Cut Paw Paw by Andrew Maynard Architects // Seddon, Victoria.

Cut Paw Paw is a renovation and extension to a double fronted weatherboard home in Seddon, Victoria that has been left deliberately incomplete. The owners asked that the house be “ridiculously inside-out”. To accomplish this, not only did Andrew Maynard Architects employ tested and successful ideas such as sliding walls, bifold doors and decks, the building was also left unfinished. The central space, between the dining area and the studio, is an unclad frame within and surrounded by garden. Sustainability is at the core of Cut Paw Paw – rather than simply extruding the existing structure the architects have run the new form along the southern boundary so that it is soaked in sunlight.

“Construction sites are fascinating and often very beautiful. When wandering the street and stumbling upon an anonymous house in construction we all get excited by the possibilities. We all imagine what the finished building could be like. The site holds so much promise when there is nothing more than a timber or steel frame. It is a jungle gym, a relic, and a skeleton full of play and imagination. Often it is when a building is at its most beautiful… The home will not again be interesting until it eventually begins to crumble and decay.” – Andrew Maynard Architects

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[Images courtesy of Andrew Maynard Architects. Photography as noted by Peter Bennetts & Tess Kelly.]