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Treetop House in Melbourne
Nicholson Residence in Victoria, Australia ? design by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design
page updated 26 Dec 2016 with new photos ; 12 Jun 2015
Treetop House Melbourne
Design: Matt Gibson Architecture + Design
Location: Park Road, Middle Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The rear addition of Treetops House, is a narrow single fronted terrace presents as a long tall timber clad tube wrapped around the remnants of the existing boundary walls and the open plan of the ground floor interior.

The tall form is strongly depicted with an unexpected civic scale which belies the more conventional and unassuming heights of the interior. Studies of form and how to portray the cantilevered floor were carried out which concentrated on a continuity of material wrapping and cladding in 3 dimensions. The proposal groups a lineal progression of first floor level spaces to one side and allows a long slot of roof lighting deep into the length of the house.
The idea at the rear was that other built elements within the site would also utilise a similar play on continuity of material, form & enclosure such as the internal white wall and first floor spandrel appearing to run continuously through the glass threshold to become white rendered outdoor wall and enclosure of the garden space.

The kitchen similarly plays on continuity of material, form and enclosure.

The new proposal...