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Tunnel House in Hawthorn, Melbourne
Contemporary Building Renovation Project in Australia – design by MODO Architecture
6 Mar 2018
Tunnel House in Hawthorn
Design: MODO Architecture
Location: Hawthorn, suburb of Melbourne, State of Victoria, Australia
Tunnel House in Hawthorn

The client approach MODO Architecture with a brief to renovate their double fronted cottage in hawthorn, after a few briefing session with the clients, it became very clear that their lifestyle revolved around their garden and spending their days outdoor as much as possible. Unfortunately, their existing house doesn?t utilise the exterior as well as it could, and being completely south facing, the central body of the house remains quite dark most of the year.
So MODO Architecture’s first approach, was to remove the awkward rear lean-to and instead of extending from the existing house, we decided to build a stand alone structure o the front house and connect the two spaces with a central passageway. Conceptually, this allows the two built form to contrast their individual form and characteristic, creating an architecture that provides clear distinction between ?old? and ?new?. Spatially, the new stand alone living at the rear opens the central body of the site to create a north facing courtyard, with this planning strategy we now have a new north facing rear living area, natural light into t...