Nicholson Residence by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design
Australian architect Matt Gibson designed the Nicholson Residence in Melbourne, Australia.
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Project Description
This renovation involved the renovation of a Federation single fronted terrace within a heritage overlay including the provision of a series of first floor level spaces that cantilever deep into a previously treed rear of the site. The rear addition presents as a long, tall timber-clad tube wrapped around the remaining existing boundary walls and cleared out GFL interior.
The newer works provide a more generous engagement with the exterior and garden foliage via extensive use of glass and continuity of material externally. A whimsical and artistic ‘giving back’ to the parkland legacy is provided at first floor level in the form of a steel sheet external graphic ‘appliqué’ and internal decal.
This provides texture and interest for both interior and exterior whilst enabling a functional Planning outcome preventing overlooking to neighbours. The colour and material palette is deliberately restrained so as not to compete with the exterior, or with the family’s accumulated artwork and furnishings.
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Architects: Matt Gibson Architecture + Design
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FERNANDO on 11 Sep 2012 at 5:32 pm #
Nice design. It would be great to se the plans or blueprints
bamgbopa folarin on 12 Sep 2012 at 10:14 am #
this is lovely, i love what u did with the narrow facade, very very adoptable to my style of architecture
franklin on 12 Sep 2012 at 4:39 pm #
stunning use of a narrow space
Raul Alfaro on 13 Sep 2012 at 1:32 am #
Really nice house project. Nice solution and practical solution in a not easy local situation, very long and narrow shapes. Interior spaces are amazing, like a succession of zones where the program is satisfactorily resolved. A house to enjoy it.
VERY GOOD JOB. Congratulations from Barcelona.
Toski on 19 Sep 2012 at 3:29 pm #
Love the project… however i think i’m missing something! i don’t fully understand the sequence of the pictures. blueprints would’ve been excellent. i can see two kitchens, and in a site with only 2 facades… i’m identifying three different exteriors. The wood-clad main entrance, the rear patio with wooden deck… and a third exterior with ceramic flooring and indirect lighting. Am i crazy or does anybody else see it the same as i? are there two distinct modules on the same site??