Retallack Thompson
Engineer Cantilever
Builder Hancock Homes
A writer’s room at the end of the garden. Provided at the rear of the existing garage, bookending the external courtyard to shape the outlook from the kitchen & dining areas and provide a designated working space away from the primary realm of the family home.
The writer’s room is conceived as a simple legible structure; posts, beams and window frames are constructed as a single element, hot dipped galvanised and brought onto site as prefabricated elements.
The simple solid hatches shield the functions of “work” from the main house but allow for family interactions across the courtyard.
Photography: Ben Hosking