An Embrace of the Classical – Roseville Residence by Daniel Boddam

Drawing on a classical rhythm, Roseville Residence sees the extension of an existing heritage home to instil a formality befitting of its established and lushly landscaped setting. Daniel Boddam extends the silhouette of the home to the rear, expressed through three distinct peaked pavilions, allowing the new to embrace the garden.

As a light insertion to its generous site, Roseville Residence extends the envelope of a heritage home to stretch deeper into its allotment and optimise the potential of the home. The new sits quietly behind the existing, respectfully in line with the previous without competing, and gently steps down through long linear stepped platforms to the rear. Similar elements of the original home, namely a formality and a classical approach, are brought forward into the new. The home extends by way of three peaked volumes that extend the liveable internal space and create a connected and open living, kitchen and dining spaces as it reflects a more contemporary way homes are occupied. Daniel Boddam combines a suitable restraint in ensuring the proposed respectfully binds both eras and imparts a sense of balance in the process.

The new sits quietly behind the existing, respectfully in line with the previous without competing, and gently steps down through long linear stepped platforms, to the rear.

Conceived under similar principles as the original, Roseville Residence is built by 3Corp and deliberately leans to contextual cues in its response. In the lush and green neighbourhood of Sydney’s Roseville, the home sits amongst similar generous sites, each dotted with historical reminders of the past. Separating the old and new is a glass framed structure that signals the shift and transition between the two while allowing each their own presence on site. The holding of the forms away from one another also reinforces their individualism and acts as a marker of time. Expressed by way of three pavilions, the extension sits under its undulating roof form, pitching high and coming down again on the internal, encouraging ample natural light deep into the space.

The generous nature and proportions of the original home are matched in the extension and the way in which it opens to the rear. Principles of symmetry and a formal spatial arrangement of elements underpins the new, seeing a stepped amphitheatre transition from the built form down into the garden space. Steps stretch the length of the addition, spanning from one end to the other, accentuating the movement down and up. Internally, to encourage an increased expansiveness white painted boards line the walls, while dark timber flooring flows consistently from the existing. Shaker-influenced joinery and select tapware and lighting all then connect a sense of narrative in the new, respectfully

Expressed by way of three pavilions, the extension sits under its undulating roof form, pitching high and coming down again on the internal, encouraging ample natural light deep into the space.

The extension of Roseville Residence captures the formality and charm of its previous features and emphasises the notion of transitioning from inside, opening up and out in its loftiness. Daniel Boddam skilfully injects a contemporary relevance, while celebrating the past.