Prefabricated Courtyard House, Newcastle
Newcastle - Miltiadou Cook Mitzman llp · 2023
An open-plan residential kitchen and dining space precedent featuring custom floor-to-ceiling timber shelving and a balanced alignment of task and natural lighting.
- What we like about this project
- Mirrored or glass-backed shelving behind the sink reflects the garden foliage inwards.
Materials
- oak-timber
- plaster
- engineered-stone
- fabric
- glass
Visual identifiers
- timber-wall-unit
- kitchen-island
- track-lighting
- clerestory-windows
- light-wood-flooring
Style tags
- contemporary
- warm-minimal
- residential
- scandinavian-influenced
Visual tags
- open-plan
- residential
- kitchen-dining
- custom-joinery
- daylit
- Geometry
- Symmetrical single-point perspective focusing on an island counter backed by full-height cabinets and a horizontal strip window above.
- Spatial scale
- Standard residential ceiling height with a wide open-plan footprint spanning kitchen and dining zones.
- Lighting
- Combination of overhead track spotlights, recessed downlights, and natural daylight pouring through the rear window and high clerestory lights.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, calm, and warmly illuminated by a mix of natural garden light and directional track spots.
- Environmental context
- Interior residential space with external greenery visible through the kitchen window.
- Spatial experience
- A deep, domestic sequence moving past a dining table and island toward a brightly lit rear garden view framed by clerestory and lower glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Bilateral symmetry balanced by the left-side timber media wall and right-side large artwork.
- Style reading
- Contemporary warm minimal residential interior
- Program
- Residential kitchen and dining area
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- oak-timber, plaster, engineered-stone, fabric, glass
- Visual identifiers
- timber-wall-unit, kitchen-island, track-lighting, clerestory-windows, light-wood-flooring
- Style tags
- contemporary, warm-minimal, residential, scandinavian-influenced
- Visual tags
- open-plan, residential, kitchen-dining, custom-joinery, daylit
- Geometry
- Symmetrical single-point perspective focusing on an island counter backed by full-height cabinets and a horizontal strip window above.
- Spatial scale
- Standard residential ceiling height with a wide open-plan footprint spanning kitchen and dining zones.
- Lighting
- Combination of overhead track spotlights, recessed downlights, and natural daylight pouring through the rear window and high clerestory lights.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, calm, and warmly illuminated by a mix of natural garden light and directional track spots.
- Environmental context
- Interior residential space with external greenery visible through the kitchen window.
- Spatial experience
- A deep, domestic sequence moving past a dining table and island toward a brightly lit rear garden view framed by clerestory and lower glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Bilateral symmetry balanced by the left-side timber media wall and right-side large artwork.
- Style reading
- Contemporary warm minimal residential interior
- Program
- Residential kitchen and dining area
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior