Bond Junction New Home Project

Heritage Architects in Bondi Junction are challenged when renovating within conservation zones or heritage items when on narrow allotmnents and with no level access to the rear yard.

Demolition & Construction of a New Contemporary Dwelling

Bondi Junction Conservation Zone

This New home was constructed on a narrow allotment next to a heritage item. This location attaches more stringent interest from Council Planners & the heritage officers assessment. The new design replaced a highly dilapidated timber Victorian cottage which was severely damaged by termite activity & was found to be structurally unsound.

This design carries memory of the previous dwelling and its surrounds by presenting a new single storey contemporary flavored Victorian dwelling type to the street frontage which evolves to a more contemporary flavor to the rear, while the floor plate is reminiscent of a typical Victorian breezeway cottage and with a single skillion roof to the rear.

Entry to rear communal rear spaces is via a light gallery which acts as heat storage within the high thermal mass of the masonry walls & floor slab. An external light shelf is strategically placed below the upper clerestory windows restricting direct sun from reaching artwork hung at central height on the wall seen below. This intermediate awning reduces the winter heat loads on the standard glass aluminum framed windows through the north side facade.

Principal Design Features

Rear skillion roof raises to the north to allow direct winter sunlight to enter from the north only / Northern wall has extensive glazing for maximum winter solar ingress / Broad span functional connection between inside & out / Upper windows oriented to the north for maximum solar gain in winter / Upper internal windows within the light gallery provide an otherwise higher level of daylight to the bedrooms join the gallery / Rear communal space is flanked on two sides with large span inter functional connection between inside & out using bifold door set / Daylight graduates intensity moving down the raked ceiling starting with a bright spot where light is reflected from the external light shelf - awning for diffused light throughout the room.

Rear communal space is flanked on two sides with large span inter functional connection between inside & out using bifold door set softening the gun barrel effect of a very narrow allotment.

Stained spotted gum cladding boards present a collage of material and used to accent projecting elements giving a cue of rustic Victorian materials and technique used in the previously demolished home on the site.

Entry to rear communal rear spaces is via a light gallery which acts as heat storage within the high thermal mass of the masonry walls & floor slab. An external light shelf is strategically placed below the upper clerestory windows restricting direct sun from reaching artwork hung at central height on the wall seen below.