An Open Embrace – Bardon Gully House by Myers Ellyett

Through a reorientation of its volumes, Bardon Gully House sees Myers Ellyett re-sculpt the Queensland home to embrace an outdoor lifestyle. The architect focuses on overlaying sensitivity and engagement to context at the core of the reworking and addition efforts, allowing a valuable connection to the surrounding environment.

Set within established and leafy surrounds, Bardon Gully House combines art deco and traditional bungalow styles. As a reference to the home’s origins, the form is weighted to the site through a dominant masonry make up. Wanting to open the home and create meaningful connections to the landscape, the inner workings of the residence were reconfigured. Myers Ellyett offers a modern evolution of the original structure, adapting a material palette that is both contemporary and celebrates the home’s past.

Myers Ellyett offers a modern evolution of the original structure, adapting a material palette that is both contemporary and celebrates the home’s past.

Bardon Gully House stands as a reminder of an optimistic development initiative, where the Californian bungalow style was inserted among a much different urban landscape. In favour of reducing waste caused by demolition, the robust original form provides the ideal base for the retreat. The addition to the rear creates a light and connected central zone, wrapping around the core outdoor area and allowing the home to breathe.

The home’s renovation focused on opening up the internal spaces, allowing for seamless flow into the outdoor areas. The home’s original façade remains, with a transition from dark to light tones defining the different eras. Inviting natural ventilation to fill the home, the new additions open to the landscape, with operable elements allowing for solar control and optimisation.

The home’s original façade remains, with a transition from dark to light tones defining the different eras.

Barwon Gully House is a celebration of its original crafted features and details. Myers Ellyett ensures a continued relevance for the structure, refreshing its original features with a contemporary twist and opening the home to the surrounding environment.