Billy Maynard. House at Flat Rock

5/05/2023, h. 17:15 – 19:15
Politecnico di Milano, Campus Leonardo, Edificio 11, AULA O.2.1

Observations, influences and material assembly. A talk about a small house in Australia.

Flat Rock House is, in many ways, a domus romana where the impluvium has been replaced by a wild meadow courtyard and whose east side has been turned into a dematerialized screen of olive trees. So, instead of an enclosed square, the house is C-shaped with the path to the front door and living area -the focal point of the house – running along the other north wall.
A simple program made intriguing by the architectural detail and the materials. The outer skin comprises an irregularly alternating series of claddings and jutting elements, including a series of suspended box-like structures of articulated geometric shape, all masterfully positioned by Maynard… [text from the article by LMF Fabris published on ThePlan n. 141, 2022]

Relatore: Billy Maynard 
Modera: Luca Maria Francesco Fabris
Discussants: Riccardo Maria Balzarotti, Gerardo Semprebon – DAStU Politecnico di Milano

Responsabile: Luca Maria Francesco Fabris

Credits Immagini: Picture ©Rory Gardiner courtesy B. Maynard