Nest Architects

Splitters Creek House

SPLITTERS CREEK HOUSE

Nest Architects

Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese

ARCHITECTS
Nest Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Nic Granleese

SITE AREA
36000 sqm

AREA
333.0 sqm

YEAR
2012

LOCATION
Splitters Creek, Australia

CATEGORY
Houses

Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese

Text description provided by architect.

This house is located just north of the Victorian border about 30 minutes west of Albury in rural New South Wales.

In the tiny town of Splitters Creek House, the site is approximately 3.6 hectares of grassed and woodland. On a very steep block the house is nestled into the hillside, in the location of the clients’ favourite picnic spot.

The clients wanted a family home with overlapping spaces, where multiple activities could occur simultaneously but in connection with each other.

Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese
Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese

This strategy assisted with the response to the sloping site, and generated a floor plan of four interlocking split-levels.

The house responds directly to the views around the site with large expansive views from the meals and living areas and more private intimate views from the bedrooms.

The lower level features a main bedroom with ensuite and a guest room with a tiny bathroom behind the timber bedhead. 

Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese
Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese

The layout of which is somewhat similar to a hotel room. The ensuite similar to a hotel suite.

The next level up is home to the main living area. A large open plan room which comprises a kitchen, a dining space with a built in banquette seat.

To the side of the banquette is a smallish area for the TV which itself opens out onto a north east facing deck and the pool beyond. 

Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese
Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese
Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese

A large timber platform brings these spaces together and gives the 4 children a place to play.

The entry level is lined to the living and kitchen space via a timber stair with a copper balustrade.

The change of level between these spaces (approx. 1.2m) is mediated by a timber and white acrylic storage compartments that are fixed to tall timber posts.

Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese
Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese

This level is connected to a large internal courtyard from the kids play room.

The courtyard provides a shelters outdoor dining and play area from the harsh summer sun or freezing winter winds.

The upper level houses 3 bedrooms which all have a private and somewhat sheltered outlook onto the slope of the hill.

Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese
Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese

Services areas and a lerge garage are also found ont his leve.


Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese
Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese


Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese
Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese


Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese
Splitters Creek House
© Nic Granleese

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