FAST SLOW House 1

Darkinjung Country,
Narara,
NSW
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About this home

Building with natural materials (such as hemp. clay, earth) has a low carbon footprint, helps create communities and increases personal and planetary wellbeing. Except it can be difficult to achieve compliance, and slow to build with these materials. To make natural building easier and more accessible we introduce the FAST SLOW house.

The FAST SLOW house is a high performance FAST prefabricated DIY kit home, which home builders can quickly assemble, enabling them time to slowly infill the system and fit out the interior.

The innovative, cutting-edge FAST SLOW house is being developed with a team of researchers, with vast architecture and building experience from the University of Newcastle and MudTec, who are driven to make more sustainable and affordable housing.

The FAST SLOW House 1 at Narara Ecovillage is the first FAST SLOW house prototype from this research.

Q & A

What motivated you to build or retrofit sustainably?
As architectural researchers, educators and designers we are motivated by finding ways to make natural building materials easier to use.
Prefabricated system that is easy to put together and infill with natural building materials, such as hempcrete, hempclay, rammed earth, cobbing etc.
Wish we had known, that researching, developing creating a new form of housing would be so complicated, but good things are worth working for.
To make the FAST SLOW house system available to more people, with code marking to make easier for compliance.
Type: Ecovillage, Prefab/Modular, Standalone house/townhouse
Project: New build
Architect: Integrated Biotecture, Mudtec, University of Newcastle, Hugo Moline
Designer: FAST SLOW project
Builder: Red Gate Constructions
Size: 60sqmm²
Energy Rating: 9.8
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 1

Sustainability Features

Building Materials & Envelope

High-performance insulation
Double or triple-glazed windows
Sustainable or low-impact materials
Recycled or reused materials

Heating, Cooling and Ventilation

Passive heating/cooling (north-facing glazing, cross ventilation, thermal mass, shading, etc.)
Ceiling fans

Energy and Appliances

Rooftop solar PV
Efficient lighting (LED, daylighting, solar skylights)
Solar thermal hot water
Electric cooktop - induction/ceramic
Other energy-efficient appliances

Water & Waste Systems

Water-efficient fixtures
Rainwater tanks

Landscape & Biodiversity

Native garden
Edible garden

Climate Resilience

Bushfire

Accessible & Flexible Design Features

Design for flexible use
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