Andrum is built by using some chosen materials like glass, wood, stone, and concrete. Those materials are kept in their form to create a natural touch to the building structure and interior look. By combining those materials, the architect can form a whole that brings a low-key and beautiful style to the building. The architect also works together with some best engineers for this building structure.
The fabric of the building is upgrading fully including the green roofs, replacement triple glazed windows, Air Source Heat pump, external insulation, Solar Hot Array, MVHR unit, and solar tiles. By challenging the traditional layout of the house, the architect also uses the staircase to cut the building into some functional areas.
The architect has a new concept to breathe the new life into the whole floors of this house. At the same time, the heritage of this listed building is also respected and some of the historic details are restored. It also becomes a challenge for the architect to choose the best material to meet their concept and facing the design challenge.
Some utilitarian elements are concealed and the doors reliance is minimized based on the principles of the apartment planning made by the architect. With an ESD focus and some features, the elegant building can be designed with an easy feel to live with. The features include using roof skylights or light well for space ventilation.
Some of the detailed joinery pieces are designed to integrate the house operation such as a pop-up television within the master bedroom suite, touchscreen drawers, and slide-out reading lamps. The rooms are also designed from some floating planes within the glass shell and concrete, maximizing the northern exposure and the views of harbor and city of Sydney.
The industrial feel can be seen in every detail of the interior space such as pipes, open ceiling, and the lighting. The colorful atmosphere comes from the walls and the furniture. The natural and simple look can be brought to the building interior through the wooden floor, wooden meeting table, and neutral color of the wall. The interior is not only modern but also designed in a comfortable atmosphere to support the working activities.
This museum has a complex three-dimensional geometry from its concrete shell. It is shaped by the local worker’s hand in Qinhuangdao using a formwork made from wood small linear strips and other chosen materials. The architect also retains the imperfect and irregular texture of the formwork, allowing the building’s manual construction traces to be seen and felt clearly.
There are five gardens with different themes and sizes. Those gardens can be found at different locations and levels of around this townhouse that consist of a flower welcoming garden upfront, a linear ground bamboo garden, a rooftop vegetable garden, and a sunken play garden.
The architect cuts some existing building features such as decorative plasterwork, staircase, and roof into the joinery faces. In order to define the house unique characteristic, some materials like brick and wall are used as they are, without additional painting or more details. From the outside, Etch House looks like a total brick house but the modern interior will surprise everyone who visits it.
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For the interior, the architect uses some materials that influenced by the building heritage and industrial location. There is a glass window that wraps up from the ground level of the house over the rear extension, creating a bridge into the outrigger. At the back of the building, a rhythm can be created by using perforated metal cladding on the rear facade.
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