Melbourne City Fringe

New Residence - under construction

This project is a new family house located on the edge of an escarpment, with sweeping views along the Maribyrnong valley and towards the city skyline. The design derives from the local geological conditions, resulting in building forms that appear as a series of remnant basalt formations eroded from the site.

Forged from handcut basalt bricks, the building volumes nestle into the hill and pinwheel around a large internal courtyard, sheltered from the winds that drive up the valley. Enclosed glass breezeways link the volumes while providing visual permeability through the site, and further walled gardens are carved out of each living volume to provide controlled and tranquil private open space - a walled oasis in the windswept grassland landscape.