Two gabled pavilions frame a shared living space, creating a home that balances family connection with room to retreat.

Conceived for a sloping bushland setting on the Central Coast, Pavilion House explores a considered approach to residential development.

The concept brings architectural character, adaptable planning and environmental ambitions into the earliest design decisions.

It asks how a generous family home can make careful use of its site and resources while remaining practical to build and appealing to live in.

The proposed brief is to develop a distinctive family home that combines everyday comfort with a viable development model.

The home needs to accommodate gathering, privacy, guests and changing family routines.

Alongside these priorities, the feasibility study will test construction costs, site constraints.

And opportunities to reduce energy use, material demand and disturbance to the landscape.

The concept explores a sloping residential setting surrounded by bushland and neighboring homes. The final site remains to be confirmed.

Two gabled wings sit around a lower central living space. One accommodates children, guests and family activities;

The other provides a private main suite. Between them, the kitchen, dining and living areas open towards a sheltered terrace and garden.

This arrangement breaks the home into distinct parts, giving each wing its own role while keeping shared daily life at the centre.

The planning separates quieter accommodation from the shared heart of the home.

Family, guest and work spaces are explored as adaptable rooms that can support different stages of life.

A coordinated system of structural bays and components is also being investigated, with the potential to simplify construction and inform future homes while allowing each design to respond to its particular site.

The material study explores the relationship between a substantial base and the pavilion forms above. Stone and concrete are considered alongside lighter structural alternatives, with selections to be assessed for durability, material demand and suitability for hillside construction. The final palette will develop alongside the site, budget and construction strategy.

· Warm white textured render · White fluted wall cladding · Light oak timber · Grey ribbed metal cladding · Sandstone / textured natural stone · Honed beige limestone · Cream terrazzo · Frosted or reeded glass · Natural woven linen · Native Australian foliage

CONNECTION: Shared living spaces open to a sheltered terrace and garden, bringing family life and the landscape together.

RETREAT FLEXIBILITY: Separate wings provide privacy, while adaptable rooms support changing family, guest and work needs.

COMFORT: The study will explore orientation, shading, insulation and ventilation to support year-round comfort.