Starbox Architecture was engaged to answer the question, “How can we live with our loved ones as well as our most treasured possessions under the same roof?”
The Storehouse looks to blend a typical dwelling with offsite storage into one.
The owner required space to store many vehicles and equipment that were housed in offsite storage sheds.
These included a Barcrusher boat, a caravan, a Dodge Ram, Landcruiser, BMW M2, a car hoist, 2 x Ducati motorbikes, and 13 x mountain/ road bikes.
This offsite storage was expensive to maintain, but selling any of the items was not an option.
So the idea was to look at how they could be stored under or around a newly built residence.
This issue of how would it look and blend wasn’t the only gnarly problem.
This newly purchased 628m2 lot sat above an adjacent highway and shared a Right of Way with a Doctor’s Surgery.
So for both storage of vehicles/equipment and residence to work together, space was needed.
This meant that the Starbox Architecture team had to maximize the building envelope and also excavate into the slope of the site.
This enabled a 20 x 9m storage shed to be built to the side and under the rest of the house.
The shape of the building envelope also created a unique form that Starbox Architecture used to tame the massing and industrial feel.
The site’s substantial fall was used to hide the size and height of the building.
Key Products Used
Exterior
H&V Facades – Mondoclad
Adbri – Architectural face-brick in Steel
Mortlock Timber – Blackbutt Timber in shiplap Profile
Colorbond Trimdek roof and wall cladding
Interior
Adbri – Architectural face-brick in Steel
Tas Oak Timber flooring, trims, and cappings
Porta Tas Oak feature walls
Cemintel – Barestone cladding
Project Details
Project Size – 436 m2
Site Area – 628 m2
Project Budget: $850,000
Completion Date – 2021
Building Levels – 2
Project Team
Architecture
Starbox Architecture
This Tasmanian-based firm focuses on designing beautiful buildings that enrich the lives of the occupants by being both practical and aesthetically pleasing.
They believe that true architecture design should be functional and beautiful and that neglecting one or the other leaves your building lacking.
Photography
Aaron Jones
Aaron Jones’ love of photography has led to the creation of a company based on the same passion that took him into the Tasmanian Wilderness seeking the perfect image. Aaron Jones Photography is dedicated to making art first.
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