The idea of a ‘granny flat’ shouldn’t be new, however this established housing typology has been explored in considerate and significant methods by Brcar Morony Structure, in ‘A Home For Grandma.’

Whereas bodily linked to the primary home, the self-contained granny flat on Sydney’s Higher North Shore maintains a separate entrance and road deal with that enables the occupant — be {that a} grandparent, teenager, or visitor — to dwell autonomously.

The problem for the architects was to place and design the brand new construction to seize the positioning’s established panorama, with out obstructing views from the primary home, or feeling misplaced.

An present underutilised storage to the rear and facet of the home posed the perfect location, permitting the brand new dwelling to be considerably ‘subservient’ to the primary home, whereas borrowing views of the rear backyard and a jacaranda tree to the south west.

The ensuing granny flat encompasses 60 sq. metres internally, comprising an open-plan kitchen, residing and eating area, bed room with a built-in workspace, and a toilet with a European laundry.

The residing area opens on one facet to a directly-accessible and personal 25-square-metre courtyard, whereas the opposite frames views of the jacaranda tree from a window seat.

Natalie Brcar, architect and director of Brcar Morony Structure, explains the design intent. ‘The imaginative and prescient, or response, was that the structure anchors itself to an present and established jacaranda tree throughout the web site, framing the view expressed with an outsized window opening to the panorama. This outsized image body window kinds a placing and powerful ingredient for the brand new constructing.’

Operable timber screens present privateness as desired.

Inside, A Home for Grandma explores a wide range of scales and volumes to maximise the sensation of area throughout its comparatively modest footprint.

Entry is through a slender hallway that gives low degree glimpses to the exterior courtyard; the secluded bed room curved wall peels away to supply curated views to the panorama; and the light-filled residing area options an outsized raking ceiling and clerestory glazing.

‘Pitched roof kinds and angular kinds have been designed and kind a recent interpretation of the prevailing dwelling’s roofing typology,’ says Natalie.

The basic materials palette of honed concrete flooring, oak joinery, exterior recycled bricks, and blackbutt gives a flexibility of use and allowed the venture to be delivered throughout Covid. ‘Most finishes and supplies have been sourced and the place doable produced domestically because of this,’ says Natalie.

‘The match out could have longevity as we by no means know who the top consumer can be… It may well go well with a younger grownup, or grandma.’

With devoted utilities metres and road deal with, A Home for Grandma gives a way of independence for its occupants, whereas benefiting from the safety and care out there from being connected to the household dwelling.