Layered Warmth – Scott Street by State of Kin

Reawakening the artisanal nuances of its past, Scott Street is breathed new life through an extensive overhaul of the existing living spaces and wet areas. State of Kin ensures a holistic ethos underpins the approach, with a shared richness and warmth integrated throughout the home.

Located in Leederville, Perth, Scott Street draws from its 1940s origins in introducing new layers that act as a natural evolution of the original home, focusing on warmth and craft. Needing a refresh in terms of finish and quality for the coming chapters, the home also needed to align more accurately with how homes are occupied in a more modern context. Both designed and built by State of Kin, all design intentions are carried through into the construction process, resulting in a project that captures the entirety of its potential as a heritage and contemporary home fused into one.

Located in Leederville, Perth, Scott Street draws from its 1940s origins in introducing new layers that act as a natural evolution of the original home, focusing on warmth and craft.

Led by an openness and connection, the focus was to bring a new identity to the kitchen, living, dining, bathrooms and laundry, all while still retaining a connection to the origins of the building and its pre-existing history. Through an extensive use of timber, warmth and texture then play a vital role in binding old and new, while a more contemporary approach to detailing grounds the additions in place. Softening the darker elements, a quartzite stone adds an element of contrast and instils a gesture of endurance to the surfaces throughout.

An opening up of previously separated volumes connects the interior, and the notion of scale is increased by also layering transparencies. Custom fluted glass obscures visual access, while still adding a subtle detail. With the original structure and outer edges of the home remaining, the interior and the reworking of the inner sleeve were key. Using a mix of linear and refined details along with junctions in the joinery and other surface finishes, each space seems to flow into the next. Balanced with the coolness of speciality paint finishes on the walls, the intention was for the light to interact with the spaces and create a sense of movement throughout the day.

Through an extensive use of timber, warmth and texture then play a vital role in binding old and new, while a more contemporary approach to detailing grounds the additions in place.

With a natural focus, Scott Street respects its already established legacy and builds upon it through a more contemporary and openly flowing lens. State of Kin manages to carefully integrate an existing character and charm and then reinterpret those origins into something that is both enduring and refreshing, endowing the home with a new-found relevancy.