By Architecture AND
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.
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.
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.