Redesigned to optimise natural light, while retaining an existing original Victorian character, Brunswick House is burrowed within the inner-city of Melbourne. The client, having lived in the house for over a decade, was clear in wanting a space that ‘felt homely, wasn’t pretentious and retained a sense of warmth’. Based on a unique brief, Placement Studio redesigned the home to enhance the charm of the existing cottage, rather than redefining them; ‘instead of merely maintaining the front of the home and harshly severing the rear, we wanting to take a more compassionate and integrated work approach,’ says Director and Co-Founder of Placement Studio, Stephanie Kitigan.