A Californian Bungalow in Sydney’s lower North Shore is architecturally reimagined into an enduring contemporary home by architect Daniel Boddam, promising to render timelessly to its client’s needs.
Daniel Boddam has reimagined a Californian bungalow with timeless sensitivity to generously serve the needs of a family of five. Programmed over three levels, the home’s location creates a vantage point to capture the harbour views, ensuring that all the living and entertaining spaces are framed towards the captivating vistas.
Imperative to the alteration and addition of the home, the traditional ornamental bay window was carefully preserved. Boddam explains that he worked to create “a fine balance between tradition and modernity, emphasising timelessness and simplicity”. To seamlessly blend the two architectural styles, Boddam exercised curved forms and natural textures using a timber garage door and stone podium to counter the weight of the mid-section rendering. Simplified geometric forms have been used to give a modern interpretation to the home’s craftsman heritage through the new balustrade design and the use of breeze blocks for privacy in the entryway.
In the kitchen, the Calacatta Manhattan stone is pronounced against the backdrop of a gentle dove grey applied to the American oak veneer cabinetry.
The dining area features the Pierre Jeanneret Student chairs and ‘Twofold’ (2023) by Marisa Purcell from Olsen Gallery Sydney.
The living room features a B&B Italia Camaleonda sofa by Mario Bellini, with the HT120 Hashtag chair and Metal coffee table by Henry Timi, Cassina 529 Rio table by Charlotte Perriand, Totem light by Daniel Boddam, Mocho stool and Diz armchair by Mama Casa and Fritz Hansen Skagerak Vent stool.
Designed to serve as the living and entertaining quarters of the home, the ground floor houses the kitchen, dining, family, living and guest room. The vast proportions of these spaces are controlled and gathered through a grand staircase that becomes the focal piece on the ground level.
Boddam describes it as “a piece of sculpture that connects all three levels and breaks the otherwise open arrangement of space.” Illuminating through the three levels, the oculus skylight performs as “a vertical light shaft that gently animates the interior.” Spatially accommodating the family’s needs, the upper level provides four bedrooms, and each room has been fitted with its private ensuite. Capitalising on the harbour views, a pool house is perched across the exotic garden designed by Wyer & Co. at the property’s highest point.
‘Entwine’ (2016) by Martine Emdur from Olsen Gallery Sydney.
The grand spiral staircase is the focal point that controls the vast proportions of scale and gathers the various living spaces on the ground floor.
The restrained material palette on the ground floor absorbs and evokes the harbour’s beauty. The wired-oak veneer chevron floors throughout are complimented with Grigio Orsola stone slabs along the staircase. In contrast, Calacatta Manhattan stone in the kitchen is pronounced against the backdrop of a gentle dove grey applied to the American oak veneer cabinetry. Colour has been reserved for the private living spaces, which help to personify the individual expressions of each family member’s room. Interior designer Lorena Karellas explains: “We savoured bolder, playful gestures for unexpected areas, exploring a more daring colour selection for walls and stone, and a play of patterned flooring.”
Helix Residence promises to render to the family’s needs throughout the various phases of life through its considered spatial planning, married with a hard-wearing and tactile material palette.
Tongue and Groove Chevron floors in Freado, the Fritz Hansen Skagerak Vent stool, henry timi HTLT101 chair by Leonardo Talarico and ‘Residue’ (2023) by Marisa Purcell from Olsen Gallery Sydney.
The pool house features the Booham chair and Coast Wave sofa by Daniel Boddam and GUBI 9602 floor lamp.
The henrytimi SB 101 chair in the pool house.
The GUBI Pacha outdoor chair and Daniel Boddam Geo Drum side table in the patio.
The HAY Palissade chair.
