Lune de Sang Stone House, NSW Contemporary Design, Australian Architecture, Architect, Interior

Lune de Sang Stone House

Contemporary Residence in New South Wales – design by CHROFI, architects

30 Jun 2018
Lune de Sang Pavilion Shortlisted at World Architecture Festival 2018 Awards

Lune de Sang Pavilion is one of 536 shortlisted entries across 81 countries:

World Architecture Festival Awards 2018 Shortlist

29 Oct 2016

Lune de Sang Stone House in NSW

Location: Northern New South Wales (NSW), Australia

Architects: CHROFI

Stone House is the alteration to a single storey vernacular house in the rural landscape setting of northern NSW Australia. The original house was built with local materials and craftsmanship. Over the years various additions were made to the house exhibiting the different layers in its occupation.

The brief was to renovate the house within a limited budget whilst offering better living arrangements for a humble complementary house for guests to stay near by rather than loading the main site with accommodation.

The architects’ proposal was to reinstate value with little intervention; with this in mind they had two design strategies.

One was the idea of preservation; wherever possible elements of the building fabric would be salvaged but only to reveal its qualities in a meaningful way. CHROFI identified four building elements worth preserving.

The stone wall was providing protection and privacy from the main road. The internal masonry walls were defining rooms at the rear of the house.

The expressed timber ceiling provided a unifying canvas within the whole house. The concrete floor offered a calming palette to the house.

Second was the idea of addition. Given the budget limitations, the additions had to be singular and multifunctional. A ‘breathable’ facade frame was the response.

The frame was inserted along the whole length of the building. The new facade had a number of uses.

It allowed supporting the roof rafters along the length of the building hence both creating a open plan arrangement that would enjoy the beautiful district views as well as enabling a strong connection to the extensive backyard.

The new facade is composed of glazed sliding doors fitted with flyscreens to mitigate the impact of insects very common in this sub-tropical climate.

Lastly, a set of retractable slatted blinds was integrated to provide both shade from the afternoon sun and security during unattended seasons Stone House combines these two design ideas into a simple calming palette; within the house all walls and floors were kept to neutral tones to reveal the exposed timber rafters as the only feature of the interior. The shell of the house merges the existing stone work with the new.

Lune de Sang Stone House – Building Information

Project: Lune de Sang Stone House
Location: Northern NSW, Australia
Client: Andy & Deirdre Plummer
Program: Guest House
Area:160 sqm
Service: Design, Documentation & Site Services
Status: Built
Project Team
Architect: CHROFI
Project Director: John Choi
Project Leader: Jerome Cateaux
Project Team: Felix Rasch, Fraser Mudge
Site Manager: Tony Kenway
Structural Engineer: DW Knox & Partners
Cost Planner: QS Plus
Builder: Cedar Creek Constructions
Director: Lyle Le Sueur
Foreman: Karl Vikstrom
Operable Doors: Lickiss Fabrications
Joinery: Men Joinery