Rozelle House

Photograph by Simon Kenny, Courtesy of the Tom Ferguson.

Material and detailing strategies

In terms of material choice, the general determinant was that a material should be chosen for the fact that it's structure was it's surface - concrete, brick, glass and wood.

This lends a certain honesty and solidity to the design both in colour and finish, and was strongly driven both by a general philosophy and by the strong presence of the exposed sandstone wall in the extension.

Detailing was driven by a desire to resolve the three dimensional forms of the extension to a finite degree.

Forms were not to be masked by profiles, cornices or skirting boards but were to meet and intersect cleanly.

This meant incorporating details that allowed for minimal tolerance and incorporating design elements frameless glass and pivot doors that required no reveal.

Construction was informed by 1:5 details of all significant junctions.

Photograph by Simon Kenny, Courtesy of the Tom Ferguson.

Principle materials

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