Picket House

Tying together the old and the new, Picket House engages with its streetscape and surrounding heritage character. Subtle and symbolic material transitions between the existing and the new acknowledges its contextual relationship.

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Sitting in a suburban context, the house’s corner site provokes a dialogue between its occupants and the surrounding community through the archetypal Australian picket fence. Offering opportunities for social engagement between the layering of fence, façade, existing and alteration – the rhythm of the pickets establish moments of exposure and concealment between the street and inner private gardens.