The Rose House
By Brcar Morony Architects
The Rose House consists of alterations to a two storey house. A solid masonry façade responds to and protects the house from the site’s street frontage, a charmless and inhospitable cul-de-sac consisting of 1970s apartment building car parking podiums and the Bradfield Highway beyond. The cul-de-sac and nearby highway, a source of constant noise, needed to be addressed in the reconfiguration. A heavy masonry front façade with various sized apertures acting much like the battlements of a medieval castle was designed to protect the house from this environment and offer respite and tranquillity within. While a strong barrier was required, recycled bricks, some from the existing house, were used to provide warmth and texture to this façade.
Black steelwork, synonymous with strength, is used as sheltering elements and frames openings within the brickwork.
As one passes through the house, the solidity of the façade lightens and dissipates until there is almost nothing left between the interior and exterior spaces. The living room and master bedroom end in a wall of glass to the east and harbour views beyond.
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Natalie Brcar and Michael Morony cofounded Brcar Morony Architecture in 2015.
Natalie and Michael first met in 1999 at the University of Technology Sydney where they commenced the first of their two degrees in Architecture. Throughout their six years of university studies they had the opportunity to work together on numerous occasions. This joint study, shared interests and mutually agreeable beliefs and thoughts on design was the beginning of a collaborative partnership.
Now in our eighth year of operation, Brcar Morony Architecture is a young energetic architectural practice with a friendly easy going attitude. We are down to earth architects who are pragmatic planners of spaces and volume. We are design focused and concept driven. Our design thinking and process to deliver architecture is under pinned with dedication and focus, strong collaboration with the client’s brief and expectations and working with the project site constraints and opportunites. We accompany our design thinking with a selection of materials that are fit for purpose, chosen for their warmth, texture, durability and aesthetics.
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