HYLA Architects

Verdant Verandahs House

VERDANT VERANDAHS HOUSE

HYLA Architects

Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell

ARCHITECTS
HYLA Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Derek Swalwell

AREA
549.0 m2

YEAR 
2019

CATEGORY
Houses

Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell

Text description provided by architect.

More than just a screen for privacy and sun-protection, the concrete brise-soleil captures and intensifies nature along the perimeter of the house – a series of lush, landscaped verandahs immediately adjacent to the indoor spaces.

Every single room at the upper levels looks into its very own private garden; one with a semi-outdoor bathtub that is literally outside, yet visually protected and well sheltered from the elements.

Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell
Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell
Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell

The pattern of the screen follows an underlying grid, but skips certain intervals to produce a composition with rhythm and a more asymmetric sense of balance.

Other parts of the screen also form planter boxes, allowing more layers of green to grow and slowly reveal itself over the concrete.

Landscaping continues into other parts of the house. A courtyard at the second storey next to the staircase allows air and light into the central part of the house.

Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell
Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell
Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell

The blues and greens from the pool and the heavy planting along side dominates the main living spaces on the ground floor, again celebrating nature as an integral part of one’s dwelling place.

Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell
Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell


Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell
Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell
Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell
Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell
Verdant Verandahs House
© Derek Swalwell


Verdant Verandahs House
Basement and 1st floor plan
Verdant Verandahs House
2nd floor plan and attic


Verdant Verandahs House
Sections
Verdant Verandahs House
Elevations

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