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A contemporary reinterpretation of vernacular forms - timeless expressions for a rural lifestyle.

Project team: Andrew Burns, Ethan Gao, Anna Ewald-Rice, Jordan Silver

Project Manager: Blare Management

Landscape Architect: Place Design Group

Ecological Consultant: Eco-Logical

Bushfire Consultant: Eco-Logical

Structural Engineer: Northrop

Location: Sydney, NSW

Year: 2019–Present

Client: Private

Architecture AND have completed the design of a group of five dwellings on a rural land parcel in north-western Sydney.

The design approach utilised a series of diagrams for the dwellings; linear and L-shape configurations; enabling responsiveness to the specific landscape conditions of each site; vegetation, topography and outlook. Detailing and materiality is consistent across the dwellings, supporting buildability and cohesion.

Linear plan - a two storey configuration provides a compact footprint.

The primary dwellings are flanked by secondary structures; masonry terraces, pavilions and sheds. These structures are distributed around each site to create a series of defined outdoor spaces and enhanced privacy between adjacent dwellings.

Axonometric.
L-shape plan - the dwelling and pavilion flank a pool.

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Architecture that's second to nature AND design thinking to make cities work. Working across a breadth of natural and urban settings, our projects are materially rich and geometrically precise, with a deep sense of care underpinning all that we do. 

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