Roscommon House
 Roscommon House is in conversation with its past, present, and future: as a house that reflects the unique attributes of its locations ?Garden Suburb? town planning, modernist architecture, and ideals of the original subdivision. A new house in conversation with the ethos of the suburb with a strong sense of belonging?.
With a significant legacy of modernist and brutalist buildings still remaining in suburb, I felt a responsibility to produce a design for this new house that not only served the needs and desires of my clients but was also in conversation with the ethos of the suburb, without mimicking or replicating the past.
Photography by © Michael Nicholson
Through the spatial arrangement of courtyards, the building incorporates the spirit of the garden suburb into the house, while the robust exterior materials of the building carry to interiors to continue this seamless interaction between indoor and outdoor living. The interiors embrace the uneven concrete surfaces and are in keeping with the Japanese aesthetic ?Wabi-sabi? where we have sought beauty from imperfection. Materials have been chosen for their roughness, texture, modesty, and acceptance of the beauty in aging.
Photography by © Robert Frith
This house was designed to reduce energy and water consumption over its projected long lifespan. The site orientation and the teasing apart of the floor plan provide an excellent solar orientation to living spaces and maximise opportunities for cross v...