Sitting between two established and integrally significant heritage buildings, Brookes Street is part adaptive re-use and a complete reimagining of the potential of the unused public space.With interior design by Heath Williams, the resulting home is conceived as a concentration of its parts.

Rather than being a celebration of the actual whole, the building borrows principles of how a piece of furniture adds a heightening to a space yet does not encompass a large form. The result is more a series of forms within a space. Transforming a courtyard undeniably requires the incorporation of a living landscape as a key part of the experience of the space. 

Designed by Steven Clegg Design, the pockets of greenery throughout remain as an important reminder of both the past and of the context the home now sits within. A similar connection to the natural is expressed through the materiality and the use of textural timber, adding more nature in amongst thee crisp and clearly defined spaces.

The core premise of the design is a uniquely crafted series of spaces that sit lightly in place, borrowing surrounding walls as their own internal walls while remaining mostly open in gest. Spread over multiple levels, the lower-level tucks away integrated carparking, keeping the original floor space open to the living spaces on that level. The upper level then looks out over the newly formed courtyard below, with an emphasis on the home remaining open for both comfort and to engage with the natural elements throughout the day.