VISION 48 — LIGHT HOUSE
What do you hope the wider market might take from
this example?
I hope that it’s an example of how building less house
can actually be better. If you have less house, more
garden, it’s cheaper. It can perform much better.
Just paying attention to the site is really important.
Hopefully those things can be applied whether it’s
with this house or any other mass-produced design.
In this kind of housing estate, you are quite close
to neighbours. How did that affect your design?
We’re pretty used to close neighbours. Even in the
eastern suburbs, or on waterfront sites. The tricky
thing about this is that we didn’t know what the house
next door was going to be so you have to fool-proof it
in a way. That could have been a two-storey house, but
ended up a one-story house. Ours is relying on garden
and eaves being held low to focus your attention down.
We definitely had to think of all potential outcomes.
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MADELEINE BLANCHFIELD,