The initial intention is to create a building of its time for its place, that is long life, low impact and adaptable, and to create and encourage a relationship with its immediate site, landscape and locality.
The second floor is rotated through 90 degrees to open up the living spaces to the northern sun and light, and the prevailing breezes.
The house is designed to be passively responsive to its climate, minimising the use of external energy by affording all spaces natural light and the opportunity for natural ventilation. Living roofs and concrete construction create a thermal mass to further help mitigate external energy use and allow passive temperature control.
Designed to require your participation, manipulating the openings to encourage breezes to cross the spaces.
The design allows myriad living arrangements including working from home, possible separate children and teenage areas, and multi-generational living, all with a level of privacy and autonomy.
The landscape adds as a privacy buffer between spaces and separates it from the public realm, whilst encouraging local Indigenous birds and reptiles back to the locality.
To minimise its environmental impact, there is the opportunity to use recycled materials including timber cladding and flooring, low-carbon materials like concrete and masonry, and no (low) VOC materials throughout.
Back to the grid, solar array installed with an opportunity to install a battery to further minimise reliance on external energy.
Water is collected and stored for use on the native garden and in the water closets and laundry.
