VISION 52 – MITCHELL ST RESIDENCE NORTHCOTE
Residential design is architecture ’ s heartland . It ’ s a place where there is no escaping the need to deliver high calibre work to demanding budgets and high expectations . All the while with clients peering over the designer ’ s shoulder to ensure their dream is fully realised . It ’ s an ongoing challenge facing residential architects unable to pile one floor plate solution on top of the other high into the sky .
No , the home demands a watch-maker ’ s attention in its making to be in perfect time with its owners needs .
At its best , architecture tunes in with nature . It ’ s why glass can provide such a seamless transition between the built and natural . High-end performance glass such as Viridian ’ s further blends the physical boundaries that more typically isolate .
Rather than forced in preconceived ways , Raffoul ’ s residential designs are illuminating with their interior transparency as well as glimpsed and grand views . Sprinkled throughout the suburbs , often amongst cookie-cutter period and contemporary homes , such work is full of invention and surprise . Mass and slenderness , shadow and light transmute to remarkable effect .
PROJECT Mitchell St Residence , Northcote , Melbourne
ARCHITECT FGR Architects
ENGINEER Structural Works
BUILDER Mannfield Group
WINDOW SUPPLIER N / A ( Frameless )
GLASS SUPPLIER Viridian
PRINCIPAL GLAZING Ground Floor : Viridian SuperClear™ First Floor : Viridian SolTech™
TEXT , IMAGES & FILM Peter & Jenny Hyatt