South Terrace House, Fremantle Property, Building Extension, Architecture Images
South Terrace House in Fremantle
Home Renovations and Expansions, Australia ? design by Philip Stejskal Architecture
25 Jan 2017
South Terrace House
Location: Fremantle, Western Australia
Design: Philip Stejskal Architecture
Bellevue Terrace House

The clients are Duncan and Annemarie Wyatt, mid 40?s, two girls Charlie and Georgie, aged 9 and 11.

Their brief: primarily programmatic additions, a desire for cross ventilation and natural light.

The original cottage (semi-detached) c.1910 with subsequent additions by European migrants in following decades.

The 300sqm block characterized by a 6.37m width, attached strata sibling to the south, two northern neighbors about 1.5m away, rear R.O.W access and frontage onto busy street.
For us the project involved the extraction of maximum amenity from this packed situation whilst managing impact on surrounding properties.

As a ?built strata? property, we required the neighbors? approval to proceed. A tree well to the first floor was added following consultation.

Responding to site, a fundamental objective was to harness north light. This had to be captured at height ? due to proximate neighbors ? using ?light scoops? to funnel winter sun in and cast views out.

Additionally, a central courtyard, first floor terrace and a roof garden cement the clients? access to northern light.

Associated glare is tempered by deep window reveals and perforate...