When renovating an older fashion dwelling in a heritage precinct like this interwar property in Ballarat, there’s at all times the temptation to play it secure and observe conference.
However the house owners of this Lake Wendouree residence enlisted Birthisel Wittingslow Architects with a barely totally different method in thoughts.
‘The purchasers wished to keep away from having a home of “all-white rooms”,’ Birthisel Wittingslow Architects co-director Brett Wittingslow says.
Having simply moved from a Melbourne condominium to the regional dwelling, the retired couple was keen to include their persona into the renovation — with out disrupting the streetscape of ‘fantastically maintained’ surrounding houses.
‘The purchasers are additionally eager gardeners, so we sought to have an environment friendly and intelligent transforming of the prevailing inside areas with a compact extension to keep up the scale of the yard,’ Brett says.
Because of this, Birthisel Wittingslow Architects reconfigured the ‘darkish rabbit warren of rooms’ across the lush yard, solely rising the unique constructing measurement by 6 sq. metres.
On one finish of the home, there’s a non-public lounge room, and on the opposite, the eating room and kitchen are linked to the gardens by expansive sliding glass doorways.
‘They wished the home to really feel intimate with clearly outlined areas,’ Brett provides.
‘Whereas it’s not a “typical” method of doing issues, this permits them to make use of the home because the seasons evolve in Ballarat from lengthy scorching summers, via to very chilly winters.’
The structure incorporates a equally unconventional but playful particulars. The rear extension takes a recent studying on the heritage context, incorporating brick detailing and porthole window as a nod to the prevailing one going through the road.
Inside, each room reveals a distinct pop of color. Within the kitchen, heat timber veneer joinery envelops a vibrant inexperienced island because the bogs pair muted gray terrazzo flooring with delicate pink accents or deep burgundy partitions.
The ensuing home looks like a breath of recent air. It’s daring but understated, modest but purposeful, and most of all, completely personalised to the house owners’ life-style.
