STUDLEY PARK HOUSE — March Studio

STUDLEY PARK HOUSE

2019

“An architecture where structure, landscape and light converge, aligning family life, function and form with clarity and purpose.”

Studley Park House balances expansive contemporary living with the optimism and domestic clarity of the mid century modernist homes that define this leafy Melbourne suburb.

The building is anchored to one corner of the site, cantilevering east to allow vehicle passage beneath a robust off form concrete blade. A finely detailed stair, suspended from the structure, marks entry, rising across a black timber screen to an elevated threshold, where planting and enclosure mediate privacy from the street.

Behind the façade, a lounge addresses the street through a circular oculus, framing the surrounding canopy as both window and portal.

Conceived as an upside down house, bedrooms extend along the site to capture morning light through softly diffused polycarbonate walls. Arrival reveals the structural logic of the cantilever, with exposed steel trusses guiding movement toward the living spaces below.

At ground level, the house opens to landscape, dissolving boundaries between inside and out. Glazed living and cooking areas are defined by filtered light, a steep green retaining wall, and a finely scaled black steel fireplace. The garden draws from the existing canopy while contributing its own layer of native planting. Together, structure, material and site response reflect a modernist ambition where family life, function and form align with clarity and purpose.