Located in Perth, Australia, Veiled House features a striking blend of old and new, designed by JUO in 2019. Originally a 1908 worker’s cottage, the designers aimed to celebrate its historic character while creating a modern family home.
With sweeping views of the Perth skyline, the existing rundown and uninhabitable 1908 worker’s cottage had been poorly maintained over the years, with many haphazard and structurally unsound additions. The brief was to strip back the property to reveal the original cottage and celebrate its character and proportions whilst creating an inner city family home.
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In restoring the cottage and reinstating its original features such as the bullnose verandah, the street frontage was opened up with a low height picket fence to promote a visual and social connection with the street. In contrast to the period restoration, new multipurpose Corian planter boxes also act as seats and balustrades to the front verandah, providing a glimpse of the contemporary additions to come.
To help break down the mass of the two-storey addition, and to enhance privacy of the first floor bedrooms, a veil of fixed aluminium angles in purple tones accentuate the form of the first floor which has been skewed to take greater advantage of the northern aspect. This skewed angle also provides an overhang to the ground floor glazing, protecting the interior from the summer sun. The first floor windows utilise horizontal and vertical sunshading devices to protect the glass from the north and west in summer, whilst allowing sun penetration in winter. These openings have also been located to promote cross-ventilation. The staircase void was located on the west boundary to protect the two storey volume from excess heat gain during summer, and to act as a chimney allowing hot air to rise up and escape.
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Photography courtesy of JUO
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– by Matt Watts
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