Visitors to the once-dilapidated fisherman’s cottage in Birchgrove, with spectacular Parramatta River views, enter via a stand-alone lift shaft on the street.
In Sydney’s pricey suburbs, large houses on relatively small sites are the norm as owners maximise views, often at the expense of neighbours. Constructing monumental houses that equate size with potential resale is de rigueur.“The market generally suggests maximising a site and capitalising on views – but that certainly didn’t drive this project,” says architect Eva-Marie Prineas, director of Studio Prineas.
While many would have simply bowled over the 60-square-metre cottage and built the ‘home of their dreams’, both the architect and the client, a couple with two small children, decided to build on the past and allow the streetscape, including the views of the river, to be enjoyed by the locals. However, mindful of the future as much as the past, Prineas Studio added to the cottage, with a guest bedroom, a study, a bathroom, a laundry, and a cellar also found at this level. Above are the two children’s bedrooms, a shared bathroom and a study nook, orientated to a sandstone rock face buried deep into the site. The new rooms feature concrete walls and concrete ceilings.
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