ioppolo

2024

Ioppolo has carefully laid its foundations by weaving human well-being and local neighbourhood narratives of resistance, while reconsidering the ground area allocated for ancillary dwellings—this project questions where the boundaries lie within the field of alternative residential models close to the city. The proposition considers the Australian housing crisis and seeks a site-responsive, socially integrated alternative as a sustainable way to accommodate people in detached dwellings.

The project privileges ecological, cultural and human expression by stacking the brief’s program vertically, thus minimising the building’s footprint. This thinking has its origins in modernism, but the rationale has been extended to include local neighbourhood accounts, ensuring we maximise garden area and ground permeability while paying homage to documented truth-telling as a meaning-making method for non-civic, domestic settings.

A series of living rooms are vertically interconnected by a small spiral staircase and triangulated void. Moving upward, the solid concrete base gives way to a grey timber interior with a soft, warm fogginess, which is a direct response to our client's needs. The silhouettes of special trees, scattered chimneys, and the city skyline are embraced by the dwelling's external form; its proportions, monolithic appearance, tone, and finish respond to the rich surrounding fabric.

For more about the project story, read the Fabric Quarterly write up here, and Dr Anthony Clarke’s write up for HOUSES, and Architecture, Au  here

Awards

2024 | AIA Commendation for Residential Architecture -  Houses (new)

Contributor/s

Pre- Design Research: Dr Daniel Jan Martin

Builder: Element Builders Pty Ltd

Structural Engineer: Andreotta Cardenosa

Landscape Design: Banksia & Lime

ESD Consultant: The Study

vA Project team: Michelle Kar +kA + mv

Photographs: Rob Frith

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