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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A Kind Of Curvature

Australia

Indulge in the full story from one of the bathrooms featured in Habitus #36, the Nourish issue. On a corner site overlooking Sydney’s Tamarama beach, this sculptural house by Porebski Architects emerges out as an inspired form from its natural setting.

Shaped into an ‘L’ that compliments the natural curvature of the site, the Tamarama House by Porebski Architects establishes a central courtyard that flows around to the pool at the rear of the site. The courtyard acts as a private outdoor area that is purposely oriented to enjoy maximum sun while providing protection from the sea-breeze.

The stone base emphasises a lightness to the upper storeys which consist of large bay windows formed against curvaceous white rendered masonry. The house is inverted with the main living area on the upper storey to optimise on the enveloping ocean views.

The curve of the house creates an incredible sense of flow and transition that helps to open up the living spaces and merge the built form of the site. The front rooms transition freely to the rear family room, opening up as a collective family space or to make space for larger cocktail parties.

Read the bathroom feature in Habitus #36, the Nourish issue, out now.

Porebski Architects
porebskiarchitects.com.au

Words by Ella McDougall

Photography by Justin Alexander