Hawthorn Hood by BENT Architecture
Hawthorn Hood is a project designed by BENT Architecture. The Hawthorn Hood clients (a couple of professionals with primary school aged twins) approached our studio to design a renovation-extension for a house that they occupied in a neighbouring suburb. It became apparent, through early investigations, that the resultant design would likely be heavily compromised due to a number of inherent limitations in the house and site; the most significant being the solar orientation of the allotment. Photography by Tatjana Plitt.
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These initial conversations sparked a hunt for a house and site that would better suit our clients? long-term needs. A short-list of preferred suburbs, streets and orientation informed a letter-drop campaign that culminated in the purchase of the project site. Design discussions commenced in haste, and the result is a light-filled and engaging ?forever? home that ticks all of our clients? boxes! The original house has a strong period character and is protected by a Heritage overlay. Rather than turn its back on the form and materiality of the original home, our response was to engage with and reinterpret the characteristics that define it; in particular, the grand proportions of the existing interior spaces, and the highly articulated, terracotta roof form. The project commenced by ?unclipping? a previous extension-renovation at the rear of home and re-programming the floorplan to harness the sun-filled re...
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