Clean architectural lines with a warmth and Zen like ambiance.
The clients requested that we create a dream house for their site in
the Zimbali forest estate. Several bodies of water, including Koi ponds,
water features and a rimflow swimming pool appear to coalesce into one,
and flow through the house and out into the forest. The stacked roof is
fragmented and linked with flat roof slabs, in correspondence to the
spatial arrangement of the rooms below, which both scales and
articulates the massing of the house. The main bedroom suite cantilevers
six metres over the patio below, providing protection from the weather,
as well as “wow” factor. Large amounts of glazing optimize views of the
indigenous bush that encapsulates the house, and together with the
palette of raw materials including natural timber, off shutter concrete,
water and natural stone cladding, offset the clean architectural lines
with a warmth and Zen like ambiance.