What to do if the territory of your house is on both sidessides are supported by houses, and the plot is so small that you can’t even dream of a driveway? In such a situation, Australians refuse half of the windows and equip a courtyard inside the house. In prosperous Australia, there are also difficulties with overly small, inconvenient and narrow plots. This is exactly what the client got when he turned to the architectural bureau Inglis Architects for help. Here there was a narrow strip of land, squeezed on both sides by neighboring buildings, which incredibly complicated the work of the architects.
As a result, the two-story house lost its windows on both “blind” sides and acquired a spectacular front façade with a “grid” of white-painted brick.
The interior space is designed, as expected, vertically: the lower level houses the garage and public areas, and the upper level houses the bedrooms.
The central part of the building is equipped witha small cozy niche with a tiny courtyard. In addition to being close to nature, this piece of land is an additional and in many ways necessary source of natural light.
Editorial opinion:— In conditions of a shortage of windows and, as a consequence, sunlight, the most correct solution would be to design the interior with the maximum use of natural materials. Thus balancing the lack of connection with nature. As for complex geometry (different from a square), it would be more reasonable to design it, emphasizing the architectural features - this can be done both with the help of the shape of the furniture and the corresponding decor. notes.analogdialog.com
How to build a house in a very narrow area: an example from Australia
