LDS I Residence
Caulfield North, Melbourne
2020 - 2024
LDS I Residence is a residential project in Caulfield North, Melbourne, shaped by threshold, outlook, and borrowed light. The architecture balances street presence with a calm internal sequence, creating a home that can hold daily life with ease, while remaining generous and composed when the house is full.
Oak and travertine are applied in a variety of ways internally and externally, as flooring, joinery, and in parts to echo the structure, producing coherence and calm. These robust materials are left unadorned to patina over time, reinforcing the enduring quality of the architecture rather than fighting the inevitability of use.
Material continuity is central to the atmosphere.
Much of the joinery is expressed architecturally, mirroring the building’s forms, proportions, and geometries. The intent is that interiors do not sit as a separate layer, but as a continuation of the architecture itself. Light is not simply admitted, it is composed. Outlook is framed. Thresholds create relief between public and private life, so the house feels centred rather than exposed.
3D Visualisations by Enceladus Studio
Featured in ArchDaily, The Local Project.
Related Editorial: The Thick Wall, On Openings, Atmosphere as the Vessel for Life, On the Gesamtkunstwerk
