Marysville House, Melbourne Residence, Modern Weekend Residence, Victoria Architecture Images
Marysville House in Australia
Modern Weekend Home in Australia – design by Steffen Welsch Architects
3 Apr 2017
Marysville House
Design: Steffen Welsch Architects
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Marysville House

The project, a weekender for a Melbourne based family of 3, encompasses re-building and re-inhabitation post the 2009 Black Saturday mega fires, which decimated Marysville.

It is a 60 sqm double height (with sleeping mezzanine) ?container? with 62 sqm deck on 5588 sqm of land. The site, a steeply sloping site, backs onto the nearby state forest and overlooks the town. The building is sited on the existing terrace where the previous house stood though re-oriented.
Conceptual Framework (Values, Core Ideas, Philosophy)

The project negotiates the issues of building in response to fire risk, notions of the bush shack and urban sensibilities of dwelling, sustainability and comfort, and crafting a series of overlapping inside and outside spaces that bring the occupants into frequent, surprising and delightful encounters with the unique phenomena and texture of its bush setting. Notions of resilience, impermanence (and most interestingly the points of resistance and tensions therein) , adaptability, reciprocity, economy and beauty were central to the design process.

Public/ cultural benefits

a. Encourages family life ? makes dwelling part of the backyard

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