Above & Beyond: A Sensitive Remodel That Celebrates the ‘Undercroft’ in Brisbane, Australia

When architect Kieron Gait was questioned to incorporate a bathroom, house for entertaining, and two added bedrooms to a couple’s modest Queenslander (a common Australian home that’s raised on stilts) in Brisbane, he came up with a two-part remedy: elevate the dwelling to make extra residing house in its “undercroft” (typically utilized for storage), and move the full framework even further back again on the home, up a mild slope, for improved mild.

“The ‘build under’ is a normal solution to building more space in Queensland—lifting a timber home and constructing under—but [usually] they develop walls directly underneath the present, and the resultant areas are inadequately prepared and typically dim and disagreeable,” states Gait. With this “build beneath,” nevertheless, created for a school trainer and a health practitioner and their 4 youngsters, Gait and his crew created guaranteed that the recently practical space beneath the first building would be airy, inviting—and open to the outdoor.

Just after all, in a component of Australia in which the coolest thirty day period of the calendar year (July) however sees an common superior temperature of 69 levels farenheit, it would make sense to design and style a household that will allow for seamless indoor/outdoor living. “We appeared to generate a shelter beneath the present house that felt like it was element of the back garden somewhat than the dwelling,” claims Gait. “In the summer it can get sizzling and humid. In these warm months [the undercroft] is usually the most snug part of the house—celebrating it is a relatively nostalgic way of redefining the character of this house.”

Under, a tour of this amazing, breezy home. And be certain to scroll down to the base for a peek at the house pre-renovation.

Images by Christopher Frederick Jones, courtesy of Kieron Gait Architects.