Little Birch

Little Birch represents a case study in the bespoke detail. Realising a young family’s dream to achieve the day to day calm of resort living adjacent to the daily grind. Resort vibes, domestic ease.

The site presented as a compact urban setting with our challenge to conceal, direct and connect to spaces beyond. The exterior presents to the established streetscape as intersection of tectonic forms, mass and planes; the simple geometry provides a counterpoint to the neighbourhood’s incoherent mish -mash of typologies.

Descending from the street level sees glimpses of district views recede before you're enveloped in a garden oasis shared across indoor-outdoor entertaining and lower ground living spaces. Planar joinery conceals service & private areas of the program, while ribbonlike concrete stairs puncture the double height void connecting & engaging across the home. The interplay of split level geometries further belie the compact floor plan and encourage the visual borrowing of space as each level employs key vistas, borrowing district views with custom skylights building connection to the sky and sense of the infinite.

A testament to the consideration of use and celebration of the detail, the home is built for the rigours of an idyllic family life.