Cardigan Street

Staged alterations create sanctuary for growing family.

This 1911 Queen Anne period two bedroom brick cottage was carefully altered by the current owners in three stages over a period of 10 years to accommodate a growing family of six.

 

 

In 2017, a new garage and studio bedroom was added to the rear of the existing house. The roof form ducks and weaves to minimise scale and overshadowing impacts on neighbouring dwellings to the south and west, links into the existing house, and misses the branches of the pepper tree that arches over the building.

The result is a cosy, private, and light-filled bedroom and bathroom for the owners’ teenage daughter, sitting over the footprint of a single garage and protecting a verdant courtyard garden to its north.

In 2018, a new micro-bedroom of 7 sqm was added to the north side of the house, utilising a narrow slither of land adjacent to the front bedroom. Accessed from the side garden, the new bedroom neatly accommodates an elevated bed over a small walk-in wardrobe, a desk and bookshelves and a climbing wall. Lined internally in oriented strand board (OSB) timber panels, the room is highly insulated and naturally ventilated, making for a remarkably snug and comfortable bedroom for the owners’ tween-age son.

Cardigan Street Gallery

Plans

Project info	Details
Team	Sam Crawford, Jane Crawford, Miles Heine, Leanne Borg, Wendy James, Benjamin Chan, Ken Warr, Caitlin Condon
Builder	Isaac Sarty with owner (2009) SQ Projects (2017) Michael Downing Constructions (2018)
Council	Inner West
Photographer	Sam Crawford, Amy Leenders, Matthew Bolton, Allen Huang
Awards	2011 Marrickville Medal – Commendation
Published	Green Magazine 2011
Completion	2011

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