Alphington House in Melbourne, Victoria
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Alphington House in Melbourne
20 Mar 2020
Alphington House
Architect: Meaden Architecture and Interior
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Constructed over 10 years the Alphington House is ?slow cooked?. It has evolved and responded to time, pragmatics and whim. Dreaming, imagining and ambitiously building has created a home of possibilities. The final outcome includes the restored 1950s front façade with the new works looking out to the Yarra river parklands beyond.
Views into the park and leafy treetop canopies are carefully trimmed and framed with little evidence of the surrounding suburbia. Northern winter sun is channeled deep into the house through a cranked roof. Massive stone walls absorb and release winter heat keeping the building temperature constant and comfortable.
Experientially the building is complex, open yet closed, bedded in the earth yet light and open to the sky. Compositional the forms are both exuberant within a frame of order. Materials are natural, raw and industrial including quarry granite, recycled timbers, ply ceilings with steel windows and doors. Expression of detail, craftsmanship and artistry is evident throughout.
The project is designed to cater for the evolving needs of a typical family. Today it provides a generous home for a family of 5, a large studio space for an architectural practice with a roof top garden. Tomorrow it...
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