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The Kyneton Residence in Victoria
Australian Renovation Project – design by Julia Thomas Architects
11 Sep 2017
The Kyneton Residence
Design: Julia Thomas Architects
Location: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
The Kyneton Residence

The design principles are to work within the existing environment and create a livable space to promote the concept of a ?healthy building?. The existing mud brick house was originally built as a barn to house animals. The main requirement of the brief was to re-imagine the existing barn to create a low maintenance, pet friendly two bedroom family home. A key aspect of the renovation was to retain some of the existing characteristics of the original barn and bring them into their own as part of the new house.
Whilst the original framework of the existing mud brick house was to be maintained, the clients allowed a reimagining and reconfiguration of the internal layout as the uses and demands of the family would progress through the years.

We worked with the existing structure of the house and therefore the existing openings were retained; yet modified. The intention was for the south side of the home to open out to the land so that the landscape became a feature of the interior. The family home that has resulted is a clean space composed of seamlessly melded exterior and interior living spaces.

The exterior living space has been express...