JaM House

As vacant housing sites within the inner urban ring of Brisbane become scarcer, the opportunity to construct new housing becomes limited. The JaM house site is made possible by the realignment of an allotment containing a character shop. The site has an irregular shape to enable the existing character timber shop to be retained. The constraints of the site may have deterred some buyers as the land had been on the market for over 12 months.

 

The form of the new house responds to the vernacular buildings adjacent, the site shape and slope. Traditional lightweight materials have been used with pre-finished metal used at high level to articulate the elevations and reduce long term maintenance requirements.

 

A splash of burnt orange colour is a celebration of colour, which is often shunned in the pallet of black, white and grey used in current residential design.

 

The house achieved an affordable budget through efficient planning, simple detailing, choice of materials and an appropriate response to the site.