beach HOUSE

The design challenge for this project was how to create a 4 bedroom home on a 400m2 block that celebrated connection to garden but also first floor ocean views, whilst managing the constraints of visual privacy regulations and westerly sun and wind.

The result is a design that brings the garden up to first floor, using elevated planter beds to provide a green foreground for the ocean beyond, which, at the same time, are used as a device to prevent overlooking of the neighbouring property.

The form of the house is 2 simple accommodation connected via a central circulation stair. The upper floor living space is entirely glass, affording cooling breezes and garden and ocean views, using perimeter verandahs to shade and connect indoors to out.

PROJECT TEAM

ARCHITECT : Lisa McGann

LANDSCAPE DESIGN : Lisa McGann