Crisp House

Crisp House
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CRISP HOUSE

buckandsimple

ARCHITECTS
buckandsimple

ENGINEERING
Nitma Engineering

CLIENTS
Kurt Crisp

MANUFACTURERS
Autodesk, Brightgreen, Oliveri, Quick-step, Smeg, Vental, Astra Walker, Creative Canvas, Escea Fireplace, Mr And Mrs White, Onsite, Tera Nova, Urban Lighting

PHOTOGRAPHS
Simon Whitbread

AREA
140 m²

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Manly, Australia

CATEGORY
Houses, Renovation

Text description provided by architect.

Crisp House involved the transformation of a modest 1.5-bedroom brick veneer cottage into a light-filled, environmentally inclusive home for a young family of 6.

Crisp House
© Simon Whitbread
Crisp House
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A calming palette with considered resolve settles the home into its complex context with a sophisticated arrangement of architectural prospect and refuge.

Crisp House
© Simon Whitbread

The site is quite unique, a 180sqm of useable land and a battle-axe block surrounded by 8 neighbouring properties.

The locality allows refreshing vistas of unobstructed natural features in multiple directions from the new first floor addition.

The design addresses heavy planning controls and turns them into opportunities.

Crisp House
© Simon Whitbread
Crisp House
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Crisp House
© Simon Whitbread

The resulting form is on the one hand a response to setbacks and neighbouring solar penetration and on the other hand, the roof geometry was driven by environmental consideration.

Internally, the pitched upper floor ceiling has been directed to vent rising hot air through various forms of operability and fenestration and turn its back to prevailing storms.

The upper floor is clad in a structural blackbutt screen that acts as a weather barrier.

Crisp House
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Crisp House
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the screen is fully ventilated behind to allow heat to dissipate before entering the outer skin of the facade.

lower floor windows are also blackbutt where maintenance is anticipated, upper floor hard to reach windows are white framed aluminium to reflect the heat.

Crisp House
© Simon Whitbread
Crisp House
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The internal finishes have been developed for a minimal palette of concrete, naturally finished timber or white painted surfaces.

Every nook has been considered and formed into functional space in order to create variation throughout.


Crisp House
© Simon Whitbread
Crisp House
© Simon Whitbread


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