HERITAGE BENT

Extension/Renovation_Camberwell VIC. Australia _Completed 2012

This project involves the renovation and extension of an art deco house on a triangulated corner site in Camberwell.   

The three street frontages of the original house are retained largely intact, while the north facing rear is scalloped-out to create a ‘habitable courtyard,’ with new living spaces merging with the landscape of the site.  A new first floor is camouflaged by inhabiting a dynamic roof form, reducing the scale of the additions and integrating them with the original dwelling.  These formal tactics ensure that the house is no longer a static, closed object within the suburban landscape, but rather a site responsive living system integrated with its surrounds.

BENT Team:
Paul Porjazoski, Fiona Poon, Merran Porjazoski, Louisa Macleod

Builder:
KS Build P/L

Structural Engineer:
Clive Steele Partners P/L

Photography:
Folded Bird Photography