Iron Maiden House, Longueville Home and Swimming Pool, NSW Residential Property, Australian Architecture
Iron Maiden House in Longueville, New South Wales
Contemporary Real Estate in New South Wales, Australia ? design by CplusC Architectural Workshop
16 Jan 2020
Iron Maiden House
Architects: CplusC Architectural Workshop
Location: Longueville, New South Wales, Australia

Iron Maiden House is located in the Sydney suburb of Longueville, a small residential area on the peninsula between Tambourine Bay and Woodford Bay. The site is afforded views of the Lane Cove River and the Sydney CBD. Iron Maiden House was designed for a family of five, returning to Sydney from many years living in Hong Kong.

Accustomed to the oceanic subtropical monsoon climate and compact living arrangements typical of Hong Kong, the clients were looking for a home that used passive design principles to heat and cool the building.
They weren?t afraid to challenge traditional notions of what a home should be, requesting a generous connection to the outdoors to enjoy and entertain family and friends.

The elongated, corner site presented an opportunity to explore an atypical typology and form for Iron Maiden House. Given the home would be exposed to the street on two sides, it was crucial that any design response preserved privacy while maximising links to the outdoors. A natural gorge, in which water cuts through rock to form secluded spaces with overscale walls was mixed with a modern reinterpretat...