Currumbin Waters House
2022 National Architecture Awards Shortlist
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2022 National Architecture Awards: Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions) – Shortlist
Currumbin Waters House | Nielsen Jenkins
Traditional Land Owners: Yugambeh peoples
Currumbin Waters House is the renovation of a single storey 1989 AV Jennings Display Home which sits on a shared title with the other three house models along a common driveway.
A set of small deletions have been used to open the house up along its North/South and East/West axes to introduce breeze and light to the interior. Simple structures are then used on the boundaries to give a much more generous sense of space and bring the outside in.
Brick elements are retained to provide a memory of the original plan and to stretch the interior into the landscape. Simple paling ‘fence’ structures manage privacy and create an extended pedestrian threshold along the shared boundary.
We’re hoping this project can set an example for a budget conscious re-purposing of this building typology on the Gold Coast that will allow a much more sustainable, connected and conscious way of living.
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Practice team:
Dan Saragusti, Graduate of Architecture
Laura McConaghy, Project Architect
Nicholas Russell, Graduate of Architecture
Kelsey Homer, Graduate of Architecture
Morgan Jenkins, Design Architect
Lachlan Nielsen, Design Architect
Builder:
A&J Building
Construction team:
PLACE Design Group, Town Planner
NIELSEN JENKINS, Landscape Consultant
Westera Partners, Engineer