‘Life Cycle House’, winner of the national Sustainability Award, international Architizer Popular Choice Award, and ArchiTeam Sustainability Medal, is a rigorous passive solar design on a modest footprint.
It signals warmth and approachability drawn from a simple form, thoughtful interiors, and play with natural elements and materials. It is not only easy to use but also nurturing and community oriented, re-defining the essence of suburban living.
Located on a tranquil suburban street, this extension to a modest weatherboard house places sustainability at the core of its design - driving decisions from concept to planning, materials, detailing, assembly, operation, plus end of life. It considers positive social impacts, biodiversity and reducing the home’s embodied and operational carbon footprint.
The project reflects our ethos of building as background; it is a place that draws its identity from being part of something else - in this case a family friendly neighbourhood with both modest and hidden historic buildings and significant vegetation.
From the outset it celebrates the opportunity for a very personalised home, but beyond it focusses on what you can’t see: functionality, opportunities for interaction and retreat, enjoying working from home, flexibility, light, air, thermal comfort, acoustics, and personal health.
This home is the result of an engaging dialogue between home owners and project team, a collective effort that is more than a house addition; it's a thoughtful and very personal articulation of domestic spaces that are functional, comfortable, and warm.
This embodies our belief in creating environments that are not just efficient and cost-effective, but also supportive and community-focused, embracing and contributing to a tolerant and socially minded neighbourhood.
