The layer house is located in regional, coastal Victoria. The site is close to the beach yet doesn?t have any views to embrace. The site is largely sloping from the north to the south and is made up of layers of limestone shelves and underground caves.

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Architects: Robson Rak Architects and Interior Designers

Location: Victoria, Australia

Architects In Charge: Kathryn Robso, Chris Rak

Area: 470.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Shannon McGrath

Builder : Heycon Pty Ltd

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From the architect. The layer house is located in regional, coastal Victoria. The site is close to the beach yet doesn?t have any views to embrace. The site is largely sloping from the north to the south and is made up of layers of limestone shelves and underground caves.
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The client?s brief was to create a large family home that can accommodate many guests and family members at the one time. This was to be a quality, robust home for generations.

Ground / Lower Plan

The house has been designed as a series of ?layers? with intersecting zones and private vistas. Nestled among tea trees, there are no sweeping panoramic views from the site so we created some smaller internal courtyard spaces and vistas that allowed a sense of looking past the building.

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The house is contextually sensitive and i...