Nestled in the highly sought-after development ‘The Point’ in Point Lonsdale, the design brief was to incorporate the elements of the client’s beloved family home and reinterpret them in a modern coastal context that was suitable for the extended family to gather, but also suited them moving forward into retirement. With an existing two-storey home located to the north, a courtyard design was the approach to allowing natural light to enter the home as much as possible without being compromised by the shadow of the neighbouring property.
Clean lines, sharp angles and large industrial-style aluminium-framed windows and doors, combined with double-height ceilings spanning from the front to the rear of the home allow for extra natural light from the east and west to fill the home.
Two mirrored courtyards to the north and the south create a sunlit glass corridor that opens up to a dramatic kitchen, living and dining space that has a shared skillion ceiling that unites the ground and first floors. The kitchen ceiling is lined with Tasmanian oak which continues through to the glass corridor connecting this space to the front entrance.
The voluminous living space is anchored with a feature charcoal floor-to-ceiling fireplace nestled between two oversized angled windows that invite the north courtyard.
The home’s guest bedrooms are located on the first floor and are connected to the kitchen, dining, and living below with a cantilevered balcony serving as an open hallway to the rooms upstairs. The bedrooms were designed with high expansive windows that allow for privacy but also natural light and sky views.
The main bedroom suite located downstairs hugs one side of the courtyard to the south with views to the glass corridor and beyond into the rest of the home and the courtyard to the north.
With the use of crisp, clean elongated lines and a simple monochromatic colour palette, it is easy for the eye to lead from the front door to the L-shaped garden at the rear of the property.
These strong lines continue as an aesthetic throughout the home with the use of the Tasmanian oak on the ceiling that defines the kitchen space and its white v-groove cabinetry to joinery accents in the reading nook in the staircase landing and v-groove internal doors.
Elements of modern industrial materials can be found internally with the use of stone benchtops and a burnished concrete slab and outside using ‘Cemintel’ Barestone cladding, charcoal metal nail strip and a dark Colourbond roof. This refined material palette allows for the landscape and vegetation to be the focus.
Timber accents are then blended throughout the home to bring warmth to the spaces.
The rear deck accentuated with a gentle curve flows into the L-shaped garden with protruding elements of the architectural form creating an undercover outdoor extension of the interior living and dining spaces and connecting them with the garden.
The blend of industrial and natural materials continues here with Spotted Gum cladding (Calco), which echoes the materials used at the front of the home.
Barestone Cladding
Stone benchtops | Colour: Hurricane
Spotted Gum Shiplap Timber Cladding + Internal Timber Lining
Thermolaminated V-Groove Cabinetry Doors and Panels
