Hopscotch House / JOHN ELLWAY. ARCHITECT

Hopscotch House is located close to the top of a ridge dubbed Woolloongabba‘ Heights’. Home to many young families, the pre-war estate of character housing sits between a motorway to the east and an inner-city hospital precinct to the west. Each morning, children leave their homes and join an ever-growing procession of kids and parents walking along the ridge toward the local school. Two join from this household. The name captures the idea of a home that encourages play and movement. Places for games, places to hide, places to discover, and places to escape. It also references the physical manifestation of the house in the plan.