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Ravine House

Orangeink Design

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JURY VOTES
House
7.11
7.72
7.61
7.22
7.42
Pepa Casado D'Amato
Pepa Casado D'Amato Trend Researcher at Futurea
7
6
7
5
6.25
John Naranjo
John Naranjo Creative Director at Arcadis - Callison RTKL
Artistic use of dark materials with...
6.47
6.38
6.99
5.16
6.25
Marc Verderol
Marc Verderol Head of Store Construction at Swarovski
5
5
4
5
4.75
David T’Kint
David T’Kint Founder at DTK Studio
4.53
5.67
4.53
5
4.93
Krisztian Szetei
Krisztian Szetei Managing Director at Solinfo Group
6.5
6
6
5
5.88
Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns Founder at Studio Nicholas Burns
6.02
5.55
6.67
5.37
5.9
CM Jao
CM Jao Cofounder at Oft Interiors
6.5
6
6
5
5.88
Pallavi Dean
Pallavi Dean Founder at Roar
I love spaces that have personality...
7.78
8.22
8.25
5
7.31
Dimitris Karampatakis
Dimitris Karampatakis Co-founder and Director at K-Studio
5
5.5
4.5
4.8
4.95
Addy Walcott
Addy Walcott Creative Director at M Moser Associates
5.5
6
7.5
5
6
Valentina Audrito
Valentina Audrito Cofounder and Partner at Studio Audrito Word of Mouth House
7.7
7.9
8.95
7.9
8.11
Ben Pashley
Ben Pashley Head of Store Concept Development at Magasin du Nord
6.56
5.84
6.56
5
5.99
Bart Sasim
Bart Sasim Managing Director at Coliving Ventures
6.8
6.4
7.1
5.9
6.55
Kammy Han
Kammy Han General Manager at Chengdu EGO Business Management
6.24
6.32
6.24
6
6.2
Bin Wu
Bin Wu Founder at W.Design
7.8
7
7.5
7
7.33
Client
Christine Marinaccio & Nilton Tavares
Floor area
429 ㎡
Completion
2023
Social Media
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Glazing
Fireplace

Commissioned as a ‘forever’ home for a local couple, a key priority was to design a space that was comfortable and intimate enough for the family yet flexible and inviting for entertaining guests. The vision was to transform a low-slung, inward looking, dark space into a warm, welcoming light filled modern home.

Restrictive development measures outlined by the local conservation authority forced the team to re-evaluate our assumptions on outdoor amenity spaces. No ground plane additions were permitted on three sides of the dwelling as well, no horizontal projections beyond the building envelope were allowed into the ravine, modest allowance for roof projections were the exception. Initial ideas of decks, patios and balconies required a re-think, therefore a decision was made to position these amenities within the building footprint where possible.

Careful space planning created pockets of outdoor space on all levels. Walls were removed in a dark, climate-controlled pool room, transforming this space into a 4