Andrew Maynard Architects were given an unusual order to remodel a typical three-person home in Fitzroy North to provide maximum living space in the living room and kitchen for a young and promising family.
Many decisions made by the design company were dictated by a very small budget. A simple cube was taken as the basic form as the simplest and at the same time the cheapest solution. Each element of the house had to perform several functions in order to maximize the investment in it.
So, the kitchen counter becomes part of the staircase, and the use of walls made of durable glass made it possible not only to abandon expensive windows and solve the problem of keeping heat, but also to save on curtains.
The council's requirement that the windows of rooms on the second floor must be 75% opaque has been elegantly addressed with UV stickers, which are, of course, much cheaper than full screening.
The trees on the walls added playful and changeable shadows to the interior, and their images were taken from a local park.
At the same time, despite the non-triviality of the task with the multifunctional use of household items, the architectural company managed to get by with the most common and cheapest materials.
