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This project sets a new benchmark for sustainable, affordable group housing

The tree line rises up above the development architecture, building, cottage, facade, home, house, property, real estate, residential area, teal — The tree line rises up above the development

The homes are spacious, with room even for architecture, chair, floor, flooring, furniture, house, interior design, living room, table, gray

Plans - architecture | area | black and architecture, area, black and white, design, diagram, drawing, floor plan, font, line, plan, product, product design, schematic, square, structure, technical drawing, text, white

Shared space between the homes helps to foster architecture, courtyard, estate, facade, home, house, property, real estate, residential area

A view of the development from the air aerial photography, bird's eye view, city, neighbourhood, residential area, suburb, tree, urban area, gray

Plenty of room for frolicking underneath this roof architecture, building, facade, grass, house, sky, teal

A covered water tank sits out of the architecture, ceiling, daylighting, house, interior design, lobby, structure, black, gray

Without windows to let natural light in, the architecture, ceiling, floor, interior design, living room, room, table, wall, gray

You can glimpse touches of colour throughout the architecture, elevation, facade, home, house, property, real estate, teal, gray

Plans - architecture | area | black and architecture, area, black and white, design, diagram, drawing, floor plan, font, line, plan, product design, schematic, text, white

There's ample yard space in between the different architecture, backyard, courtyard, facade, fence, home, home fencing, house, outdoor structure, property, real estate, residential area, siding, yard

Touches of blue line this entryway - Touches architecture, building, daylighting, facade, house, real estate, gray

Architect: Cox Architecture

Photographer: Peter Bennetts

About the project: CODA Studio (now Cox Architecture) was commissioned to undertake a grouped housing project at Boonooloo Road in Kalamunda. The project involved the construction of 4 dwellings on a 4,000sqm lot that had previously held two standard dwellings.

Whilst all four dwellings are independent of one another, the design language is common across the development. Economical building systems and finishes are brought to life with careful consideration to spatial planning and the articulation of threshold moments.

Plans architecture, area, black and white, design, diagram, drawing, floor plan, font, line, plan, product design, schematic, text, white — Plans

Opportunities for ancillary dwellings are tested, with the 4th bedroom fitted with capped services for retrofit; the villa becomes a 3-bedroom home with separate accommodation (bedsit or granny flat) or home office in the future.

Joyful insertions of colour, a restrained palette of materials, and the maintenance of tree canopy further elevate this project beyond what’s typical in our suburbs.

The project sets a new benchmark for sustainable, affordable housing at low-to-medium density zoning in our peri-urban suburbs.

Story by: Trends

12 Oct, 2017

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