Hutchinson street

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"We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness... ...were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty."

- JUN'ICHIRO TANIZAKI, IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS

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OUR HUTCHINSON STREET PROJECT PRESERVES AN ORIGINAL VICTORIAN HOME, EXTENDED UPON WITH A PREFAB ADDITION.

INVERTING THE AUSTRALIAN TREND FOR LIGHT, BRIGHT HOMES, THIS PROJECT EMBRACES A JAPANESE WABI DESIGN PHILOSOPHY EXPLORED THROUGH THE LENS OF JUN’ICHIRO TANIZKI’S BOOK ‘IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS’ WHERE LARGE EAVES AND INTERNAL COURTYARDS PROVIDE THE HOME WITH A SOFT, MORE DIFFUSE LIGHT THAT GENTLY TRACK THE SUN’S MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THE ORIGINAL DOUBLE-FRONTED VICTORIAN ROOMS WERE PRESERVED AND THOROUGHLY INSULATED, WITH WINDOWS AND DOORS UPDATED TO CREATE A TRADITIONAL FACADE. THE INSTALLATION OF RECYCLED FLOORBOARDS FLOW THROUGH TO THE EXTENSION, ALLOWING FOR A GRACEFUL INTERIOR TRANSITION FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW.

THE EXTENSION IS A BLACK CEDAR BOX, WITH WARM TIMBER WINDOW AND SLATTED CYPRESS VERANDAH, FRAMED BY A LUSH TROPICAL GARDEN. THE ORIGINAL HOUSE IS PAINTED WITH A COMPLIMENTARY DARK EXTERIOR, ALLOWING THE ARCHITECTURAL FORMS TO RECEDE AS A BACKDROP FOR THE GARDEN.

A CALM BALANCING OF RECYCLED TIMBERS WITH JAPANESE TILES AND GRANITE BENCHTOPS, THIS HOME IS AN EXPRESSION OF HUMBLE LUXURY.

LOCATION

Brunswick East, Victoria

YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION:

2016

DESIGN TEAM:

Kim Kneipp

BUILDER:

Arkit Prefab Architecture

JOINERY:

Woodcraft Mobiliar

PHOTOGRAPHER:

Lisa Cohen
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