GIVE ME SOME LIGHT
Julie Baker Erskineville
“From dark, depressing and enclosed to light-‐filled, joyous and open”
THE OBSTACLES
- There were no windows to the existing living, dining and the enclosed side courtyard. There was neither natural light nor ventilation to these three rooms.
- Initially a Development Application for a modest two-‐storey house, tucked into the roof with two dormer windows was submiGed, but rejected.
- The adjoining owner and the Timber Houses Lobby objected, restricting the possiblity of altering the scale, massing and materials of the house and roof that was visible from the street.
But behind the roof ridge line -‐ anything goes!
Building Details
Project type: Single Residential House
Size: Existing 58.4m2
Renovation 65.6 m2
Courtyard 12.2m 2
Local Government: City of Sydney
Architect: Patrick Brookes Architect
Builder: Create Construction
Structural Engineer: Birzulis Associates
Building Certifier: Council