Wattamolla House – David Cox – Building Designer

Wattamolla House

Contemporary Insert into Historic Interior.

The aim of the project was to insert a new kitchen, bathroom and mezzanine a circa 1930s timber framed, double height school room.

A free standing monolithic kitchen cupboard wall screens the living space from the bathroom, bedrooms and mezzanine beyond. The original voluminous interior is retained.

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Wattamolla House kitchen cabinetry — The kitchen cabinetry screens the stairs and mezzanine.

Exposed structure of the original school room — The school room structure remains exposed.

Cabinetry showing emphasises the volume of the school room — Progressive increase in the height of the cabinetry emphasises the volume of the school room.

Minimal connection between the free-standing kitchen and school room structure — Connection between the free-standing kitchen and school room structure is minimal.