#floatinggablehouse

Our clients, a semi-retired couple, one an established artist, presented Us with a curious proposition; to downsize from their substantial Queenslander family home to a new house placed immediately next door on the site of their lawn tennis court. We intuitively understood, identifying the found site within the existing site, implied a desire not to severe existing relationships to the street, neighbours and the original house. Our intention was to provide continuity to the memories of place for the family through the intervention of the new architecture and its relationships to the history of the site. Christopher Frederick Jones A formative idea was to map the available light entering the small lot. We then painted the plan and sec... More