Applecross Residence
RED was asked to provide a resort style outdoor living area to compliment the seven bedroom single storey home, a pool shell was in place and the builder had not started the home. Our design scope included adding a spa and water feature to the pool, cladding the entire pool with travertine and providing full landscape, lighting and entry features.
There were several points from inside the house where the landscape had a great impact on the feel of the house, the first being the front door a full height window looks out over a water feature with large recycled railway sleepers framing rusted steel ''Bamboo'' light boxes that RED had commissioned by LUMP design studio in Melbourne.
The pool was the next challenge, when we arrived the finished pool level had been set too high rather than fill and raise the house we used the elevated water level to create a sheer drop into a wrap around water feature that when in the lounge room is almost at eye level making you feel part of the pool area, travertine stepping stones form an island footpath.
The 1075 sqm corner block posed a challenge with large verge areas and two entry points each entry has its own unique style, the front door with stepping stones of deck, sunken beds and curved lawns. At the side entry RED designed and built a large recycled timber arbor with our rusted steel feature panels these panels cast shadow patterns throughout the day and are up lit at night.
