Fusilier Cottage | Bence Mulcahy

Fusilier Cottage occupies the corner of the site with a garden and large sycamore the other half, a feature in the Hampden Road streetscape. Planning was driven by the mixed use brief and accommodates much of the new program at the cottages rear, with the living pavilion, peeking into the north/street-facing garden.

Form, scale and materiality of the new work engages with the context, is subservient to the main cottage, and neighbours and whilst occupying its own space in the existing garden, observes a healthy setback from the sycamore tree.

The timber sliding doors and screens moderate privacy, sun, light and views and the internal planning utilises the “shadow” of the existing cottage to create privacy within other domestic spaces. The changing facade provides enjoyable engagement with streetscape and community.

The new work appears small and simple and upon inspection reveals itself as expansive and complex.