{"id":139,"date":"2025-09-20T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newtoursagency.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2025-09-23T09:27:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:27:50","slug":"jos-tan-celebrates-city-living-with-compact-melbourne-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newtoursagency.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/20\/jos-tan-celebrates-city-living-with-compact-melbourne-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Jos Tan “celebrates city living” with compact Melbourne home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australian architect Jos Tan has completed Melville, a compact home<\/a> in Melbourne<\/a> with a simple, pale brick<\/a> form that mimics the appearance of the neighbouring buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located along a row of shops in the suburb of Brunswick West, the home stands directly on the street with no setback within its small, 90-square-metre plot.<\/p>\n

Tan, founder of local studio Tan Architecture<\/a>, took this as an opportunity to “celebrate city living,” with tall, narrow openings that balance a connection to the street with privacy for the home’s inhabitants.<\/p>\n

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Melville is a house in Melbourne with pale-brick walls and tall openings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The site is an unusual one to build a house on in Melbourne, being a small six-by-15-metre subdivision on a shopping strip along a main road,” he told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“This situation provided an opportunity to pursue a typology uncommon in Melbourne \u2013 a house with no front setback that opens directly onto the footpath; one that celebrates city living, engages with the street, and encourages face-to-face interaction,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“I think the building succeeds in having a conversation with its surroundings and about its place in the city while expressing a distinct and contemporary character.”<\/p>\n

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It was designed by Jos Tan to engage with the street and celebrate city life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taking advantage of a 1.2-metre change in level from the front to back of the site, the entire ground floor level of the home was raised up to avoid direct visibility from the street.<\/p>\n

This allowed a previous vehicle crossover to be replaced with a new pedestrian footpath in front of the home, from which a metal entrance alongside the home’s front door leads directly into a “bike garage”.<\/p>\n