House 2040 HS

House 2040 HS
© Tom Ferguson Photography

HOUSE 2040 HS

Robert Parisi Architecture + Design

MANUFACTURERS
AutoDesk, Innowood, Polytec, Resene

LEAD ARCHITECT
Robert Parisi

CONSULTANTS
United Consulting Engineers

BUILDER
DCD Group P/L

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Leichhardt, Australia

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

The starting point for this project was a dilapidated Victorian terrace that had been unlived in for 20 years.

House 2040 HS
© Tom Ferguson Photography
House 2040 HS
© Tom Ferguson Photography

The concept sought to bring life back to this dwelling by restoring the original terrace and adding to it with a contemporary aesthetic that complements the existing and raises its amenity to the standard and requirements of today’s lifestyle.

The approach was to integrate the new with the old by acknowledging the existing row of terraces and applying a scale and proportion to the addition which is in keeping with that created by the row.

Whilst considered a renovation, the entire existing dwelling was attended to with extensive remediation works performed to bring it back to a structurally safe and livable state as well fulfilling upgrades to today’s standards and codes.

House 2040 HS
© Tom Ferguson Photography
House 2040 HS
© Tom Ferguson Photography

This site presented a raft of challenges which needed to be overcome.

These include an irregular (triangular) shaped site, working around the constraints created by stormwater dark terrace and designing to the stringent prerequisites of a flood zone and the site falling below a flight path.

House 2040 HS
© Tom Ferguson Photography
House 2040 HS
© Tom Ferguson Photography

The resultant design adeptly works through all the challenges and presents an exceedingly comfortable family home, which acknowledges the streetscape and integratesthe new with the beautiful character of the old.

House 2040 HS
© Tom Ferguson Photography
House 2040 HS
© Tom Ferguson Photography


House 2040 HS
© Tom Ferguson Photography
House 2040 HS
© Tom Ferguson Photography


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Ground floor plan
House 2040 HS
First floor plan


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Section A
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Front elevation


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