The architect and the owner of the house want to show that it is possible to build and design a house in a sloping area of the hill. With the right solution and a good design plan, this house can be a comfortable living place, getting a lot of benefits from the site too. The house turns into a perfect place to enjoy nature in a beautiful high area.
This house has a non-standard, characteristic house shape. The use of a quadrant motif can make this house reacts to the sun location. For this motif, an old device used to create a good position of the stars. A terrace is also designed to follow the sun movements by giving inhabitants sitting and allowing more sunlight into the interior in winter.
As a retreat for the couple to have a peaceful life, Hideaway House sits in a secluded area that surrounded by a lot of gum trees. This area can be found in Sydney’s Blue Mountains, Australia. There is also a nearby escarpment with the bush and the Megalong Valley. The atmosphere is still original with fresh air.
The architect uses resilient and robust materials like a coastal site. The house has rugged and raw tones and textures, creating a beautiful look as they age. The skillion comes in a radially-sawn Silvertop Ash form that can grey over time. This house is also designed with felled timber to celebrate the rough grain and minimize wastage.
Queens Gate Terrace turns into a unique living place with a new structure. This structure is dominated by a large multi-functional piece of furniture, especially in the living room and bedroom. In the kitchen, the new wooden structure is designed to create a small staircase, kitchen cabinet, and also additional space above the kitchen area.
The landscape and architecture are merged, creating an engaging and playful space which is spiritual and also calming. Most of the buildings are prefabricated, allowing the period of construction to be shorter. The design develops as a system for the building that can be used on some sites such as flood plains, coastal areas, and lakes.
The interior design of Frame House is inspired by Soane’s top lit spaces with a large roof light that replacing the old solid pitched roof. The architect also focuses on the box details lined and located in band-sawn oak slats that look like giant picture frames. There is under-seat heating with two bronze fold out reading lights and low-iron glass for maximum transparency.
One of the most important rooms in this house is the kitchen. It is the only room that fully used by the residents, so the architect tries to create a useful change in it. The corridor is combined with the big room and the kitchen is opened to the dining area. This way can create an open space inside the house interior visually.
In this house, the daylight can be brought into the basement area by inserting the patio of the left area. It makes some living spaces can be accommodated too inside the ‘living’ cellar of the house. The resident also can have direct access to the garden and terrace from the patio through the outside staircase.
This home is also designed with a combination of cooling strategies and passive heating when the season changes. The architect uses high-efficiency glazing too with controls and equipment, including recycled and harvested sustainably materials. The result makes this house friendly for the environment around it.
Besides designing a place to house all art collection of the owner, this project is also about creating an open and comfortable family space. This space is also designed with a good connection to the outdoor area of the house and the spacious outdoor deck. The same concrete material is also used to design the floor part of the deck, including the outdoor staircase.
Alana Groom
Bella Duckworth
Ella Summers
Karin Hoover
Linjo Joson
Molly Milson
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