Small Brick Studio by MAKE Architecture

MAKE Architecture have designed the Minor Brick Studio, positioned in Melbourne, Australia.

Undertaking description

Squeezed into a tight area in the inner city suburb of Abbotsford, the ‘Little Brick Studio’ attempts to engage at the urban scale of the active street (and brick buildings opposite), but is also delicate to the smaller residential scale of the homes behind.

Composed of a garage with a studio area above, the footprint of the building is kept as modest as possible to make sure the affect on the house and backyard is minimum. The angled roof form of the creating comes from a want to squeeze in a modest studio room inside the volume and also minimise the height (and as a result overshadowing) at the rear.The studio area has been created as a flexible area that can grow and modify with household demands. The nearby brick factories in Abbotsford inspired the textured brick finish.

Rather than create an additional rear garage door that turns its back on the active street, we desired the Minor Brick Studio to make a good contribution to the neighbourhood by treating it as an critical address and frontage. The garage door is recessed and types element of the fence language that wraps the base of the building. The brick studio above hangs out over the street with a massive window that engages with the street and timber door at decrease degree offering it a sense of entry and handle. The public private edge is blurred by the creating overhanging above.

Architect: MAKE Architecture
Photography by Peter Bennetts