The Jan Juc Studio is a new house and architecture studio for the practice. Conceived as a large deck beneath a canopy of eucalypts, the project is described as “being marked by its simplicity of form and clarity of intent.”
With a veil of operable, permeable timber screens sheltering the spaces within while admitting sea breezes and dappled light that shifts according to the time of the day and position of the screen, the building is alive to the elemental qualities of the site. At once restrained and responsive, the house sees the practice’s primary architectural interests coalesce with the influence of personal experience.
With a sense of living on a platform among the bush, the simplicity of experience is felt in the open plan intended to accommodate the current requirements for a couple, but also family and changing lifestyle in the future. There are no ‘rooms’ in the typical sense and the house is experienced as a single space that can be separated into zones as needed, with function interpreted according to the task at hand. Creating a building that is intrinsically flexible and supports many modes of occupation.
The central core provides privacy and utility while allowing movement to circulate freely around the edge. The screens are simultaneously surface and aperture, encouraging engagement between building and inhabitation, as the screens are activated according to the season and time of day, transparency and animation are introduced, allowing the richer finish of the timber main structure and lining to become evident and light to gently radiate forth at night.
The Jan Juc Studio is a new house and architecture studio for the practice. Conceived as a large deck beneath a canopy of eucalypts, the project is described as “being marked by its simplicity of form and clarity of intent.”
With a veil of operable, permeable timber screens sheltering the spaces within while admitting sea breezes and dappled light that shifts according to the time of the day and position of the screen, the building is alive to the elemental qualities of the site. At once restrained and responsive, the house sees the practice’s primary architectural interests coalesce with the influence of personal experience.
With a sense of living on a platform among the bush, the simplicity of experience is felt in the open plan intended to accommodate the current requirements for a couple, but also family and changing lifestyle in the future. There are no ‘rooms’ in the typical sense and the house is experienced as a single space that can be separated into zones as needed, with function interpreted according to the task at hand. Creating a building that is intrinsically flexible and supports many modes of occupation.
The central core provides privacy and utility while allowing movement to circulate freely around the edge. The screens are simultaneously surface and aperture, encouraging engagement between building and inhabitation, as the screens are activated according to the season and time of day, transparency and animation are introduced, allowing the richer finish of the timber main structure and lining to become evident and light to gently radiate forth at night.
The Jan Juc Studio is a new house and architecture studio for the practice. Conceived as a large deck beneath a canopy of eucalypts, the project is described as “being marked by its simplicity of form and clarity of intent.”
With a veil of operable, permeable timber screens sheltering the spaces within while admitting sea breezes and dappled light that shifts according to the time of the day and position of the screen, the building is alive to the elemental qualities of the site. At once restrained and responsive, the house sees the practice’s primary architectural interests coalesce with the influence of personal experience.
With a sense of living on a platform among the bush, the simplicity of experience is felt in the open plan intended to accommodate the current requirements for a couple, but also family and changing lifestyle in the future. There are no ‘rooms’ in the typical sense and the house is experienced as a single space that can be separated into zones as needed, with function interpreted according to the task at hand. Creating a building that is intrinsically flexible and supports many modes of occupation.
The central core provides privacy and utility while allowing movement to circulate freely around the edge. The screens are simultaneously surface and aperture, encouraging engagement between building and inhabitation, as the screens are activated according to the season and time of day, transparency and animation are introduced, allowing the richer finish of the timber main structure and lining to become evident and light to gently radiate forth at night.
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