WEST END
Warneet | Mornington Peninsula | Bunurong Country
This extension to a 1960s house adopts a strategic response to connecting living areas with the garden, reinterpreting the functions of the verandah and increasing amenity without increasing building area.
A poorly constructed add-on verandah and a series of compartmentalised rooms are removed and replaced with a contemporary extension comprising open plan living areas, oriented to the rear garden.
A large roof overhang at the rear extension provides generous shade to the west end of the house, allowing increased glazing to dissolve the boundary between the living areas and the landscape.
Large sliding doors and louvre windows bring in the feeling of being in the garden – natural light, breezes, birdsong and sunsets – all while offering protection from the mozzies.
ELEMENTS
- Original 1960s house retained and extended with new living zones connected to rear garden
- New galvanised steel roof and timber wall cladding
- Passive solar design (natural heating and cooling)
- New double glazed timber windows with stainless steel bushfire screens
- Large sliding doors connect living areas with rear garden
- Louvre windows capture cooling breezes, even during rainy days
- New high performance thermal insulation and building wrap
- Internal walls removed to create open plan living areas
- Timber flooring, timber cabinetry and stainless steel plumbing fittings
- Large roof overhang to west end of extension to provide generous shade
- New rear deck forming landing and seating oriented to rear garden and sunsets
- New 5.5kW solar power system with battery and EV charging
- New 6,000L rainwater harvesting system plumbed to house and garden