Tree Island Home / Carter Williamson Architects

Tree Island Home / Carter Williamson Architects

Textual content description supplied by the architects. Tree Island is a household dwelling that rises above its constraints, turning its limitations into its most hanging options. Simply 4 and a half meters broad internally, it maximizes area by reaching up excessive towards the neighboring warehouse conversion to the south. A considerable void on the heart of the house connects the dwelling, eating, and kitchen areas, its lengthy, north-facing skylight illuminating each factor of the household life cradled gently inside.

A small courtyard affords a peaceful buffer between the present dwelling and the up to date addition, whereas a wonderful fig tree planted immediately into the kitchen island blurs the connection between indoor and out of doors area.

A panoramic void enshrines the core of this younger household’s dwelling, its most important dwelling, eating, and kitchen components bathed in pure mild and crammed with greenery.

Sited in a heritage conservation space in Sydney’s internal west, Tree Island climbs larger because it strikes again from the road, the place from the rear it catches the attention with a staircase encased in curved, patterned brick. It homes three bedrooms, two bogs, and a research that opens onto a rooftop backyard that feels as if it’s nestled within the bushes of its leafy road. 

Concrete flooring, darkish marble counters, and a hanging double-height brick wall present a cool, strong materials template contrasted by the kitchen’s wealthy timber joinery and softened with luxurious furnishings. The constructing’s thermal mass retains it cool in summer time and heat in winter, whereas the north-facing skylight supplies year-round illumination.

Dwelling to a number of the internal west’s most expansive areas, Tree Island’s ethereal verticality transcends the constraints of its tight footprint.