smallprojects

barnstorm house

three storey bungalow.

Designed as a entire rebuild
of an existing house in a dense
suburb of semi-detached lots,
the context for the barnstorm
house was fascinating for the
fact that the land plot, neither
bungalow large nor rowhouse
small (both with progressive
examples to choose from),
suggested the possibility of a
fresh typology for study in the
island republic.

The site, being shallow and
wide, allowed for the rather
more enclosed functions of the
house to be stacked in a shelf
of rooms. The resultant volume
adjacent to the ‘shelf’ became a
barn for living and dining, open
in entirety to front and rear - a
space for cross ventilation, the
drawing of a garden within, and
a fresh take on inspired social
association through the act of
neighbourhood barnstorming