Address : 40 Keam Street Ivanhoe
Comments : The parti of the Snelleman House in Ivanhoe (1953) was directly generated from the prevailing site conditions. An initial scheme involving an elevated design in precast concrete was flatly rejected by the clients, McIntyre's response was a house that coiled around two existing eucalyptus trees on the steeply sloping site. " The house was then apparently 'set out' by the architect scraping a line down and around the trees with the heel of his shoe. -- The house was a sweeping gesture, its curved external brick veneer wall painted leaf-green with small punched openings containing the latest Cowdroy sashless sliding windows, and an interior light-weight court wall, a carousel of red, yellow and White Mondrian window walls. -- Inside, curtains served as doors throughout and the house was furnished with Clement Meadmore string and steel chairs and Indonesian wood carvings. The walls were blue, pink and grey. Instead of Wright's earthy natural textures for an earth-bound house, McIntyre's colors and finish were an exercise in Mondrian's Boogie Woogie jazz." Goad, P., 'Optimism and Experiment in Melbourne: The early works of Peter McIntyre 1950-1961'.
References : Clerehan, Neil, "Coil House", Architecture and Arts no. 16 November 1954, p. 18-23
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