In this project for a new house in Hawthorn, Australia, a sphere has been buried and eroded at either end and internally. This allowed all spaces to be dispersed or arched over and around the main ground floor living space, which was detailed as a negative or subtracted form, external as if also part of the garden. This space, like the exterior, is rendered in rich and expressive materials.

This is a home designed to accommodate at the various stages of its life. The design concept is to take a perfect shape, the copper sphere, and to remove parts. By selectively removing parts of the sphere, there is the sense internally of being in and surrounded by garden. The spherical shell also provides beautiful internal spaces on the first floor.