ARGO HOUSE
Megowan Architectural
ARCHITECTS
Megowan Architectural
STYLIST
Style Haus Co
MANUFACTURERS
Beacon Lighting, Blum, Brio, Designer Doorware, Domo, Living Edge, Miele, Oliveri, Phoenix Tapware, ROGER SELLER, Academy Tiles, Atilla and Victoria Stone Gallery, Faucets Strommen, Gorter, Kustom Timber, Lovelight
INTERIOR DESIGN
Megowan
BUILDER
Kabsav Projects
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
John Patrick Landscape
PROJECT TEAM
Ryan Conover, Madhusha Wijesiri, Pricilla Heung, Sophie Gilmore, Christopher Megowan
PHOTOGRAPHS
Tim Kaye
AREA
214 m²
YEAR
2021
LOCATION
South Yarra, Australia
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
Located in South Yarra, Argo is a sophisticated family home that capitalised fully on every square millimetre of its compact 214 sqm inner urban site.
It injects natural light deeply into the principal living spaces of this high calibre home.
The design and massing carefully edit and respond to difficult planning interfaces at each boundary and the organization of the home was set up to overcome the associated challenges of a south facing rear yard.
All ground floor spaces and circulation pinwheel around a central northeast facing courtyard which serves as a welcome focal point to the entry sequence of the residence.
Despite the small site, the house does not compromise on outdoor space.
The front garden, the central courtyard, the rear garden and a roof deck overlooking the CBD and South Yarra.
There are four different external rooms that have been designed into the floor plan.
The detailing and proportions of the interiors are elegant, refined and animated via several strategically located skylights, dappled privacy screens and an electrically operated glazed roof hatch.
Joinery rebates, plaster reveals, skirtings, and steel framed mullions all uniformly align to create horizontal datums which create subtle aesthetic and formal cohesion across materials and rooms.
Curved stone, plasterboard, render and tile walls pair with two highly sculptural stairs to provide soft transitions which provide the home with a spatial generosity that defies the compact footprint of the residence.
Two more have mezzanines, which are connected by a common area on the roof.
They expressed their requirement of a building with one floor housing their own office and the other left for future expansion.
