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“Stepping the swimming pool and storage
spaces down the hill, enabled us to keep the pool
surface flush with the deck,” says Piva. “And a
new garage is positioned another level down
again – tucked under the pool and rear lawn.
The project involved extensive excavation.”
The upper level of the extension cantilevers
over the lower floor, with its deck stretching out
to access harbour views previously unavailable
to the owners. The roof was extended, too,
making it more like a landscape element.
In addition, the design incorporates passive
heating and cooling to minimise power needs.

Above: Repositioning the front
door to the middle at the side of
the extended home allows guests
to arrive straight at the heart of the
interior – walking into the atrium
that divides the existing and the new.
Left: With sliders drawn back, the
exterior and interior of the pavilion
become one flowing public space.
Corner-butted glass adds to the
illusion of indoors and out as one.

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