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Issue 59 - The Life Outside Issue

Issue 59

The Life Outside Issue

Introducing the Life Outside issue of Habitus magazine. With life increasingly being absorbed into a digital space, there is never a more important moment to hold something tangible. In this context, the power of nature to have a physiological impact on our sense of wellbeing has never been more important. So how can we cultivate the benefits of the our natural environment in the most intimate of places – our homes? This was the question that helped to bring this issue of Habitus to life.

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What does the home of Chef Roberto Scheriani look like?
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What does the home of Chef Roberto Scheriani look like?

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Thanks to Jon Mikulic, of Newline Design, Roberto Scheriani has a comfortable living space, designed around family, art and the blue sky.


 

From the designer:


The original terrace home chosen was actually next door. The one I convinced the client to buy was all about – “blue sky”.

On a corner allotment with typical multiple additions, the task was to create a new family home with work, living and play areas and to facilitate art. The addition needed to respect the location and the original structure but also had to introduce new areas, which would be far more fluid and flexible than the traditional period stock would normally allow.

 
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Opening walls and creating vistas internally, making connections from kitchen to living to dining to study, all to connect to the outside, was critical. A basement cellar and retreat connected the outside via an expansive portal view into the pool and blue sky beyond. A second storey addition needed to house sleeping and amenities. Both ensuite and bathroom view a light court insertion clad in red glass.

 
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The lightcourt acts as the pinch point where the friction between old and new is released. It acts as relief , a point where you can appreciate the original fabric and understand that to live on, it needs new life which comes by way of the new extension. The pool and garden were integral to all – but everywhere “blue sky”.

 
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Newline Design
newlinedesign.com.au


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Issue 59 - The Life Outside Issue

Issue 59

The Life Outside Issue

Introducing the Life Outside issue of Habitus magazine. With life increasingly being absorbed into a digital space, there is never a more important moment to hold something tangible. In this context, the power of nature to have a physiological impact on our sense of wellbeing has never been more important. So how can we cultivate the benefits of the our natural environment in the most intimate of places – our homes? This was the question that helped to bring this issue of Habitus to life.

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