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The Light Scoop House is located in Brighton, it's a bayside suburb in Melbourne.
The project gets its name from the tapered edge detail, to the pavilion roofs and the way that
that pulls natural light in from the outside, and also lifts your gaze upward to the sky.
The clients approached us initially to renovate their existing house.
They were interested in achieving more natural light and a more functional use of the space.
I think my husband and I were really clear on what we wanted based on functionality.
Where Molecule really brought out a lot of things
that we'd not considered was through the initial process.
They had questions around the lifestyle that we led, what we liked, what we didn't like
and the house is exactly what we wanted and more.
The vibe that we ended up with for the house is one of
spaciousness, light, and I think the thing that we got was this zen-like space where
everyone who's come through the house has made a comment about how peaceful it is in here.
The home's been designed as an interconnected series of spaces
with a continuous detailing and palliative materials, it really brings a calm energy.
Because the site's only six meters wide,
it really meant that we could achieve one room width at any point along its length.
We've worked to try to thicken that threshold between the circulation spine
and the quieter rooms that are located off the corridor.
The doorways are in set to elongate the distance between movement and the quieter habitable rooms.
The insertion of the landscape courtyards break apart the plan.
There's a punctuation of the journey from the front of the house to the back,
and connection to the garden right the way through the home.
The cohesive design responds to the clients desire for a home where they could
decompress, and a sanctuary that they could retreat to.
Along with being calming, we wanted it to be like really cool.
This house has all these great architectural elements, that are cool.
The way that the walls run parallel along the house,
the amazing brickwork, through to the windows that let in lots of light and
has beautiful views, which really does set the tone maintaining that serene effect.
The two central materials on the project are painted brick and white wash timber.
We were interested in the dialogue between the timber floor and timber ceiling.
The tapered roof edge enables access to natural light coming into the home.
We were really interested with the brick walls and a textural surface that could capture
the sunlight that traces across it during the day. The painted concrete brick has a lovely
pitted textural surface to it which captures and thickens the light.
We were interested in very soft energy in the home and by working with just a few materials,
there's a calm quietness to the home.
There's a lightness, there's a fineness in that treatment,
there's a lot of really careful construction detail to achieve that fine edge.
What I'm most proud of when I look around the house
is what we've achieved from the original brief.
It's both what I knew I wanted and all the things that I didn't know that I needed in my life.
The dogs really love the house,
they go for a little exploration every single day. They also really love the carpet choices
that we've made, you'll often find them snuggled on the ground having a nice snooze.
I'm extremely proud when I walk around and look at all the different elements,
from the tiny details to the big decisions that we had to make.
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