South Hill Park
An aerial precedent capturing historic residential terrace blocks interfacing with a naturalized lake and park landscape.
- What we like about this project
- Contemporary roof extensions and skylights punctuate the historic slate profiles.
Materials
- brick
- slate
- glass
- timber
Visual identifiers
- victorian-terrace
- brick-façade
- slate-roof
- waterfront-urban-edge
Style tags
- historic
- vernacular
- residential
Visual tags
- urban-context
- historic-architecture
- residential-block
- aerial-view
- waterfront
- Geometry
- Dense rows of multi-story Victorian terrace houses with pitched slate roofs facing a water body.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick masonry with punched window openings and projecting bays.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry walls with timber joist floors and pitched timber roof framing.
- Spatial scale
- Macro scale aerial perspective capturing an entire urban block and surrounding landscape.
- Lighting
- Bright, soft daylight casting subtle shadows across pitched slate roofs and brick facades.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, established urban residential fabric nestled against natural open space.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential edge directly abutting a park and lake landscape with mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- The urban fabric transitions abruptly from dense historic residential masonry to open parkland and water across a narrow street.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating gables and chimney stacks punctuate the continuous rooflines of the terrace row.
- Style reading
- Victorian urban vernacular
- Program
- Residential terrace housing
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, slate, glass, timber
- Visual identifiers
- victorian-terrace, brick-façade, slate-roof, waterfront-urban-edge
- Style tags
- historic, vernacular, residential
- Visual tags
- urban-context, historic-architecture, residential-block, aerial-view, waterfront
- Geometry
- Dense rows of multi-story Victorian terrace houses with pitched slate roofs facing a water body.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick masonry with punched window openings and projecting bays.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry walls with timber joist floors and pitched timber roof framing.
- Spatial scale
- Macro scale aerial perspective capturing an entire urban block and surrounding landscape.
- Lighting
- Bright, soft daylight casting subtle shadows across pitched slate roofs and brick facades.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, established urban residential fabric nestled against natural open space.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential edge directly abutting a park and lake landscape with mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- The urban fabric transitions abruptly from dense historic residential masonry to open parkland and water across a narrow street.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating gables and chimney stacks punctuate the continuous rooflines of the terrace row.
- Style reading
- Victorian urban vernacular
- Program
- Residential terrace housing
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture