Putney,  NSW · 2022
 

A landscape framework designed to resolve levels, access and outdoor living around a passive house alteration and addition.

This single-dwelling project supported a major alteration and addition designed by a Sydney-based practice specialising in passive design. The landscape scope focused on resolving  site levels around the building footprint while integrating new access, outdoor spaces and planting within a Development Application (DA) approval pathway.

The design introduced a clear separation between pedestrian and vehicular entry, including a new turning bay, and carefully coordinated raised and on-grade garden beds to manage levels and interfaces with the architecture. Outdoor living elements — including a deck, pergola, patio, steps and swimming pool — were integrated with a predominantly native planting palette, anchored by a mature native tree.
 

Role & Scope

• Landscape design and level resolution

• DA and CC documentation and coordination for pool, deck, and paving approval

• Pedestrian and vehicular access planning

• Planting design and outdoor living integration

• Swimming pool and compliant pool fencing design

• Construction coordination

Key Outcomes

• Delivered a buildable landscape solution aligned with passive design principles

• Successfully achieved occupational certificate (OC) approval for the full scope of landscape works

• Created a cohesive sequence of access, planting and outdoor spaces integrated with the altered dwelling