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Project Description:
Place: Mapaton, Queensland, Australia
lighting design: Volcar hag
Photographer: David Chatfield
From architect: “Design Brief called for a compact home for two at a suburban-rural venue in Mapaton, which took up the redlines of the Blackhall Range. The customer demanded to take advantage of high ideas towards a distant Mount Nanderi and Mount Coolum, while the house remained at a modest post, while the house remained in a minor post.
“The main house is strategically sitting below the road level, allowing passers -by to continue enjoying luxurious scenes from both the road and public ladder. The native landscaping around the house enriches the public interfaces, softening the boundaries between private and communal places.
“House’s steps pronounce the platforms with a slope’s experience, signal from the public ladder. The outer walls are deliberately angled to align with the vision lines towards the mountains, a dynamic and fickle interior is formed. To move towards living, stopping an outdoor, sometimes with a changing external conditions.
“The outer is completely clad in natural zinc, achieving an unbroken and permanent form. Locally citrus materials that include silver ash, hop pine ply, and yellow sandstones, which are united to create a harmonious and cavaras interior.
“East-oriented to catch natural winds, the house can open for maximum ventilation. Perforated screens provide sun shading and privacy, but can be adjusted to invite winter sunlight in the interior. Client’s electricity bills indicate a carbon-negative operational energy use, indicating a carbon-negative operational energy use, while a biological tank is a 40-kilometer away, while a biological tank is secured. Non-toxin sewage treats and additional site irrigation.
