In response to orientation and aspect, The Carpenter’s Square takes form as a gesture to liveability and climatic comfort.
As an addition to an existing Edwardian-era home, The Carpenter’s Square extends the lineage of the home’s ornate and highly detailed origins through the composition of its added select insertions. Inherited in a partly restored and partly dilapidated state, the existing character remained and begged for a return to its original intent.
As an expression of the carpenter’s work and of the many trades integrated, the new adds to the old through refined and heightened detailing and subtle junctions. Extending outward and reaching deeper into the site, the addition becomes a protrusion from the original form that meanders in an L-shape formation as it traverses the site.
Focussing inward, the home’s exterior sits as a supplementary element on site, instead of allowing for a layered and detailed approach to unfold internally. Raw bricks and timber elements create a textural richness, creating shadow and a sense of depth as light interplays with each.
A sense of balance ultimately underlies The Carpenters Square, seeing a deliberate restraint and minimal approach to the encasing features of the home. A celebration of how a contemporary home is experienced, from within, each contributing layer weaves its crafted Edwardian past together with a modern understanding of materiality.
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