Swoosh House by Das Studio
Swoosh House sets a lively brief in motion in Australia, where Das Studio renovates and extends a long-loved family house. The project builds on a north-facing sandstone villa, replacing a gloomy lean-to with a generous rear addition shaped by an inverted roof truss. Across kitchen, living, and garden, daily life expands for a young athletic family ready for the next decade of gatherings and growth.
Morning light rakes across old sandstone and new concrete, then slides across water toward a tall glazed line. The rear addition sits calm behind the villa, its roof kicking up like a swoosh and pulling the sky indoors.
This is a family house in Australia by Das Studio, reworking an early 1900s villa with a purposeful rear extension. The brief centers on program and daily use: brighter rooms for cooking and gathering, stronger links to a pool and a basketball court, and a plan that flexes for parties or quiet nights. Movement matters here, and so does rest.
Open Living Sequence
You step through the old rooms into air. A nine metre (29.5 feet) operable glazed wall slides away to turn living, dining, and kitchen into one continuous court-facing zone for weekend crowds and midweek routines. The layout reads clear from threshold to terrace, with furniture loosely zoning conversation, meals, and play without dead corners. Doors open, voices carry, and cooking spills outside.
Family Courts Outside
Life moves toward water and court. The backyard pool and a basketball half-court double as social condensers, pulling kids, friends, and neighbors into the daily orbit of the house with easy supervision from the kitchen. After games, grills and prep benches pick up the load, feeding hungry bellies without blocking flow back inside. Surfaces dry fast, and the threshold reads tough yet welcoming.
Ceiling Lifts Light
The inverted roof truss kicks up to the south and scoops winter sun from the north. That upward sweep clears sightlines over the villa, drawing light deep into living zones while giving calm, airy volume for everyday use. Mornings glow, afternoons stay even, and glare stays checked by the tall geometry—energy without harshness. On cloudy days, the ceiling still reads bright.
Quiet, Durable Finishes
Materials keep the peace. Clean lines and minimal finishes let activity take the stage, with structure and cabinetry receding so rooms feel legible under pressure from family life and guests. Hardwearing surfaces at the threshold shrug off wet feet from the pool while warmer textures land where hands rest and kids read. Nothing shouts, and everything earns its keep.
Reprogrammed For Connection
Old circulations give way to clear links. The dark 1980s lean-to is gone, replaced by a connected plan that ties kitchen, dining, and garden into a single daily loop for cooking, homework, and play. Rooms now serve multiple roles without friction, trading awkward leftovers for zones that expand on weekends and contract for weeknights. It feels ready for the next twenty years.
Late sun lands on the water, then climbs the truss before fading into the villa’s thick walls. Doors slide shut, and the long room quiets for dinner. The house resets for tomorrow, built to keep up without getting in the way.
Photography by Anthony Basheer
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