Raw and Controlled Balance – Concord House by Habitat Housing and Noir Blanc Interiors

Controlled and anchored, Concord House engages with its streetscape with an imbedded confidence and forward-focused endurance. A combined effort between Habitat Housing and Noir Blanc Interiors, the resulting home presents as a balanced and contrasting structure of elevated proportions, expressed through a raw materiality.

Nestled within the urban enclave of Sydney’s inner west, Concord House presents as a contemporary and considered family home, intended to endure through its resilience and heightened focus on quality. Home to its young family, the interior spaces needed be contemporary and proportionately calm, delivering on a robustness required for family life. Layering familiar elements of warmth was also integral in reinforcing of a sense of place. The selective approach when choosing materiality and detailing, combined with a considered restraint, creates a balance between the rigid and softer features of the structure. Habitat Housing, together with Noir Blanc Interiors, propose a lasting and earnest series of spaces that use texture and contrast to create depth within the home

High lofted ceilings allow the eye to be carried upward, and emphasise a sense of internal volume, elevating the traditional and expected scale of the residential condition.

Built by Buildcap Constructions, together with joinery by Vicello Kitchens and landscaping by FCG Landscaping, Concord House shares considered spatial philosophies across its site, from border to border, between inside and out. From the cool marble veining underfoot internally, to the concrete that connects across the landscape, a sense of flow and transition has been considered throughout. Timber is used to break up the cooler elements and add a natural, textural warmth to the interior experience. Embedding calm, controlled elements and an overarching restraint ensures there is a natural hierarchy between colour and the monochrome, as well as between the solid and transparent.

Connecting to the lush surrounds, floor-to-ceiling glazed openings create curated apertures, framing the garden aspects beyond the built form. High-lofted ceilings allow the eye to be carried upward and emphasise a sense of internal volume, elevating the traditional and expected scale of the residential condition. An increased embrace of natural light through openings and a reduced reliance on outside energy is emphasised by the integration of core sustainable principles within the home. At the heart of the home is a sense of permanence.

Embedding calm, controlled elements and an overarching restraint ensures there is a natural hierarchy between colour and the monochrome, as well as between the solid and transparent.

Through a holistic approach and careful consideration to materiality, Habitat Housing and Noir Blanc Interiors ensures Concord House will continue to connect to both its site and its occupants for many years to come.