This project unfolded in two stages over several years — a sequence that gave us the rare opportunity to design for a home as its owners' lives and ambitions evolved.
The existing house
The original building was a genuine piece of Surf Coast architectural history: a mid-century house by the respected practice Fasham Johnston, with the clean lines and honest materiality that defined the best residential work of that era. Our starting point was absolute respect for what was already there.
Stage one — connecting to the landscape
The first design intervention worked carefully in sympathy with the original house. The primary move was a sweeping deck that finally gave the home the outdoor connection its internal spaces had always promised but never delivered. The kitchen and living rooms were reconfigured to flow naturally to this new outdoor room, completing the relationship between interior and landscape that the original design had begun.
Stage two — growing with the family
The second stage extended the sweeping deck geometry to the rear of the house, adding a substantial new wing: a generous dining room, additional bedrooms, a gym — and, appropriately for a Jan Juc property, a sauna and spa. Each addition was designed to feel continuous with the original house rather than appended to it.
The outcome
A home that has grown alongside its owners — each stage building on the last, the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Type: Alterations and additions (two stages) Location: Jan Juc, Surf Coast Services: Architectural design, planning permit, documentation, contract administration
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