Bush House

Australia

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Bush House

Australia

Firm

Archterra

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2012

BUDGET

Undisclosed

Photos

Douglas M Black (13)

Located in an existing clearing within a section of remnant marri / jarrah bushland, this owner-built bush pavilion seeks to distil into built form, the feelings of camping under a simple sheltering tarpaulin.

Diagrammatically, the houses' simple rectangular plan is separated east-west into sleeping and living zones and delineated by a change in floor level and a thick rammed earth wall that continues through the house into the outdoors. The rammed earth wall also defines the entry approach from the detached vehicle parking area.

All rooms face to the north to take advantage of the warming winter sun, except the main bedroom which turns to face the southwest views and enjoys spectacular sunsets filtered trough the vertical trunks of the surrounding tree canopy.

Photography: Douglas Mark Black / www.douglasmarkblack.com