| This is our family home. It is based in an Ecovillage on the Gold Coast.
We have designed our home for ourselves. Working with a builder we trust, we’ve been able to progressively build, adapt, adjust - and nearly finish this over the course of a decade. Stages and changes have continued as our family, extended family and home office needs grow and change. They have all followed our original master plan concept for the home. The detail has changed – but the concept has stayed the same. You can see some of the thinking behind the home at this slideshow: https://youtu.be/iL8Llo4a2VE The home is designed for intergenerational living, and allows us to work from home. It includes a controlled ongoing evolution as our needs change - including upcoming adjustments to entry ramping to improve universal access (with provision of grabrails etc) and ongoing improvements in our insulation and glazing (selective double glazing will replace some of our original recycled doors and windows as they age with us – so extra comfort can be built in over time) We see architecture not as a static concept with ''finish line'' - but more an evolution. A journey toward a more sustainable lifestyle. The home needs to improve over time to keep pace with our changing family needs, in a changing world, with a changing climate. The home is more resilient now than it was when we first built it. We need to keep adapting and improving with it. Design: ptma Architecture www.ptma.au Photography: Ravens at Odds. |
