Main Street Residence

This project was a new multi-generational home in Redland Bay, Queensland, designed in collaboration with Matthews McDonald Architects. The brief required a dwelling that could accommodate multiple generations of the same family while maintaining both shared spaces and independence—a challenge that demanded careful consideration of circulation, privacy and flexibility.

What distinguished this project was its response to the suburban context and the specific needs of multi-generational living. Rather than creating separate, isolated dwellings, the design integrates communal and private zones through a carefully articulated ground floor plan that allows family members to age in place. The home features dual living areas, multiple bathroom facilities and flexible spaces that can adapt as family dynamics change over time. A mezzanine level provides additional separation while maintaining visual and social connections across the home.

View from Driveway

The material palette responds to Queensland’s climate, with hit-and-miss brickwork providing natural ventilation, deep eaves offering solar protection, and a mix of internal and external living spaces that blur the boundary between inside and outside. Detailed construction drawings demonstrate how standard residential construction methods can be adapted to create spaces that support diverse ages and abilities within a single domestic setting, challenging the suburban norm of singular household unit dwellings.