Project: New Farm HouseDesigner: Tim Bennetton ArchitectsPhotographs: Toby Scott
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This project is an inner-city oasis that embraces the long, sloping site on which it sits, by designing less house space and more garden space.
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During planning, the house was segmented into three pavilions allowing each room to vent into adjacent voids and be open to views of the intermediate gardens.
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With a long entry, you arrive through a courtyard where you feel quite sheltered despite being outside.
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In fact, the entire house is about creating spaces that, while undercover, feel more like gardens.
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The lower level, through a series of immersive decks, blurs the lines between interior and exterior.
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The upstairs, although more enclosed, does not lose the seamless connection to the outdoors.
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In each room, the occupants can manage breezes and the sunlight to suit their own comfort, by manipulating the “skin” of the building.
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The operable envelope and deep eaves are so successful in keeping out the heat, that air-conditioning is optional, even in the Brisbane summer.
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As a cherished forever home, New Farm House is designed for much of home life to be lived outside in the mild subtropical climate, celebrating the openness of the Australian landscape.
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