ALlEGRA

Contemporary
Cottage Renovation

Location
New Farm, QLD

Timeline
2022 - ongoing

Situated in one of Brisbane’s oldest inner-city suburbs Allegra consist of a progressive extension to an existing 1920’s traditional high-set timber worker’s cottage. The underlying conceptual driver was to create two contrasting volumes joined via a semi-transparent circulation void whilst maintaining the street character and qualities of the existing house. 

The dialogue between the two contrasting volumes explores a series of split-level spaces that offer up differing types of occupation and spatial experiences for the user. Visually, it is eccentric and in a lot of ways a lively departure from the quintessential worker’s cottage.