With clean and smooth lines, Monterey is a refined and well-articulated country home. Despite its location and weathered wood materiality, each element that composes it has been carefully selected with precision to ensure the creation of a comfortable and functional home. Visual connections both to the exterior and between the internal volumes ensure that the house feels open.
The Monterey house is located in Balnarring, a coastal and wooded site in southern Australia. Named after the coastal town in California, the owners wanted to highlight the similarities between the two coasts, including the laid-back, relaxed lifestyle. The brief was to design a simple, environmentally friendly and efficient family home that would be connected to the community, the landscape, with natural ventilation and lighting.
