Carlton Terrace House, Melbourne Residence, Extended Australian Property, Architecture Images
Carlton Terrace House in Melbourne
Extended Residential Development in Victoria, Australia – design by Windust Architects x Interiors
12 Oct 2017
Carlton Terrace Residence
Design: Windust Architects x Interiors
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Carlton Terrace House is Period Victorian at front; light, angular and dynamic at rear.

The owners asked for a break from the past. A mature couple, with a large and extended family, looked forward to new spaces filled with natural light, all-year living, and the ability to connect visually with their surroundings.

Their terrace house sits within a long street of properties that fit tightly alongside each other. Almost all properties are narrow in width, and short in depth.
The brief to include the standard ?kitchen/ dining/ living?, together with an ambitious 4 bedrooms and 2 x bathrooms, created a challenge to fit all that was required within the small building envelope, without overlooking and overshadowing neighbours.

For Carlton Terrace we set out to explore contrasts in volume and texture.

Volume

Our approach was to first create a light, airy and open ground floor plane, with a bold volume above.

At ground level, we outline a continuous space from the kitchen to the ?green wall? externally. With the space being visually continuous inside and out, each side of the façade benefits from connection to the other si...