hunters hill house
	project team | andy harding | michael alder | harriet spring | bianco pohio landscape architect | jane irwin landscape architecture builder | prime form construction pty ltd joiner | mark watson design structural | partridge partners photography | paul gosney
project description This project involved the total remodeling of a dilapidated unremarkable 50’s house on a waterfront property adjacent to Tarben Creek. The challenge was to create a light and airy house on this steep south facing site while maintaining connections to the garden, water and city views. A series of three distinct pavilions were formed linked by two open courtyards allowing the house to gradually step down the site. The courtyards let sunlight enter the house via the extensive glazing on the northern facades. The transparency and deep modulation of these facades offers protection from summer sunlight while permitting winter light to reach deeply into the house. The courtyards provide access to level gardens and external living spaces so important on such a sloping site. The waterfront terrace of the original house was maintained to offer a connection to the waterfront garden and the city, water and bridge views beyond. Many existing trees and plants on the site were retained and the landscape design intent is to return the waters edge to its original state. The use of the low pitch skillion form gives the house a subdued presentation to the harbour and neighbouring properties while the street frontage is deliberately restrained as a considered contemporary insertion offering limited visual access to the house beyond.
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