Like many homes we?ve encountered over the years, on our first site visit to Alexandria we found a pokey, dark terrace disconnected from its backyard. Our clients also clearly needed more space and storage ? hard to achieve on a site less than 140 square meters.

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Architects: Anderson Architecture

Location: Alexandria NSW 2015, Australia

Lead Architects: Simon Anderson, Alex Woods, Katherine McCorkindale

Area: 118.0 m2

Project Year: 2018

Photographs: Nick Bowers Photography

Builder: Hatchway Developments Pty

Engineering: Cardno

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Text description provided by the architects. Like many homes we?ve encountered over the years, on our first site visit to Alexandria we found a pokey, dark terrace disconnected from its backyard. Our clients also clearly needed more space and storage ? hard to achieve on a site less than 140 square meters. Our key innovations were to revisit the floorplan and tuck a folded-form second story into the existing home at the rear.
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Reconfiguring the floorplan allowed us to relocate the living areas to the rear of the home, instead of hidden within it, so that what landscape we had on site could be fully realized. 

Ground Floor Plan

These innovations also allowed us to add 22% more space to the home ? via a new main bedroom, ensuite, WIR?s, dining...