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Ruckers Hill House

Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner

Ruckers Hill House

Studio Bright

ARCHITECTS
Studio Bright

YEAR
2019

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rory Gardiner

BUILDER
4ad Constructions

ARCHITECT
Emily Watson, Maia Close

GRADUATE OF ARCHITECTURE
Pei She Lee

LOCATION
Northcote, Australia

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Meyer Consulting

LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION
Mjr Landscape

LANDSCAPE CONSULTANT
Tnla

DIRECTOR
Melissa Bright

CATEGORY
Houses

PROJECT ARCHITECT
Todd De Hoog

DIRECTOR FOR DESIGN REALIZATION
Robert Mcintyre

Text description provided by architect.

A prominent, corner sited Edwardian on the crest of Ruckers Hill, has been restored and enlarged with new living spaces in a separate rear-garden pavilion.

Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner

Pushing the new addition to the back of this site allows a sun-filled pool and garden, and a streetscape expression akin to a garden pavilion; contemporary and street-tough, but a little bit Edwardian in spirit.

The new pavilion expands the nuanced living possibilities. Rooms are configured for the specialized interests of particular family members, yet each offers scope for temporal adaptations on the fly.

Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner

For example, the living room is a music space with a heavy curtain ready to be drawn across to present impromptu theatre, steps forming the stage edge.

On the upper floor, two multipurpose spaces house a library, lounge, guest room and study.

The link that allows this rearward displacement spans the site bridge-like, almost an inverted Roman aqueduct with its water at the bottom.

Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner

Its spatial use is unclear yet full of possibility: poolside chaise, veranda to a garden, even at times an indoor cricket pitch.

To the long side-street edge, new stepped levels help mediate the street, working the balance between defending internal privacy and yet sharing inner workings and the pleasures of the spilling over garden.


Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner
Ruckers Hill House
© Rory Gardiner


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Ground Floor Plan


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