In reference to the Federation fabric and detailing, the new weatherboard cladding is over-scaled, both as a Mannerist play on the tectonic of the original house, as well as to afford the amenity of an openable skin. Banks of operable ‘weatherboards’ create a privacy screen to the street from the new garden living room, and – from the library – serve to modulate the harsh northern light.
Mannerist tendencies are also employed in the play of scale within the interiors; the geometry of the new living room folds toward a monumental ‘sash’ window and high-backed window seats that magnify a sense of scale belied by the relatively demure exterior massing. Internally the library is resolved under a timber-lined vault, under which purposeful lighting, bookshelves and seating form cohesive materiality for reading.
The interiors of the original house are populated by a composition of episodic insertions, which seek to clarify modes of occupation of the rooms. Integrated slatted hardwood seats socialise the margins of the plan, reinforcing the materiality of the new work. Within the new bathroom, a brass shower screen defines laundering and ablutions, and casts a soft warm light across spaces for bathing.
Related: Bozen’s Cottage in Tasmania by Taylor + Hinds Architects.
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