The house is finely detailed form overweight back from the road in the midst of a carpet set from natural vegetation. Input on the side of the house is formed by a narrow path made of elderly railway ties in the sunken. While convenient in their own way in the context of proportionality, with setbacks and be respectful of neighboring properties, the view from the street immediately confirmed that this house is different from those around them.
The project will cut superimposed by a series of simple rectangular shapes and implemented. Each box is a separate part of the whole program. A bedroom / study, lounge, a garage / workshop, cantilever and above this, a retreat together with her parents living room and calm outdoor patio. The shape of the building have been carefully structured to serve as screening devices for the privacy, and the elements that frame and define the points of view. The robust appearance changed significantly under different weather and lighting, a warm and welcoming, filled with natural light, high ceilings, double height void is different and sensuous materials. The wide use and clever placement of high performance insulated glass pulls the light in each room. The line between inside and outside is blurred, with banks and giant screens operated sliding glass panels that the relatives introduced with the choice to close direct contact with the outside surroundings, or on the website is complete, depending on the variable climate .
The designers have deliberately pushed the exploration of form and aesthetics of the project, while the highest level of sustainability. Initiatives included in the design are:
• High performance tinted double glazing.
• Solid block west facade with very limited openings.
• minimize higher internal thermal mass to diurnal temperature fluctuations.
• Stage 1 Box cantilever protection from the sun provides the north of the main road
• passive cooling through natural cross-ventilation – the entire site can be opened with a combination of large sliding glass panels and glass panes
• Double facade facing east Level 1 provides both visual privacy and an excellent thermal control. The outer skin is made completely of strips of opaque glass.
• 20,000 liters of rain water tank in the ground for reuse in toilet flushing and irrigation.
• Access to pool around the solar energy function by aligning the building as close to maximizing the southwest border.
• Roof mounted solar heating for the pool.
• floor heating on ground floor slab
It offers the flexibility for growth and alter, with spaces that can be opened and connected, or for a close and intimate closed. The primary living area is designed to serve the specific needs of clients in a relaxed interactive space provides for the variance of every day life. It flows effortlessly from functional area to another and can be opened to the embrace of adjoining outdoor spaces, the back yard north up and Olympic pool.