Project Team
Name of Project: Freshwater Studio
Name of Architect: Ulrika Saar
Builder: Avalon Constructions
Size: 29 sqm
Engineer: Professor Max Irvine
Project Management: Avalon Constructions
Landscape design: Avalon Constructions
Awards: Winner 2017 MBA Excellence in Housing Awards
Granny Flats $150,001 - $200,000
Images: Michael Nicholson
The Freshwater studio designed by Ulrika Saar is a compact 29sqm floor plan that utilizes the fundamental principles of durability, natural light and ventilation. This versatile space accommodates a home office, kitchenette and living quarters, garden entertainment area, WC, laundry, beach shower and shed with indoor/outdoor workspace.
Material & Construction Details
Structural Steel Frame
Concrete slab on piles
Skillion roof of Colorbond corrugated zincalume
Polycarbonate laserlite inlays to skylights and highlight windows
Steel troweled concrete floor finish with beeswax & orange
Externally clad in Blackbutt timber
External hardwood doors ripped by Russ himself
Internal plywood, whitewashed and waxed
Concrete floor
Kitchen - Concrete benchtop with round stainless steel sink cast
by builder Russ Davis
Murobond painted plywood lining to studio & shed
CFC finish to bathroom
The Freshwater studio is an extremely functional, sustainable and visually striking studio in a private courtyard garden setting that impacts minimally on its surrounds.
“Both times Russ and myself have been working together it has been a great experience and Russ adds much value to the process with his skills as a builder, the attention to detail. He is competent, hard working and thorough.”
“I would welcome the opportunity to work with Russ again and I would happily introduce him as a preferred builder for my future projects.”