f9f835ddfd4551a40b01a7b4732454e0766339f56d2a8f17492ca9e78/Bild_House-8_Appartment.jpg" /> The journey of building the North Melbourne house was featured in Episode 8, Season 10 of Grand Designs Australia, avilable to stream on demand via Foxtel. Project Status: Completed 2021 Images: Bild Architecture https://bild.com.au/The-Panopticon-House Wed, 18 Mar 2020 22:31:14 +0000 Bild Architecture - places for people https://bild.com.au/The-Panopticon-House The Panopticon HouseCape Otway, Victoria <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/012071095c9a41a92d074834305d6d4d119d1cf0edb85d3144dacff338821c0b/Bild_Panopticon-House_External_South_Middle-Distance_01.jpg" data-mid="63925984" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/012071095c9a41a92d074834305d6d4d119d1cf0edb85d3144dacff338821c0b/Bild_Panopticon-House_External_South_Middle-Distance_01.jpg" /> The Panopticon House project is a hybrid of modernist and classical rural villa ideals, exploring the house as figured object versus the disappearing enclosure.&nbsp; Located in rural Victoria, on a prominent hilltop with panoramic views across the surrounding landscape, the Great Southern Ocean, Bass Strait and the Tasman Ocean. The site and program recall the classical villa however a key element of the client brief was to minimize interruption to the views of the surrounding landscape. The house was in effect to become a device for seeing out – a ‘Panopticon’, whose primary function was that of observation. <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56215316504c145a897265cbe570e36476888e053d1522d680b00b081bbe6d6c/Bild_Panopticon-House_External_East-Corner.jpg" data-mid="63926112" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56215316504c145a897265cbe570e36476888e053d1522d680b00b081bbe6d6c/Bild_Panopticon-House_External_East-Corner.jpg" /> Jeremy Bentham’s original 18th century Panopticon has been used as a model for a wide range of institutional buildings, including the reading room of the Victorian State library. However, was latter criticized by Michel Foucault and others as mechanism for manifesting and reinforcing power imbalances. In the context however, the relationship between the observer/observed, is that between architecture/landscape, emphasizing the potential of architecture as a device for seeing. <img width="1500" height="995" width_o="1500" height_o="995" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/861e59507c1cc66ed84b2be7bc69e8cd7295a26ded53ba4e7d694d703810b7b5/Bild_Panopticon-House_External_Courtayrd_Over-Pool.jpg" data-mid="63949857" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/861e59507c1cc66ed84b2be7bc69e8cd7295a26ded53ba4e7d694d703810b7b5/Bild_Panopticon-House_External_Courtayrd_Over-Pool.jpg" /> This desire recalls the Farnsworth House, itself arguably a continuation of the classical villa tradition - however with the critical departure of the introduction of the ‘free plan’ into the villa type and the ambition of dissolving the relationship between interiority and exteriority. Located on the highest point on the site, the Panopticon House adopts these strategies, elongating and folding the free plan back on itself to provide panoramic views in all directions, while capturing a central courtyard providing shelter from prevailing winds on the exposed site. <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a1437799b844183a33e6569f58f42150cf069727389cccac003b1f9b3139bfa/Bild_Panopticon-House_External_Cortyard-View-to-North-East.jpg" data-mid="63926067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a1437799b844183a33e6569f58f42150cf069727389cccac003b1f9b3139bfa/Bild_Panopticon-House_External_Cortyard-View-to-North-East.jpg" /> The pure geometries of the plan, a repeating square figure of the 20x20m square plan, 10x10m square courtyard and offset square of the south-western terraces, recalls the geometric explorations of the neo-classical ideal, while exhibiting traces of bi-axial symmetry both recalling and departing from this tradition. The form of the house and the undulating folding roof, is produced by extruding view lines from key strategic points in the surrounding landscape of to a single panoptic point within the courtyard, producing compression/expansion in section to provide spatial articulation within the free plan, introducing implied rooms and directing the gaze to keys views of the landscape beyond the building. <img width="1500" height="2249" width_o="1500" height_o="2249" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a844856f60b34da83e946a0c95373c8db1386c98a71b7ec4e8733e122af1b0c/Bild_Panopticon-House_External_South_Detail.jpg" data-mid="63926102" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a844856f60b34da83e946a0c95373c8db1386c98a71b7ec4e8733e122af1b0c/Bild_Panopticon-House_External_South_Detail.jpg" /> The house does not seek to blend with the site or be ‘part’ of the landscape – it is consciously a figured object in the field, like the classical villa and the local vernacular of the rural shed. The form of the Panopticon House hints at an aggregation of gable shed forms – suggesting a linkage to this venular language while departing from it. The project negotiates being seen and the seeing from as a point of departure, hybridising classical and modernist villa typologies to produce a novel third type that negotiates viewing to and viewing from in as a balanced conceptual counterpoint. From the outset the project looked to emulate the robust language of Australian rural/industrial shed typologies, providing a long term, robust building suited to its rural setting. To reflect this a simple and durable pallet of off-form concrete, galvanised steel, fibre cement sheeting and Sheet metal roofing was adopted. &nbsp;The project’s primary structure is a series of radiating galvanised steel portal frames, which are exposed within the glazed walls as columns supporting galvanised steel windows/doors. Hot dip galvanised steel, provides a durable finish requiring minimal maintenance, developing a patina over time, while withstanding the extreme environmental conditions on site. <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54101b31abcbbce3c3201c2519dd5f860cd44a98bedeadff873ab007771469e0/Bild_Panopticon-House_Internal_Bedroom-3.jpg" data-mid="63926134" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54101b31abcbbce3c3201c2519dd5f860cd44a98bedeadff873ab007771469e0/Bild_Panopticon-House_Internal_Bedroom-3.jpg" /> The project demonstrates a range of innovative sustainability strategies, that with input key technical consultants moved beyond tick-box solutions and tackle engagement with sustainability both with the broader context and with detailed measurable outcomes. The sites history as a patrol lease had led to extensive deforestation, the project served as a catalyst for reforestation of the site;&nbsp; In partnership with the Local chapter of Landcare, in excess of 25 000 Manna Gum and Messmate Eucalypt trees have been planted across the site. Providing expanded range for vulnerable endemic flora and fauna, and critically connects up remnant stands of original forest, enabling wildlife corridors throughout and across the site. &nbsp;The stitching together of these corridors leverages the benefits of the project beyond its immediate site and into the surrounding district. <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/459e7269aa3573947b66b3426b278e346ea3a9df2ad0b6023d0b878c17b6ff69/Bild_Panopticon-House_Aerial_01.jpg" data-mid="63926520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/459e7269aa3573947b66b3426b278e346ea3a9df2ad0b6023d0b878c17b6ff69/Bild_Panopticon-House_Aerial_01.jpg" /> The building is 100% off grid with a 30Kw PV solar array + battery bank, with a 3kw wind turbine to be installed latter in the year. As a glass house in an Australian climate, thermal comfort was carefully considered. Every room allows cross venting, sliding door on are adjusted by a few centimetres to control air flow and the temperature internally the resident note that living in the house is like sailing a ship, and it has taken time to learn and to master. &nbsp;The house is equipped with AC, however it has seen limited use and on the hottest days, the PC array generates more power than can be consumed by the HVAC system. When in operation the house is 100% carbon neutral. If the tree planting program is considered the project overall is Carbon Negative, to a reduction in carbon emissions of the equivalent of 3.5 x the average Australian houses. <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a5e7fb219252d56d98d0e425521986758c061da52e5ba6ac335308f259a0528/Bild_Panopticon-House_Internal_Living_Centre_02.jpg" data-mid="63926158" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a5e7fb219252d56d98d0e425521986758c061da52e5ba6ac335308f259a0528/Bild_Panopticon-House_Internal_Living_Centre_02.jpg" /> The Panopticon House project negotiates modernist and classical rural villa ideals, exploring the house as figured object versus the disappearing enclosure, to produce a novel third type that negotiates viewing to and viewing from in as a balanced conceptual counterpoint. Builder: Roberts Builders Images: TMPhoto https://bild.com.au/The-Blurred-House Wed, 18 Mar 2020 22:31:14 +0000 Bild Architecture - places for people https://bild.com.au/The-Blurred-House The Blurred HouseMelbourne, Victoria <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00387742c712b4917f601cf9b9414ea3f078aeaa5f80502f00db3b3b7c058a85/Bild_Blurred-House_003_View-from-pool.jpg" data-mid="63950147" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00387742c712b4917f601cf9b9414ea3f078aeaa5f80502f00db3b3b7c058a85/Bild_Blurred-House_003_View-from-pool.jpg" /> The first in a series of studies into the adaptation of vernacular Australian suburban typologies, ‘Blurred House’ is a major renovation and extension to an original 1930’s Californian bungalow in Melbourne’s inner-north. Reacting to the established convention of residential extension which prescribes a jarring juxtaposition of existing ‘old’ and introduced ‘new’ architectural elements, the ‘Blurred House’ offers an alternative proposition - that of a blurring between ‘old’ and ‘new’ to produce a hybrid. Gradually transitioning from the vernacular to the contemporary, the division of architectural elements are deliberately ambiguous, producing a unique formal and visual language. <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd67714d03ea0e1faece5e629644496c25199137c6f7461a6c49d4d64c5bbf49/Bild_Blurred-House_001_Street-Frontage.jpg" data-mid="63950335" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd67714d03ea0e1faece5e629644496c25199137c6f7461a6c49d4d64c5bbf49/Bild_Blurred-House_001_Street-Frontage.jpg" /> Viewed from the street, the house appears largely unchanged, with a small clerestory window the only hint of reconfiguration. Both internally and externally, moving through the house, new materials, spatial characters and formal language is progressively introduced. &nbsp;By the time of arrival in the back yard, the house has evolved into a different building; no longer recognizable from its original starting point; an architectural ‘rabbit in a hat’. <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1adcd1eedc3cdc185a48803b4cbaaa9d0d1e46ae6968842944bec739ee5f0921/Bild_Blurred-House_002_Yard-Frontage.jpg" data-mid="63950428" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1adcd1eedc3cdc185a48803b4cbaaa9d0d1e46ae6968842944bec739ee5f0921/Bild_Blurred-House_002_Yard-Frontage.jpg" /> Reflecting the formal strategy of transition, rooms at the front of the property are left largely unadulterated, remaining more enclosed. On the other hand, living spaces to the rear are progressively more open and interconnected embracing the garden and pool areas. <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0b176f81349d760cff80c66c78c20986f792b63b2331735fbe141dfd228e775/Bild_Blurred-House_104_Double-Height-Void.jpg" data-mid="63950356" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0b176f81349d760cff80c66c78c20986f792b63b2331735fbe141dfd228e775/Bild_Blurred-House_104_Double-Height-Void.jpg" /> <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c512b7cd0517bf835fae8e753af8e54f4f2fb1c6bc3bd4ee4a7eff32828ed056/Bild_Blurred-House_105_Double-Hiehgt-Void.jpg" data-mid="63950383" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c512b7cd0517bf835fae8e753af8e54f4f2fb1c6bc3bd4ee4a7eff32828ed056/Bild_Blurred-House_105_Double-Hiehgt-Void.jpg" /> These varied spaces respond to different ‘modes’ of living, with different volumetric, acoustic, and light qualities. &nbsp;Whilst these spaces are linked to a greater or lesser degree, they are not ‘open plan’ in a conventional sense, rather configured in a more nuanced distribution of distinct spaces and functions. <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07354bcc4174a92bc0ce9ddec308795313ad642a6fff08c1c7fef220fe2fca9f/Bild_Blurred-House_100_Living-and-Dining.jpg" data-mid="63950487" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07354bcc4174a92bc0ce9ddec308795313ad642a6fff08c1c7fef220fe2fca9f/Bild_Blurred-House_100_Living-and-Dining.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4961cc1d0680896e7745dc16cca99349289d58dab6e79c8bf275c24cb6569c8d/Bild_Blurred-House_106_Loft.jpg" data-mid="63950392" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4961cc1d0680896e7745dc16cca99349289d58dab6e79c8bf275c24cb6569c8d/Bild_Blurred-House_106_Loft.jpg" /> A hybrid of both old and new, oscillating between the past and present, the Blurred House sits comfortably in the street scape as something familiar yet alien. Distinct from both the area’s new housing and the original suburban fabric the ‘Blurred House’ is neither little red riding hood or the big bad wolf, rather somewhere in between. Project Status: Complete, 2010 Contractor: DR Building Photography: TMPhoto https://bild.com.au/Mirror-House Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:54:59 +0000 Bild Architecture - places for people https://bild.com.au/Mirror-House Mirror HouseMelbourne, Victoria&nbsp; <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44418686ebcd8ba2d24b557014d2151e0b91e82351eb18925cfb94f0b3dcca9b/Bild_MirrorHouse_002_Street-Frontage.jpg" data-mid="63951251" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44418686ebcd8ba2d24b557014d2151e0b91e82351eb18925cfb94f0b3dcca9b/Bild_MirrorHouse_002_Street-Frontage.jpg" /> <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65543b3aa1604aa40183e1b6ee2d97a3718a9a8b7b2e65b2b6d9792d6e3b340c/Bild_MirrorHouse_003_Rear-Frontage.jpg" data-mid="63951257" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65543b3aa1604aa40183e1b6ee2d97a3718a9a8b7b2e65b2b6d9792d6e3b340c/Bild_MirrorHouse_003_Rear-Frontage.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Mirror House is the latest in a series of projects exploring the adaptive evolution of Australian suburban residential typologies; in this case via the renovation and extension of a Victorian workers cottage in inner-northern Melbourne. <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/febdc3186ee2c51185b607e6c8715c6cb536f053808e8536f224f76f42c6b6bd/Bild_MirrorHouse_004_Rear-Frontage.jpg" data-mid="63951425" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/febdc3186ee2c51185b607e6c8715c6cb536f053808e8536f224f76f42c6b6bd/Bild_MirrorHouse_004_Rear-Frontage.jpg" /> The house sits within a heritage protected street scape of 19th Century timber workers cottages. The existing building is stretched along its long narrow site, pressed hard against its western boundary, with rooms hung off the interior corridor, and like many of this typology, struggles to gain access to daylight. <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f469bb0ad6e46441cd09fb55b1d3d20b7c313a201f86cdd96fb312d89239468/Bild_MirrorHouse_101_Hallway-into-new.jpg" data-mid="63951432" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f469bb0ad6e46441cd09fb55b1d3d20b7c313a201f86cdd96fb312d89239468/Bild_MirrorHouse_101_Hallway-into-new.jpg" /> The form of the heritage building is taken as the point of departure for the new work, extending this shape along the length of the site, yet flipping it to the eastern boundary - drawing light and air deep into the plan and introducing a courtyard at the center of the plan. This formal transformation is effected as a gradual transition as you move through the length of the building from old to new – a progressive timeline of the building’s evolution, expressed formally and via detailing particular to the stylistic strata along the path from 1820 to 2011. &nbsp; <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f7148a9051a429ccca3d5ef9c6d9c2c3cd39ceee16bfd04596ec1adef3e1819/Bild_MirrorHouse_100_Connection-Old-New.jpg" data-mid="63951456" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f7148a9051a429ccca3d5ef9c6d9c2c3cd39ceee16bfd04596ec1adef3e1819/Bild_MirrorHouse_100_Connection-Old-New.jpg" /> <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0039645bd4857bbb68c6172581b10091ca18b11b8bfbc59009b854c8a51527b/Bild_MirrorHouse_106_Original-Hallway.jpg" data-mid="63951535" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0039645bd4857bbb68c6172581b10091ca18b11b8bfbc59009b854c8a51527b/Bild_MirrorHouse_106_Original-Hallway.jpg" /> While the street frontage of the house is restored, respecting its contribution to the heritage streetscape, the gradual transition from old to new along the length of the site emerges full circle with the rear frontage matching the shape and proportion of the street frontage, mirroring its detailing via a contemporary interpretation of the street elevation in steel and glass. <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a14c5a0ac8cb8557c26256800b061e35b12468f6d7f914d6e6828a6cea0e8dd/Bild_MirrorHouse_006_Courtyard.jpg" data-mid="63951557" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a14c5a0ac8cb8557c26256800b061e35b12468f6d7f914d6e6828a6cea0e8dd/Bild_MirrorHouse_006_Courtyard.jpg" /> The Mirror House is a study in transformation, both in terms of the synthesis of historic and contemporary models of residential spatial organizations, but also in terms of formal and material effects; exploring a graduation transition between two distinct yet related conditions. <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93d6d574084bcee7825f43919aa270726189b646e5934dd1dc66fdc460da012c/Bild_MirrorHouse_103_Conenction-to-Rear-Yard.jpg" data-mid="63951559" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93d6d574084bcee7825f43919aa270726189b646e5934dd1dc66fdc460da012c/Bild_MirrorHouse_103_Conenction-to-Rear-Yard.jpg" /> Builder: MK2 Group Photography: TMPhoto https://bild.com.au/UnWaste-Bookcase Wed, 18 Mar 2020 22:31:15 +0000 Bild Architecture - places for people https://bild.com.au/UnWaste-Bookcase UnWaste BookCaseMelbourne, Victoria&nbsp; <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d53344f6533fcd85004e709b4a7d88278ae490a653da5ad3d5b1e9955c34a873/Bild_UnWaste-Bookcase_007_View-From-Living.jpg" data-mid="64037652" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d53344f6533fcd85004e709b4a7d88278ae490a653da5ad3d5b1e9955c34a873/Bild_UnWaste-Bookcase_007_View-From-Living.jpg" /> Playful and inventive, the UnWaste bookcase transformed an inner-city apartment from a conventional ‘open plan’ blank canvas, into something else, part James Bond, part Transformer, a joinery unit with a hidden agenda. How do you fill-in half a wall in a split-level open plan warehouse conversion in Melbourne’s CBD so that it still allows light, airflow and maintains openness while providing privacy? You need something that moves; a moving something that is also functional and has the least environmental impact possible - a full wall rotating bookcase made from 100% reclaimed plywood from the front of construction sites. The James Bond inspired solution involves a 4.6 metre high by 3.8m wide rotating library allowing books to be stored and accessed from either side, while maximising air-flow and light when needed by simply pushing on the corner to allow 360 degree rotation of the top 6 units. <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2dcc83dde191d58e52c58816f948b86c1d00091952ac1661a712d512399190c6/Bild_UnWaste-Bookcase_001_View-From-Living.jpg" data-mid="64037654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2dcc83dde191d58e52c58816f948b86c1d00091952ac1661a712d512399190c6/Bild_UnWaste-Bookcase_001_View-From-Living.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d7474d13139e21ea6b10019b726bdf634959bddad926a973fbfbe8a4995db33/Bild_UnWaste-Bookcase_010_View-From-Bedroom_Open.jpg" data-mid="64037841" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d7474d13139e21ea6b10019b726bdf634959bddad926a973fbfbe8a4995db33/Bild_UnWaste-Bookcase_010_View-From-Bedroom_Open.jpg" /> Generating the least environmental impact possible was paramount with this project. Using conventional ‘virgin’ MDF, Timber or Melamine as the principal material for the bookcases, all came with unacceptable environmental impacts for our client, impacts that threatened to derail the project. The solution came via the collaboration with cabinetmaker David Waterworth, who specializes in using reclaimed and recycled materials in his work. David’s suggestion and ability to source up-cycled plywood, not only solved the impasse, but greatly enriched the design outcome. The principal material used in the UnWaste Bookcase comprised of plywood originally used as hoardings around construction sites throughout Melbourne. <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b58a5908347c365c5c044c497b286e2d26bb216d482de7d61541ee1a1aa94359/Bild_UnWaste-Bookcase_100_Salvaged-Ply.jpg" data-mid="64037694" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b58a5908347c365c5c044c497b286e2d26bb216d482de7d61541ee1a1aa94359/Bild_UnWaste-Bookcase_100_Salvaged-Ply.jpg" /> <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af862ee55a905e1a71f01be5d55a16bda90092d584dcf6736a46c2a0370bcff0/Bild_UnWaste-Bookcase_102_Shelf-Detail.jpg" data-mid="64037721" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af862ee55a905e1a71f01be5d55a16bda90092d584dcf6736a46c2a0370bcff0/Bild_UnWaste-Bookcase_102_Shelf-Detail.jpg" /> This use of salvaged plywood, originally destined for landfill, is a practical and innovative example of Upcycling, waste diversion and impact minimisation. Upcycling is reusing a material without degrading the quality and composition of the material for its next use. By diverting the material from general landfill, the UnWaste bookcase project not only reduced waste – in this case reducing landfill volume by 50 sheets of ply, which is nearly 1 Ton of material. But also, in sourcing and using a landfill-destined material it reduced the amount of virgin timber stock required to be extracted from the natural environment – with associated benefits of reduced transportation, reduced water and electrical consumption and associated carbon footprints. Aside from the environmental benefits, the bookcase is a uniquely engineered solution. Mimicking the existing centre pivoted windows in the apartment, the movement of the bookcases allow them to be configured in different directions, opened to allow airflow and light as well as providing a large storage area for the client. Over recent years, Melbourne’s laneways’ gritty urban character have justifiably been increasingly celebrated as an essential part of the city’s heritage and atmosphere. The laneways attract an expanding range of visitors, eager to sample our city’s urban heritage. The layering of history, use and occupation evident in the laneways and around the CBD is testament to the richness of our urban heritage, one that is increasingly cerebrated at home and abroad. The UnWaste bookcase, located within Melbourne’s central CBD, doesn’t just reference this character, it literally co-ops and adapts it to a new setting. By UpCycling, 50 sheets of construction hording plywood, the project literally embodies the heritage of the urban experience of the CBD. The essence of UpCycling is to re-use a material without destroying its material properties, the UnWaste Bookcase does just this – taking and celebrating the character of the original material, retaining the layers of graffiti, posters, and weathering of its former life, and exposing this as an essential aspect of the design, harmonizing with the industrial aesthetic of the converted warehouse apartment. While the project is very much a bespoke design for a unique brief and site, it can also be considered a prototype for UpCycleing design strategies in cabinet-making and architectural joinery, both within our own design practice and the broader design industry. We hope that the high levels of press exposure the project has received, will lead other designers and design commissioners to consider the use of salvaged materials, over virgin materials, in future projects Potentially leading to significant environmental benefits for the community, by reducing the amount of virgin timber stock required to be extracted from the natural environment and processed – with associated benefits of reduced transportation, reduced water and electrical consumption and associated carbon footprints. Builder: Against the Grain (David Watersworth) Photography: TMPhoto https://bild.com.au/Liminal-House Thu, 19 Mar 2020 04:37:03 +0000 Bild Architecture - places for people https://bild.com.au/Liminal-House Liminal HouseMelbourne, Victoria&nbsp; <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c7016be88e7d09813294b19fc621810beb591ec3ce18017c0263ec7f6ca0b08/Bild_Liminal-House_Street-Frontage.jpg" data-mid="64036925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c7016be88e7d09813294b19fc621810beb591ec3ce18017c0263ec7f6ca0b08/Bild_Liminal-House_Street-Frontage.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24fa9191e677353d300f9be4b0299825e448118478411487ac4df86ed48760f6/Bild_Liminal-House_002_Back-Yard_02-.jpg" data-mid="64036926" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24fa9191e677353d300f9be4b0299825e448118478411487ac4df86ed48760f6/Bild_Liminal-House_002_Back-Yard_02-.jpg" /> <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa1d922930fe6b9697afb22cd702856f6dff617e126034609d3a585d20333605/Bild_Liminal-House_100_Entry-Hall.jpg" data-mid="64036937" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa1d922930fe6b9697afb22cd702856f6dff617e126034609d3a585d20333605/Bild_Liminal-House_100_Entry-Hall.jpg" /> <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5569298d91508ce68829f2e0f385e1cba769b66a93a0ff6d94d3329ce6d6662/Bild_Liminal-House_114_Ensuite.jpg" data-mid="64036943" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5569298d91508ce68829f2e0f385e1cba769b66a93a0ff6d94d3329ce6d6662/Bild_Liminal-House_114_Ensuite.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/260686923084137e3990f7cb7560238e4624a328c8ab5265754fbc36777fac25/Bild_Liminal-House_102_Kids-Living---Courtyard_open-2.jpg" data-mid="64036955" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/260686923084137e3990f7cb7560238e4624a328c8ab5265754fbc36777fac25/Bild_Liminal-House_102_Kids-Living---Courtyard_open-2.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7f56bab15e5962befb8708ae6fffcfb924d4a8d81ef58e5d4beb0b15ea35514/Bild_Liminal-House_110_Dining.jpg" data-mid="64036956" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7f56bab15e5962befb8708ae6fffcfb924d4a8d81ef58e5d4beb0b15ea35514/Bild_Liminal-House_110_Dining.jpg" /> <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d40ed09cce05a53bcad9da6dee21d563566349d1f4521e78252653aea33f031/Bild_Liminal-House_005_Master-Bedroom-Pavillion.jpg" data-mid="64036969" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d40ed09cce05a53bcad9da6dee21d563566349d1f4521e78252653aea33f031/Bild_Liminal-House_005_Master-Bedroom-Pavillion.jpg" /> <img width="1270" height="1920" width_o="1270" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b11f8ac5a1cb9c683328bc588082ed52be619177e9816e0cc78edad88c9f840/Bild_Liminal-House_004_Courtyard.jpg" data-mid="64036970" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b11f8ac5a1cb9c683328bc588082ed52be619177e9816e0cc78edad88c9f840/Bild_Liminal-House_004_Courtyard.jpg" /> https://bild.com.au/UnCanny-Companion Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:41:16 +0000 Bild Architecture - places for people https://bild.com.au/UnCanny-Companion UnCanny CompanionMelbourne, Victoria <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/457a3912ad13a4509d80e39ae8b535f3de35a1ce90900e558d41dc00ccef6779/Bild_OxfordSt_Exterior_West.jpg" data-mid="64037149" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/457a3912ad13a4509d80e39ae8b535f3de35a1ce90900e558d41dc00ccef6779/Bild_OxfordSt_Exterior_West.jpg" /> <img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eba9c295cf44ae13c0929d18575b12b74a9bf7a241b463d4162376b8ca0c6ccc/Bild_OxfordSt_Exterior_North-Detail.jpg" data-mid="64037148" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eba9c295cf44ae13c0929d18575b12b74a9bf7a241b463d4162376b8ca0c6ccc/Bild_OxfordSt_Exterior_North-Detail.jpg" /> <img width="1191" height="2000" width_o="1191" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6579ff16a4bc4d62a0e3cad1529a1250b06ad6e3221498240b99c631a5838e0a/Bild_OxfordSt_Exterior_Facad-Detail.jpg" data-mid="64037147" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6579ff16a4bc4d62a0e3cad1529a1250b06ad6e3221498240b99c631a5838e0a/Bild_OxfordSt_Exterior_Facad-Detail.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d95bf06d835b57d8c46a6861f3b671891d496a3587d0adc7b06ebde12f9f0470/Bild_OxfordSt_Interior_Kitchen---Dning--wide.jpg" data-mid="64037152" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d95bf06d835b57d8c46a6861f3b671891d496a3587d0adc7b06ebde12f9f0470/Bild_OxfordSt_Interior_Kitchen---Dning--wide.jpg" /> <img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf73f62ea77db1853cb67acb0fd747b405eeeffa91009dd6cd3656cbbb168e83/Bild_OxfordSt_Interior_Sliding-Door-Detail.jpg" data-mid="64037155" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf73f62ea77db1853cb67acb0fd747b405eeeffa91009dd6cd3656cbbb168e83/Bild_OxfordSt_Interior_Sliding-Door-Detail.jpg" /> <img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3057589e041ed8b434e4caa9905a6b1dee4bffdf5a56f5e5ac4ea43fcc7e15b1/Bild_OxfordSt_Interior_Old-and-New-Junction_01.jpg" data-mid="64037154" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3057589e041ed8b434e4caa9905a6b1dee4bffdf5a56f5e5ac4ea43fcc7e15b1/Bild_OxfordSt_Interior_Old-and-New-Junction_01.jpg" /> https://bild.com.au/The-Split-House Wed, 18 Mar 2020 22:31:15 +0000 Bild Architecture - places for people https://bild.com.au/The-Split-House The Split House Melbourne, Victoria <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/930e8c17908b92d21ab43cde9b5732770f0ad00910c55ec63b4f4880d9ce481b/Bild_Split-House_003_View-from-Yard.jpg" data-mid="63959208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/930e8c17908b92d21ab43cde9b5732770f0ad00910c55ec63b4f4880d9ce481b/Bild_Split-House_003_View-from-Yard.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69328f8f9354b739dbaccc9d75f157acf37fc42ca4686f09cd3b56cd9703cc45/Bild_Split-House_004_Street-Frontage.jpg" data-mid="64038294" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69328f8f9354b739dbaccc9d75f157acf37fc42ca4686f09cd3b56cd9703cc45/Bild_Split-House_004_Street-Frontage.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25feb7b2c4cc5461879ec748eda75ed19aaed216b3046159cf028def20abe908/Bild_Split-House_009_Green-Roof-View.jpg" data-mid="64038297" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25feb7b2c4cc5461879ec748eda75ed19aaed216b3046159cf028def20abe908/Bild_Split-House_009_Green-Roof-View.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22df5f1934cc5c6f0feb5217554d45a46b3f385cf0ee0ab3fa62145ee1864f9a/Bild_Split-House_102_Living---Dining.jpg" data-mid="64038301" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22df5f1934cc5c6f0feb5217554d45a46b3f385cf0ee0ab3fa62145ee1864f9a/Bild_Split-House_102_Living---Dining.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1270" width_o="1920" height_o="1270" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/948297f5ea061bb0e0170846baf4b21c49de28b8f8c78e43c4ad0228074fdcd2/Bild_Split-House_105_Green-Roof-Detail.jpg" data-mid="64038305" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/948297f5ea061bb0e0170846baf4b21c49de28b8f8c78e43c4ad0228074fdcd2/Bild_Split-House_105_Green-Roof-Detail.jpg" /> https://bild.com.au/Veneer-House Thu, 19 Mar 2020 04:38:20 +0000 Bild Architecture - places for people https://bild.com.au/Veneer-House Veneer HouseMelbourne, Victoria <img width="1200" height="1799" width_o="1200" height_o="1799" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85cc3fff2a8b1a99f2a4cb8597cb304ff574d45f46ae118706845d95c9323e7a/Bild_Veneer-House_Exterior_Front-Detail.jpg" data-mid="64031015" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85cc3fff2a8b1a99f2a4cb8597cb304ff574d45f46ae118706845d95c9323e7a/Bild_Veneer-House_Exterior_Front-Detail.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1799" width_o="1200" height_o="1799" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/972987848b2526d5c0394508e32a055223574f79a6a945a2dd579f7001d9934f/Bild_Veneer-House_Exterior_Yard-Detail.jpg" data-mid="64031017" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/972987848b2526d5c0394508e32a055223574f79a6a945a2dd579f7001d9934f/Bild_Veneer-House_Exterior_Yard-Detail.jpg" /> The Veneer House is the latest iteration in a series of projects exploring the adaptation of typical suburban typologies to contemporary needs. The original house, a prime example of interwar featurism, presented a heritage protected brick facade to the street frontage with weatherboard to the rear and sides, on a steeply slopping site. The proposal sampled this brick façade, introducing a flowing ribbon-like wall around the base of the building at the rear – capturing space in the former sub-floor zone for a suite of new living spaces opening onto the rear yard while simultaneously providing a large terrace with views across to the city above.