House Maher by Tribe Studio Architects.
13/10/2014.
[Willoughby, New South Wales, Sydney] Australia.
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Tribe Studio responds to its suburban setting, the interior features a series of of diagrammatic house-sections that celebrate the domestic setting. Formally, the house is a simple gable extrude, clad on the street ends in face brickwork. Internally, the spaces are a playful study in volume and light. The result of a close relationship between the architects and the client, as well as a very specific brief.
Tribe Studio worked together with a disabled access consultant, the client, her physiotherapist and occupational therapist in the delivery of this residence. Generously sized spaces allow for easy turning, and living zones often overlap to reduce circulation through the house. Joinery functions doubly well, providing effective and concealed support in place of excessive use of grab rails. High north-facing windows draw in natural light, while cross-ventilation cools the house in the summer.
Formally, house Maher is a simple gable extrude, clad on the street ends in face brickwork.
The house form is a response to the suburban setting dominated by federation and 1920s houses that address leafy, established rear gardens. The interior is a rich world of views through spaces and within spaces for our wheelchair-bound client.
Tribe Studio
CREDITS.
Architects.- Tribe Studio
Design Team.- Hannah Tribe, Tony Tribe, Ben Wollen. Collaborators.- Structural Engineer: Cantilever Engineers.
Area.- 327.00 sqm
Date completion.- 2013
Tribe Studio Architects (Tribe) was created in 2003 by Founding Principal, Hannah Tribe. The practice currently has a team of seven architects working on projects all over Australia and in the UK.
Hannah Tribe
Hannah studied architecture at Sydney University and Cornell University, graduating with First Class Honours. Before starting Tribe Studio, Hannah worked for award-winning architects in Sydney and New York. She has taught at the University of Sydney, UTS and UNSW. She has tutored in design and lectured in design and design communications. Hannah is currently the Principal and Director of Tribe Studio.
Miriam Green
Miriam is an Associate Director and a registered Architect at Tribe Studio. After graduating in 2004 from the University if Sydney with First Class Honours, Miriam worked in award winning practices on international and national projects prior to joining Tribe Studio. Miriam is actively engaged within the architectural and art community of Sydney as a tutor, guest critic and lecturer at the University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, a Young Ambassador of the MCA and an elected member of the NSW Contempo Committee.