This small residential project explores the uniquely Australian architectural typology of the ‘Backyard Reno(vation)’.

Grafted onto the rear of a 1930’s brick bungalow this design interprets the tradition in local architecture: the lean-to that stretches over the length of the site eventually leaning back and terminating the internal space.

The bullnose like form of the addition wraps back above the floor level to reveal the exterior garden and provide a shelf for electronic equipment and an external seat to enjoy those late sunny Perth afternoons. 

The continuation of tradition in form and material is combined with a spatial contrast between the modest introverted spaces of the old house (now used primarily as bedrooms) and the extroverted new space - living, dining and kitchen. 

The new bathrooms and wet areas form the  transition, setting up the ‘spatial explosion’. This dynamic spatial quality ultimately attempts to link this space to the exterior whilst reflecting the use of space a constructed suburban Jekyll and Hyde.

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