Wentworth House in Vaucluse, Sydney
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Wentworth House in Vaucluse, Sydney
Luxury Real Estate in New South Wales, Australia ? design by MHN. Design Union
3 Mar 2019
Wentworth House
Architects: MHN. Design Union
Location: Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia
Wentworth House is located on the southern ridges of Sydney Harbour at the crest of a gully which feeds into Vaucluse Bay. It is heavily wooded with mature eucalypt and palm trees dotted around the site. The site is characterised by a series of sandstone rock shelfs which occur at various heights as you descend from the street level.
The design brief was to provide a family home which provided generous amenity yet sat quietly within the landscape. The architects’ intent was to capture the?story of the site through the design of the house. From the outset we wanted to merge the house?and land in a seamless way.
The architects’ response was to create a series of planar elements in both plan and section to define the spaces which interlock and extend into the landscape.
Overlaying this idea is the linking stair which threads through the levels twisting and turning like a piece of rope. The blade walls are parallel and orientate to the north east with the ends open or glazed thus providing transparency and openness to light, ventilation and harbour views.
In section, the multiple floor levels are treated like cascading platforms and echo the ex...
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