The stacked but flexible scheme is modern, urban, and dynamic-just like it's occupants
Lively geometries serve a functional purpose at this Melbourne home designed by fmd Architects. Faced with a tight budget and space restrictions in the dense urban neighborhood, the firm devised the so-called "Bike House" as a stacked structure to minimize its footprint and maximize garden space, informing the façade arrangement. Shading devices and privacy screens establish a sheltered haven for the family.
Inside, spaces are designed to be flexible as the occupants' children grow and needs shift. But what probably influenced the design the most -and earned the house it's project name - was the family's active lifestyle; the father is an avid cyclist, so finding creative ways to store all of those bikes was a primary influence on the layout and details, fmd director Fiona Dunn says.
