Sydney Terrace House Renovation Uses Mirrored Surfaces and Openable Courtyard to Create Spatial Illusions
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Alyn Griffiths
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Summary
The article describes Terrace House Mirage, a renovated Victorian terraced house in Sydney's Chippendale suburb. The renovation by Alcami Architecture addresses the typical narrow footprint and lack of natural light through innovative design solutions including mirrored surfaces that create illusions of additional space, a completely openable courtyard that blurs indoor-outdoor boundaries, and strategic use of materials and lighting to transform the constrained urban dwelling.
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· 3 pulledMirrored surfaces create the illusion of additional space inside this renovated terraced house in Sydney, Australia
Terrace House Mirage is a renovation of a Victorian terraced house in the suburb of Chippendale, which was defined by a typically narrow footprint and a lack of natural light
local studio Alcami Architecture designed around a completely openable courtyard
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