As our cities incrementally and inevitably densify, we look to occupy the tiny nooks and crannies for a place we can call home. Located amongst the hubbub of delivery trucks, bicycles and a never ending procession of vehicle traffic; this project sits within a minute 160m2 site, backing on to a key commercial precinct within Cremorne in Melbourne.
Project name
That Old Chestnut
Architecture firm
FIGR. Architecture & Design
Location
Cremorne, Victoria 3121, Australia
Photography
Tom Blachford
Principal architect
Adi Atic, Michael Artemenko
Design team
Adi Atic, Michael Artemenko, Barbie Vongphone
Collaborators
Michel Group Building Surveyors (Building Surveyor)
Structural engineer
DSL Consulting PTY LTD
Landscape
Client Supplied
Lighting
Unios by Lights and Tracks
Construction
Nevcon Pty Ltd.
Material
Roofing: Lysaght Custom Orb in Zincalume. External Walls: Cemintel Barestone, Cemintel White Weatherboard, James Hardie EasyLap. Internal Walls: Cemintel Barestone, CSR Plaster, Big River Blackbutt Armour Panel in Osmo Polyx Oil. Flooring: Burnished Concrete, Baltic Pine Timber Flooring Finished in Bona Naturale, Big River Blackbutt Armour Panel Finished in Osmo Polyx Oil. Window frames: Double Glazed Windows with Anodised Aluminium Window Frames. Kitchen: Stainless Steel Benchtop Plate, Cabinetry in MaxiPly Russian Birch Plywood in Osmo Finish, Fridge from Fisher Paykel, Asko Cook Top and Oven, Fisher and Paykel Fridge, Smeg Rangehood. Bathroom: Big River Blackbutt Armour Panel Finished in Osmo Polyx Oil, INAX Ceramic Mosaic Tile from Artedomus
Typology
Residential › House, Additions and Alterations
Embedded into the landscape, ‘Ha Ha Haus’ is located in a leafy pocket of Alphington (Wurundjeri Country) where front fences are a refreshingly rare sighting.
Architecture firm
FIGR. Architecture & Design
Location
Alphington, Victoria 3078, Australia
Photography
Tom Blachford
Principal architect
Adi Atic, Michael Artemenko
Design team
Boutsaba Vongphone, Harry Bardoel, Bowen Jessup
Collaborators
Michel Group Building Surveyors ( Building surveyor). Ruth Welsby (Styling)
Structural engineer
Meyer Consulting Engineers
Lighting
Unios by Lights and Tracks
Construction
Byde Constructions Pty Ltd.
Material
Roofing: Colorbond Trim Deck Roof, Colour, Monument and Surf Mist. External walls: Charred Silver Top Ash Ship Lap Cladding, CSR Barestone, Austral Brick Lapaloma Series - Miro. Internal walls: CSR Plaster, Big River Black Butt Panels Treated In Osmo Polyx Oil. Flooring: Polished Concrete, Blackbutt Timber Flooring Finished in Bona Naturale, Big River Black Butt Armour Panel Finished in Bona Naturale. Windows frames: Vic Ash Finished in Cutek Grey Mist.
Typology
Residential › House
