Salter Point Residence

A contemporary take on the pitched roof house offering a subtle, contextual street presence.

Summary

Featuring a single pitched roof form with a custom gutter, this residence sits on a corner block with the long axis facing north.

An open plan Living, Kitchen and Dining space is central to the long axis, featuring both North and South openings for excellent solar optimization and cross ventilation.

The central open plan living space, with its series of coffered ceilings defining spaces under, create a central node for the family. Flaking this space – the Master Suite to one side and the kid’s bedrooms. This ensures the house reacts realistically to the needs of its adult occupants, and that of the parents, providing them with their own private space, external entries and acoustic and air conditioning compartmentalization, whilst ensuring a beautiful communal space.

The residence sits on a single floor plane, to ensure its aging-in-place credentials. This floor plane is sunken into ground – ensuing the front elevation reads as horizontally as possible – sleek and grounded, part of its place.

The brief maintains on site existing pool (reconditioned) and a large Jacaranda tree and established front landscaping – items which could (and should) not be reasonably replaced and provide an ‘established’ feeling to a new home.

Cost efficient, highly energy efficient, spatially simple and practical and importantly, aesthetically timeless, this design ensures the clients will have no logistical requirements to move again.