Masseria House

Melbourne, Australia
Interior Design
Furniture & Object Curation

Working in close collaboration with the client, Studio 11:11 was set the task of designing a sophisticated and paired back Melbourne home with the relaxed atmosphere of a resort you might find in the Mediterranean. This project is a celebration of natural materials. It is unfussy yet elegant, charismatic yet calm.

Studio 11:11 took cues from the architectural design and used them in various scales and applications for the interior. An example of this is the play on intersecting volumes, a dynamic stacking of blocks and forms. The exterior rock walls wrap inside in selected areas, connecting indoor to outdoors.

To ensure a personalised connection with the end result, the client was actively involved in hand-selecting each material. On the ground floor there are heavy set rock walls, travertine stone, polished rendered walls and exposed aggregate concrete floors. This seemingly busy layering of textures achieves a sense of calm by using similar neutral tones throughout. On the upper level the hard surfaces are replaced with plush carpet and warm toned timber, creating a more intimate and restful environment.

The result is an interior that is in harmony with the architecture. It is polished and refined but met with a raw and natural edge that gives it strength of character, as though it has always been there. In what could have been a house of intimidating proportions, this is an inviting, tactile and tranquil home.