What is the appropriate response when designing a contemporary and private home, along an active street on a flood-prone setting" 

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Architects: Ellivo Architects

Location: Brisbane QLD, Australia

Area: 2115.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Scott Burrows Photography

Landscape: Cameron Byrns, Byrns Lardner

Structural: Richard Erwin, ESE

Mechanical: Colin Sheldon, Sheldon?s Design

Electrical: Mark Biltoft, EDG

Hydraulic: BCM Consulting Group

Builder: KSPM

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What is the appropriate response when designing a contemporary and private home, along an active street on a flood-prone setting" C2 House occupies a unique oxbow in the Brisbane River that provides for uninterrupted river views. The design response has been to imagine the home as a procession of 5 distinct spaces, each with their own function yet highly connected with flowing transitions between inside and outside.
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The spaces begin with a sequential entry up floating steps to the intimate outdoor pavilion which is open to the sky ? a private space to sit by the fire or gaze at the stars. This space flows through to a spacious light-filled volume for living and dining ? the heart and hub of the home. Glass sliding doors which extend to the full width of the building open out the ele...