The Terrace House is a response to the requirement of flexible and adaptable design in the context of the medium density suburb of Carlton in Melbourne. The design is to accommodate a family of two live in grandparents, parents, and two children. The house must be able to cater to different situations including live in grandparents, a parent working from home, and a self sufficient apartment.
The design of the house aims to create a disruption in the regular, linear, grid framework by inserting triangle geometries derived from the pitch of the heritage facade roof. These geometries are present in both the plan and section of the design creating a cohesive spatial experience, allowing more light to come into the house, and activating the lane way towards the back of the site.
Siting
Diagrams
Plans
Sections
Section A
Section B
Adaptations
After the first 10 years of the house being an inter- generational, in 2028 the grandparents will move out, and one of the parents will be working from home.
To accommodate this the first bedroom can be converted into a home office. Its location at the front of the house suits a business as it keeps the rest of the house private.
After the second 10 years, in 2038, the house must accommodate a tenant, along with the live work scenario.
The home office downstairs will remain the same. However on the first floor a self sufficient one bedroom apartment is created. The kitchen can be added easily as it sits on top of the ground floor kitchen and is next to the bathroom, so the services are already present near it. The flat has its own entrance from the spiral staircase at the back of the site. A courtyard spaces creates a barrier between the two households giving privacy, but still allows for interaction between the two.
