Pitched Roof House

Pitched Roof House
© John Gollings

PITCHED ROOF HOUSE

Chenchow Little

ARCHITECTS
Chenchow Little

HYDRAULIC ENGINEER
Damien Schaefer – TJ Taylor Consultants Pty Ltd

PROJECT TEAM
Tony Chenchow, Stephanie Little, Janice Chenchow,Renn Holland, Angela Rowson

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Damian Hadley – Simpson Design Associates

MANUFACTURERS
VMZINC

BUILDER
Tecorp Constructions Pty Ltd

PHOTOGRAPHS
John Gollings

AREA
712.0 m2

LOCATION
Sydney, Australia

CATEGORY
House

Text description provided by architect.

The Pitched Roof House evolved from a strict interpretation of planning codes that require new houses to have pitched roofs.

Pitched Roof House
© John Gollings
Pitched Roof House
© John Gollings

The new house reinterprets the traditional pitched room. Unlike a traditional pitched roof, the triangles not only pitch up, but also invert to form a faceted roof plane.

The triangular geometry of the roof is continued down onto the facades of the house, and became the basis for articulating openings.

Pitched Roof House
© John Gollings
Pitched Roof House
© John Gollings

The variability of the triangular geometry gave us the freedom to push and pull the building form as required to suit the brief of the client, the local town planning codes, the scale of the neighbouring roofs, and the requirement for solar access to the living rooms.

The living rooms are located on the top floor to take advantage of the sculptural roof plane, the views across Sydney harbour, and sunlight.

Pitched Roof House
© John Gollings
Pitched Roof House
© John Gollings

Bedrooms are located on the lower levels were outlook and solar access are compromised by neighbouring houses.


Pitched Roof House
© John Gollings
Pitched Roof House
© John Gollings
Pitched Roof House
© John Gollings


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