*중정형 가든 하우스 [ Luigi Rosselli Architects ] The Subiaco Oval Courtyard

내부로 열린 중정형 하우스는 내외부 상반된 얼굴로 거주자를 맞이한다. 1900년대 초 형성된 지역 거리풍경은 이곳 하우스를 이웃한 건축물과 동질한 텍스쳐로 유도, 사선 패턴의 붉은 벽돌과 나즈막한 박공지붕으로 그다지 특이할만한 요소가 없는 외형을 생성한다. 이러한 외형에 반하여 생성된 내부는 -인사이드- 주거 중심부에 커다란 타원형태의 중정형 정원을 조성하며 내부로 수렴된 -인클로징- 거주공간을 제공한다. 침실로 부터 주출입구 홀을 포함하는 거실; 중정에 인접하여 형성된 내부 실을 구분하는 동시에 연속시키는 중정은 주거내 핵심코어로 내부공간의 지향점을 표현한다. (내부 공간과 중정사이에는 테라스 및 복도를 겸하는 중립공간이 자리하며 이 공간을 통해 공간은 순환된다.) 그리고 여기에 잔디와 기존 블록으로 부터 추출한 조경수는 미니멀한 랜드스케이프를 생성, 주변 자연환경과 조우 및 내부 거주환경의 쾌적성을 보장한다. 고밀집된 도심내 프라빗 주거환경 구축을 위한 최선책? 차선책?으로 선택해 봄이 어떨까?

reviewed by SJ,오사

Luigi Rosselli Architects have sent us photos of a family home they recently completed in Subiaco, Western Australia.

Viewed from the street this unassuming family home hides a secret; a cluster of interconnected pavilions with an oval courtyard garden at their centre.

The publicly visible faces of the pavilions, aligned with the square geometry of the level block of land, are respectfully attuned to homogeneous character of the early 1900s federation era Subiaco streetscape – one of the best preserved suburbs in Perth – in the small scale of their pitched rooves, the updated interpretation of the traditional veranda that surrounds them, and the criss-cross pattern formed in the brickwork reclaimed from the dilapidated buildings that previously occupied the plot. This commitment to ensuring the new building’s façade is sympathetic with its period surroundings has led to it being enthusiastically adopted by the neighbourhood, yet stepping through the front entrance reveals this home to be anything but square.

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Architect: Luigi Rosselli Architects
Design Architects: Luigi Rosselli, Kristina Sahlestrom
Project Architects: Kristina Sahlestrom, David Mitchell
Landscape Architect: William Dangar

Photography by © Edward Birch

The elliptical courtyard, which runs diagonally through heart of the house from the front door to the back gate, is the focal point of the home in terms of both design and use. The courtyard divides the bedrooms from the living space with the entrance hall in the centre. From the entry one can view the whole courtyard with the living and bedroom wings flanking it, it is a very intimate and private space, minimally landscaped with a lawn, enhanced by a couple of mature growth trees existing on the block.

Externally the oval is bordered by another veranda with its Jarrah timber deck set at seat height, which provides the family with a theatrical open space to play and entertain that is visible and easily accessible from wherever they are in the house. It also showcases some of the more contemporary elements of the building in details such as the Luigi Rosselli Architects designed profiled aluminium wall cladding to the veranda and vertical sun shade louvres. Internally the courtyard lends its form to the surrounding buildings in the curves of the connecting corridors and partition glass panelling.

The interiors of the house reflect the constructive tension in its timeless aspects such as the pitched roof forms, enhanced with exposed timber trusses and painted tongue and groove lining boards, small paned windows and traditional French doors, with the more modern materials such as the polished concrete and black steel fire surrounds, contemporary joinery finishes and Scandinavian furniture.

from  contemporist