{"id":4438,"date":"2025-08-28T10:45:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=4438"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:09:16","slug":"peter-besley-shelters-brisbane-home-with-walls-of-perforated-brickwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/peter-besley-shelters-brisbane-home-with-walls-of-perforated-brickwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Besley shelters Brisbane home with walls of perforated brickwork"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Perforated screens of reclaimed terracotta<\/a> brick and metal mesh<\/a> for climbing plants wrap the volumes of this home in Australia<\/a>, designed by local architect Peter Besley.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named Birdwood, the home on a sloping site at the base of Mount Coot-tha in Brisbane<\/a> was designed for a multi-generational family that wanted a dwelling where they could age in place.<\/p>\n

The uneven nature of the site led to Besley<\/a> dividing the home into separate volumes that were each created to have a unique feel \u2013 from a series of more insular bedrooms to a bright, double-height living area and library beneath a ziggurat-shaped skylight.<\/p>\n

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Peter Besley has completed a family home in Brisbane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The house is like a string of objects and volumes, with its blurred indoor\/outdoor nature allowing the subtropical landscape to be enjoyed,” Besley told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“The site is steep – on the slopes of a mountain – and to achieve the aims of aging-in-place and multigenerational living I had to carefully work the sections in what is a complex plan,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“The separation of the volumes allows different things to happen. Moving about the house you feel like you are in several ‘worlds’. These nevertheless had to feel as one, a composition.”<\/p>\n

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Perforated brick was used across the home’s exterior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Addressing the street, the home’s bedrooms are contained within a simple, white volume with a largely blank exterior, wrapped by a screen of metal mesh that will gradually become overgrown with plants.<\/p>\n

Tall, narrow openings in this block were sheltered behind sliding wooden shutters, mirrored by sliding doors that open onto an external, paved link that connects to the living areas.<\/p>\n

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The home’s spaces are divided into separate volumes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In contrast, the volume at the rear of the site opens up to the landscape with a double-skinned exterior, comprised of an inner layer of glazing that is shielded by an outer layer of perforated brickwork.<\/p>\n

For both, the perforated brickwork, as well as areas of external tiling and paving, Besley used salvaged brick and terracotta pieces from a closed local brickworks.<\/p>\n