House on the Hill is conceived as an architectural promenade across a 35-degree landscape overlooking Lysterfield Park. Rather than a singular object, the home unfolds as a sequence of shifting pavilions that step with the terrain, compressing and expanding in response to topography, light, and view. Each movement through the house reveals the valley gradually – framed, filtered, and choreographed through skylights, voids, and precisely articulated openings.
Rendered masonry and aerated concrete form a grounded, tactile envelope, softened by timber and controlled glazing. Gardens penetrate the interior, blurring thresholds between inside and out. The result is not a house imposed on a hill, but a dwelling shaped by it – enduring, calm, and spatially immersive.







Details
Architecture
ENCLAVE Architects; Madhusha Wijesiri, Mia Papaefthimiou, Noorah Hadeed, Wendy Zhang, Samantha Boyd, Gener Reyes, Hosni Mohammad
Client
Private
Year of completion
2024
Location
Narre Warren North, Australia
Total area
550 m2
Site area
4.050 m2
Photos
Elis Scott
