House in a Garden
DESIGNED BY EDITION OFFICE
LANDSCAPING BY ECKERSLEY GARDEN DESIGN
“EVERY ROOM AND VANTAGE WITHIN THE HOUSE IS CONNECTED TO AND CLOSELY SURROUNDED BY FOLIAGE. TIME IS CAPTURED WITH ITS CHANGING COLOUR THROUGH THE SEASONS, AND MOVEMENT IN THE WIND.”
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“THERE ARE VIEWS THAT EXPAND OUT TO THE LANDSCAPE BEYOND, BUT THE FEELING INTERNALLY IS VERY MUCH CONTAINED WITHIN THE BUILDING’S PERIMETER. SPACES ARE INTIMATE WITH OUTWARD VIEWS THAT ARE SHORT, GENTLY CURTAILED BY THE PROJECT’S DEFINED BOUNDARY OF SLENDER TIMBER BATTENING.”
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“THE PROJECT WAS VERY MUCH THOUGHT OF FROM THE INSIDE OUT, HOWEVER THERE IS NO DOUBT AN APPRECIATION AND EXPLORATION OF FORM, AND THE SPACES GENERATED AROUND FORM, THAT HAS INFLUENCED THE DESIGN AND ULTIMATELY ITS CHARACTER. THE PLAN APPEARS GRAPHIC, THE PRESENCE OF THE PROJECT EXTERNALLY FEELS FORMAL. THE EXPERIENCE INSIDE AND BELOW THE BUILDING HOWEVER IS NOT. IT IS NUANCED, SPACES ARE LAYERED AND LOOSELY DEFINED.
“THERE IS A NOD TO THE OPEN PLAN BUT A SOFT INTERJECTION INTO THIS WITH OBJECTS, PLANTS, BODIES, SHAPES AND NICHES. THE SENSE IS OF A DEFINITIVE PERIMETER HOLDING A VIBRANT AND INTIMATE INTERIOR THAT IS ASSUMED TO BE EXPANSIVE BUT IS NOT. VOLUME IS BOTH OPEN BUT CLAIMABLE, BROAD BUT SMALL. IT IS A CLOSED BUT CONNECTED HOME. EXTERNALLY THE PROJECT IS SOLID, DEFINED, STRONG. BELOW AND INTERNALLY THERE IS A PLAYFUL AMBIGUITY AND ROOM FOR EXPLORATION.”
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Photography by Maxime Delvaux