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Embracing Fremantle’s Diverse Style and Natural Elements
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remantle’s popularity as a chic residential community in the vanguard of home design has much to do with its wideranging architectural history. As Rachel Pillinger, designer/draftsperson of an innovative project completed by Swell Homes in South Fremantle, notes, this venerable past covers a broad spectrum from heritage colonial buildings to weatherboard workers’ cottages, and from Italian influenced mid-century homes to larger port-side industrial-scale factory warehouses. “This diversity, I think, brings a strong sense of individuality and quirk to the aesthetic of Fremantle – it’s definitely unapologetic and something locals relish and invest strongly in. We’ve found that being a port-side location many Fremantle-based clients are very willing to embrace the diverse style of ‘Freo’ and love to
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incorporate a range of coastal, natural and industrial elements – partly as a way of honouring a location they love within their homes, but also due to the hard-wearing aspects and easy-care nature of these design trends. There is a definite bias towards a generous use of natural materials due to the way they age, their suitability to a coastal location and their ease of maintenance.” These aspects played an important role in the property featured here. “We were quite lucky on this job as the clients were fairly clear about their brief right from the get-go and had a clear idea of the aesthetic they wanted for their house. They were committed to a fairly easy-going industrial aesthetic, and we included features like warehouse-finished concrete flooring downstairs, Colorbond steel cladding and some face-brick feature finishes. “They wanted quite a strong appearance to the street frontage of the house and we were happy to help by generating some 3D renderings to give an idea of various colour schemes and cladding choices.”
