Step inside Casa Bobbanarring: The breathtaking architectural masterpiece by Branch Studio Architects!

Casa Bobbanarring is a stunning concrete house located in an area with an indigenous name meaning "green sanctuary space." Designed by Branch Studio Architects, the house was inspired by Oscar Niemeyer's Casa Canoas from 1951 and showcases a seamless transition between inside and outside.

The house is situated between a large open grassed area setback to the street and a contrasting green sanctuary space dotted with black-trunked Blackwood trees to the north. The central circular pool and incorporated spa provide a strong focal point for the courtyard, which seamlessly opens up to the rear heavily treed sanctuary space.

The house seemingly floats within its site, as the concrete roof form hovers over the lower concrete slab, which is elevated off the ground to provide relief from the ground plane and allow native grasses to flow freely in and around the house. The bedrooms are placed around the perimeter of the building, facing into the central court and forest scape beyond.

The bathrooms and wet areas are treated as darker residual areas but all have their own visual connection to the primary courtyard and/or captured landscape space within. At the southern end of the plan, a singular but multi-functional timber joinery unit provides areas for a study, bookcase, record player, and TV nook space.

The house's frontage was designed as a conceptual "hill or dune" to create a formal continuity with the landscape. Native landscape elements such as grasses and shrubs vegetate parts of the elevation to bunker the house within its site and context.

The material palette for the project is minimal and intentionally so, with all concrete floors and formed line concrete ceilings, black aluminium windows, native Australian timber cladding externally, and all joinery internally treated in a singular timber veneer for visual cohesion and clarity of space.

The house's adaptability is enhanced by a series of operable timber shutters on both the public lower elevations and upper multi-purpose rooms, which allow it to be closed down and opened up at specific times of the day. The house can be very open and public or very private, depending on the occupiers' needs.

Overall, Casa Bobbanarring is a beautiful example of modernist architecture, seamlessly blending with its surrounding green sanctuary space to create a stunning, adaptable, and functional living space.

CREDITS

Project Team:

Branch Studio Architects:

Brad Wray - Design Architect

Nicholas Russo - Project Architect

Jax Lam - Project Architect

Arun Lakshmanan Builder [Garage Door]: SP McClean Engineering

Structural Engineer: OPS Engineers

Building Surveyor: Michel Group Building Surveyors Landscape Architect: Branch Studio Architects w/ Orchard Design [Pool]