Cameron

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Associate Architect

Architect ARBV, Masters of Architecture (Professional) with Distinction (Victoria University).

Cameron has achieved considerable experience since then working in esteemed architectural offices both in New Zealand and Australia.

While working at Six Degrees Architects in Melbourne he worked extensively on a new technology center for Melbourne Grammar School. With 8+ years experience at MRTN Architects, he has performed the role of Project Architect for a number of residential and community projects. Cameron has excellent skills in Revit documentation, building design and contract administration.

Michaela

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It was high time to go, for the pool was getting quite crowded with the birds and animals that had fallen into it: there were a Duck and a Dodo, a Lory and an Eaglet, and several other curious creatures. Alice led the way, and the whole party swam to the shore.

Presently she began again. “I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it’ll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think—” (she was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn’t sound at all the right word) “—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma’am, is this New Zealand or Australia?” (and she tried to curtsey as she spoke—fancy curtseying as you’re falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) “And what an ignorant little girl she’ll think me for asking! No, it’ll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.”

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Presently she began again. “I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it’ll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think—” (she was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn’t sound at all the right word) “—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma’am, is this New Zealand or Australia?” (and she tried to curtsey as she spoke—fancy curtseying as you’re falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) “And what an ignorant little girl she’ll think me for asking! No, it’ll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.”

Like much of Melbourne’s Victorian era workers housing this single storey, single fronted terrace house is located walking distance to the CBD while the surrounding neighbourhood retains a distinctly quiet and leafy character. The terrace house however is often orientated east west, as was the case here, with little opportunity to orientate living spaces to a northern aspect.

The corridor link between the main house and the two-storey addition is imagined as a cloister, by definition a covered walkway often with a garden connection. The steel framed north facing glazing encloses a circulation space with additional living, playing and working spaces located along its length. Taking up valuable outdoor space the cloister is continuously connected through to the garden. Built entirely from red brick and Blackbutt cladding, materials more closely aligned to external spaces than and interior ones enhance both the cloister and outdoor aspects of the connection.

Our client was conscious of the fact they were making a quality over size decision in their environment. We helped them transform their two-bedroom terrace house of 16 years into a comfortable family home for the long term with providing additional usable areas, integrated outdoor spaces and a new northern orientation.

The house is in a restrictive Heritage Overlay, new works are not to be visible from the street and upper stories are not to be constructed over the front two rooms. The other aspect we considered, typical of these neighbourhoods, is how the historical preserved character of the main streets with their Victorian and Federation style facades makes way to a mix of styles, shapes and forms when seen from the rear laneway. These neighbourhoods have been gentrified over the years and it is this grain and character of the rear laneway that influenced our design and material choices.

The cloister also provides a new northern orientation to the house with the brick walls and floors providing thermal mass and cross ventilation through the whole house from the bi-fold windows to new windows in the living areas and high in the ensuite wall.

Home on the coast

“The sea was miles away but during big autumn swells a salty vapour drifted up the valley at the height of the treetops, and at night I lay awake as distant waves pummeled the shore. The earth beneath us seemed to hum. I used to get out of bed and lie on the karri floorboards and feel the rumble in my skull. There was a soothing monotony in the sound. It sang in every joist of the house, in my very bones, and during winter storms it began to sound more like artillery than mere water.” Tim Winton – Breath

“The sea was miles away but during big autumn swells a salty vapour drifted up the valley at the height of the treetops, and at night I lay awake as distant waves pummeled the shore. The earth beneath us seemed to hum. I used to get out of bed and lie on the karri floorboards and feel the rumble in my skull. There was a soothing monotony in the sound. It sang in every joist of the house, in my very bones, and during winter storms it began to sound more like artillery than mere water.” Tim Winton – Breath

“The sea was miles away but during big autumn swells a salty vapour drifted up the valley at the height of the treetops, and at night I lay awake as distant waves pummeled the shore. The earth beneath us seemed to hum. I used to get out of bed and lie on the karri floorboards and feel the rumble in my skull. There was a soothing monotony in the sound. It sang in every joist of the house, in my very bones, and during winter storms it began to sound more like artillery than mere water.” Tim Winton – Breath

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Body copy Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up on to her feet in a moment: she looked up, but it was all dark overhead; before her was another long passage, and the White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it. There was not a moment to be lost: away went Alice like the wind, and was just in time to hear it say, as it turned a corner, “Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting!” She was close behind it when she turned the corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen: she found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit up by a row of lamps hanging from the roof.

There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; and when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again.

Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice’s first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them. However, on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted!

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Cameron

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Associate Architect

Architect ARBV, Masters of Architecture (Professional) with Distinction (Victoria University).

Cameron has achieved considerable experience since then working in esteemed architectural offices both in New Zealand and Australia.

While working at Six Degrees Architects in Melbourne he worked extensively on a new technology center for Melbourne Grammar School. With 8+ years experience at MRTN Architects, he has performed the role of Project Architect for a number of residential and community projects. Cameron has excellent skills in Revit documentation, building design and contract administration.

Michaela

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Project Architect

Architect ARBV, Bachelor of Design (Architecture) with Distinction (Deakin University), Master of Architecture with Distinction (Deakin University).

Michaela specialises in highly detailed residential design, having worked on numerous homes around Victoria including inner city Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula, South Gippsland, Murrindindi and the Macedon Ranges.

She is no stranger to navigating local council planning regulations, designing in bushfire prone areas and resolving details on site with builders. Her particular interests are sustainability, accessible design and environmental psychology; the relationship between architecture and wellbeing.

Thomas

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Graduate Architect

Bachelor of Architectural Design with Distinction (RMIT University), Master of Architecture with Distinction (RMIT University).

Since graduating from RMIT University, Thomas has worked in both architecture and landscape architecture offices, developing a broad range of experience ranging from strategic master planning and large-scale international projects, right down to highly detailed urban interventions and residential architecture.

His grounding in both architecture and landscape architecture allows him to think both outside-in and inside-out. He is passionate about how buildings can be influenced and shaped by their physical and social contexts.

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City theme

A coastal homes form is shaped by the environment opening up to the sun, taking advantage of views, and creating protected outdoor spaces. A number of massing options for the coastal home such as square, elongated, courtyard or scattered massing may be considered in relation to the sites size, shape, topography, landscape, and features. Importantly, the ultimate optimal form should lightly touch the coastal landscape, at once receding into the tea tree and scrub as well as contributing to the coastal character.

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City-inv theme

A coastal homes form is shaped by the environment opening up to the sun, taking advantage of views, and creating protected outdoor spaces. A number of massing options for the coastal home such as square, elongated, courtyard or scattered massing may be considered in relation to the sites size, shape, topography, landscape, and features. Importantly, the ultimate optimal form should lightly touch the coastal landscape, at once receding into the tea tree and scrub as well as contributing to the coastal character.

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Coast theme

A coastal homes form is shaped by the environment opening up to the sun, taking advantage of views, and creating protected outdoor spaces. A number of massing options for the coastal home such as square, elongated, courtyard or scattered massing may be considered in relation to the sites size, shape, topography, landscape, and features. Importantly, the ultimate optimal form should lightly touch the coastal landscape, at once receding into the tea tree and scrub as well as contributing to the coastal character.

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Coast-inv theme

A coastal homes form is shaped by the environment opening up to the sun, taking advantage of views, and creating protected outdoor spaces. A number of massing options for the coastal home such as square, elongated, courtyard or scattered massing may be considered in relation to the sites size, shape, topography, landscape, and features. Importantly, the ultimate optimal form should lightly touch the coastal landscape, at once receding into the tea tree and scrub as well as contributing to the coastal character.

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Country theme

A coastal homes form is shaped by the environment opening up to the sun, taking advantage of views, and creating protected outdoor spaces. A number of massing options for the coastal home such as square, elongated, courtyard or scattered massing may be considered in relation to the sites size, shape, topography, landscape, and features. Importantly, the ultimate optimal form should lightly touch the coastal landscape, at once receding into the tea tree and scrub as well as contributing to the coastal character.

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Country-inv theme

A coastal homes form is shaped by the environment opening up to the sun, taking advantage of views, and creating protected outdoor spaces. A number of massing options for the coastal home such as square, elongated, courtyard or scattered massing may be considered in relation to the sites size, shape, topography, landscape, and features. Importantly, the ultimate optimal form should lightly touch the coastal landscape, at once receding into the tea tree and scrub as well as contributing to the coastal character.

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Home theme

A coastal homes form is shaped by the environment opening up to the sun, taking advantage of views, and creating protected outdoor spaces. A number of massing options for the coastal home such as square, elongated, courtyard or scattered massing may be considered in relation to the sites size, shape, topography, landscape, and features. Importantly, the ultimate optimal form should lightly touch the coastal landscape, at once receding into the tea tree and scrub as well as contributing to the coastal character.

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A coastal homes form is shaped by the environment opening up to the sun, taking advantage of views, and creating protected outdoor spaces. A number of massing options for the coastal home such as square, elongated, courtyard or scattered massing may be considered in relation to the sites size, shape, topography, landscape, and features. Importantly, the ultimate optimal form should lightly touch the coastal landscape, at once receding into the tea tree and scrub as well as contributing to the coastal character.

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