Jury citation
RaeRae – an addition that unites two neighbouring terrace houses – is an exuberant celebration of family life.mOccupying the southern half of the lot and stretching between two streets, the addition leaves the northern half as a large courtyard, creating an address on each street. Highly responsive to its context, the addition is an accretion of spaces, shaped by use and by broader concerns of neighbourliness. Large glazed openings, rather than a conventional garage door, acknowledge the new street address offered by the reorientation to the rear – hopefully, a catalyst for better permeability to secondary streets.
RaeRae House gently challenges conventional planning from the scale of the block to the scale of the house, where carefully considered spaces are able to change, allowing a family to be together and to be apart.
Project credits
Architect Austin Maynard Architects; Project team Andrew Maynard, Mark Austin, Mark Stranan, Kathryne Houchin; Builder Overend Constructions; Building surveyor Group II Building Surveyors; Engineer Co-Struct; Quantity surveyor Plan Cost; Landscape consultant Elarc.
RaeRae House is located in North Fitzroy, Victoria, on the land of the Wurundjeri-willam people of the Kulin nation.
