Why a Dark Interior Draws Your Eye to the Garden
Why a Dark Interior Draws Your Eye to the Garden
Cascade House by Sonelo Architects
Can a darker interior draw your eye toward the garden? On a steep site in Coburg North, Sonelo Architects transform a modest brick dwelling into a family home where the landscape becomes the brightest and most defining element.
Located on a steep site in Melbourne’s northern suburb of Coburg North, Cascade House recasts an ageing brick dwelling by working closely with the slope and surrounding garden. The extension steps with the natural fall of the land, creating moments to pause and connect between house and garden. Earthy, terrain-toned cladding settles the home into its context, tying old and new into a single form. Inside, moodier walls and dark timber floors draw the eye outward to the brighter garden beyond. Through humble materials and crafted detailing, Sonelo Architects has shaped a calm, connected family home, one where family life is centred around outlook and landscape.
‘We wanted a house that can support the way we live in an efficient way. A house which is a sanctuary that we can raise our young family. A house that is connected to the nature and gardens. A house where work and family can coexist. And a calm and serene place where we can be connected as a family.’
— Wilson Tang, Director, Sonelo Architects
Architecture by Sonelo Architects, built by Cale Peters Constructions, landscape design by Amanda Oliver Gardens.
Produced by Simple Dwelling, filmed, edited and photographed by Anthony Richardson, words by Anthony Richardson.
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