Jim’s.
Location / Otford
Dharawal Nation.
Built / 2017
Architect / Morgen Figgis
Joinery / Greensmith & Co.
Photography / Kathrine Lu
Big enough to throw a party, but snug enough to contain a man and his dog. The small, elevated footprint perched on steel legs carefully avoided most of the significant eucalypts and minimised disturbance to the natural ground. A floating drawbridge deck and raised garden provides the living area a north-facing focus and leafy vistas. With a small budget, this project was an exercise in standard structural dimensions and repetition. The construction approach borrowed from the methodology of industrial and farm sheds. A timber post and beam primary structure was erected with workshop-built wall and roof panels hoisted into position to provide the skin. The footings are concrete free. Built to BAL19.
Words by Morgen Figgis
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