A three-storey home for a young couple with three children.

The site is located atop a quiet hillock perched above Trevose Crescent and well-exposed to north-easterly monsoon winds. The existing topography also featured a steep grass slope at the back which was partially reclaimed and leveled at its mid-point to create a back yard for outdoor dining. 

Conceptually, the house is organised along the lines of Louis Kahn's principle of served and servant spaces, with the main living areas occupying the western side of the plan whilst ancillary rooms and circulation space form a spine along the eastern side. The design eschews grandiosely proportioned common areas in order to carve out spacious rooms for each member of this family of five. 

The house is a paragon of passive-design, with twice the usual thickness of rockwool insulation in its roof, low-e coated glazing and heat-reflective paint by SKK for its external walls. Sliding doors and windows also come fitted with insect screens by Mozziefy, allowing them to be kept open to maximise natural ventilation and to fully take advantage of its unblocked exposure to the predominant wind direction. 

The most meaningful aspect of the home are a set of six refurbished solid timber doors that were salvaged from the original house that once occupied the site. These were given a new lease of life and now adorn the dining room as a feature wall that accompanies the original dining set that has been passed down through the generations.