The clients for this design are an art collector, who is the primary owner, and his friend, a professional chef. The program of the building has be arranged into two layers; the gallery, and the living area. The shared circulation path carves a double height gallery space through the form as so to fully immerse art into both inhabitants' daily lives.
Both self-contained homes are relatively modest for the size of the site, but share two large gardens; one below, which is the public sculpture garden, and one above, which is a private roof garden. Here, the old friends may relax together in the open, but away from the busy street, and admire the luxurious view.
Sinking the sculpture garden under the building gives the form a lightness and illusion of floating. It reinforces the tunnelled, canopy feel of the trees on Victoria Street with the heavy mass floating above.
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