One way of looking at the role of an architect in devising a design solution is that it should elicits a response such as…” it’s not what I thought I would be getting …but I like it”. Hopefully the architect can exceed the client’s expectations rather than just meet them.
The original house was a simple linear and traditional arrangement of rooms on a long axis facing the street. The house had no significant connection to its very attractive outside spaces
The main conceptual paradigm of the extension was to extend two long east-west axes to the rear to form elements containing the main bedroom and family/meals /kitchen area. The new orientation of the casual living area facilitates not only greater solar gain but also enables a private enclosed and North facing ‘external room’ to be sandwiched between the extended elements.
The brief in this situation was largely a functional one and it therefore was the role of the architect to respond and elevate the final built form to more than merely accommodation. In this regard the architect believes that the clients brief was met …and their expectations exceeded.
