Ashburton Trail House
Zen Architects · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 2015
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Studio House
A small two-storey studio added to a Melbourne home on a laneway, with its own front door.
The weathering steel upper storey above a brick wall and dark entrance on a cobbled laneway.
- Practice
- Zen Architects
- Year
- 2017
- Photographer
- Jack Lovel
The project
Zen Architects designed Studio House as an extension for a growing family on a small site. The 74 square metre studio holds two sleeping areas, a bathroom and a generous living space that could later become a kitchen, living and dining area.
The building is shaped to limit its impact on neighbours while controlling sunlight and views from its windows. Because it sits beside a laneway, it has a private entrance separate from the main house. The family gains space now and keeps flexible options for the future, with views back across a shared garden. The studio was completed in 2017.
The living space, with exposed timber joists, plywood joinery and a high strip window.
A white hallway with timber louvre windows leading to a bedroom.
Credits
- Architects
- Zen Architects
- Photographer
- Jack Lovel
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