The addition to the By the Pool house was conceived as a light contemporary companion form to the existing Victorian structure.

As a counterpoint to the solidity of the original inward looking poly-chrome brick house, the materiality of the addition is light weight and minimal and orientated to the north. The new form is held off the existing volume with a linear skylight that drenches the archway under with light. Full height glazing to the northern edge of the ground floor implies that the first-floor volume is floating above. The west overhang of this first floor creates a multi-purpose space that can be used for cars. The façade to the pool and courtyard is conceived as a series of stacked windows that connect to the sequence of spaces between Kitchen/Stair/back door and void over. They provide a shopfront like transparency to the interior when viewed from the pool, and terminate in a return skylight at the first floor.

The underlying principle was to create a place of calm – and a refuge away from a bustling neighborhood. Modern volumes and finish, complementary and well paired form, and an immediacy of relationship to water contribute to the creation of a home sanctuary.

Material Used :

1. Masterwall – facade cladding – w/ Sueude FC Polymer Render
2. Cementil – Facade cladding – Surround system
3. Aluminium windows – Dulux Black ace powdercote finish
4. Aluminium reaveals – 4mm aluminium plate – Dulux Black Ace powdercote finish
5. Tongue & Groove – engineered timber flooring – Eterno Grande – Colour Freado
6. Natural Stone Pavers – Bluestone – honed finish
7. Joinery fronts – Laminex – Absolute Matte – Colour Oyster grey
8. Stone tops and splashbacks –Carrara marble – honed finish