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The primary orientation of the house is on a north-south axis, with the front garden facing south, and thus becoming the departure for the reinterpretation of the property. To the front, a playful concrete pergola acts as a threshold, a ‘brise soleil’ and an entrance stoop, to harness the privacy and warmth of the front garden, while delineating and anchoring the primary structure and the overall composition from those of the adjoining houses.
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Internally the revised circulation is cruciform, with south facing voids activating the north-south axis of the house, providing a spatial transparency, with a new staircase providing access to the upper floors. To the rear a new large west facing concrete framed extension, with a sliding glass and timber wall infill, opens onto a west terrace. The additional area provides for a contemporary kitchen-dining arrangement, the large space being defined by an inset sculptural ceiling enveloping the spaces below.