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Possum Creek house
Possum Creek house
Possum Creek, Australia
Project Featured on May 23, 2014
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Possum Creek house
Possum Creek, Australia
Project Featured on May 23, 2014
The concept for the house is three linked pavilions articulated by folded roof and wall planes, with masonry blades supporting the skillion roof, standing alone in the landscape. Between blades large sliding glass panels can be opened to stack – and seemingly disappear - behind the blades, blurring the boundary between inside and out and strengthening the connection with the landscape. A strong travertine floor plane inside continues to the outside becoming the plinth which meets the landscape.
The location of the site at the top of Pine Mountain in the Byron hinterland affords the house a 360 degree aspect, with optimum solar orientation. In order for the living pavilion to benefit from both north and south orientation the smaller bedroom pavilions are separated and linked to the extreme ends of the living pavilion. This gives views through the living pavilion from the densely wooded southern boundary to the filtered hinterland views to the north. The bedroom pavilions form the enclosure to the south facing courtyard, which provides shelter from the northerly wind in summer and exposure to the warming sun in winter.
The materials palette of the house is deliberately restrained to give prominence to the sequence of strong colours used in the landscape. The three colours - bright pink, lime green and roman ochre – are used to define the main outdoor spaces and are a reference to some of the plants originally found on the site.
The skillion roof is angled to open up to the north in the living spaces and to the south in the bedroom spaces, providing opportunity for high level louvres and ceiling fans to provide controlled ventilation and thermal comfort. A high level of insulation throughout coupled with an open fire in the living pavilion ensure year-round thermal comfort without air conditioning. An awning at door head height provides protection from the sun and rain to the low level doors and windows, whilst acting as a light shelf, reflecting light onto the sloped ceiling within. A solar hot water system and photovoltaic panels, concealed from view on the guest bedroom pavilion roof, in conjunction with LED lights throughout have been designed to off-set the energy consumption of the house.
The interior of the house uses a muted palette of materials to provide a counterpoint to the bright colours of the exterior and a neutral backdrop to the clients’ art collection. Travertine floors, a rough cut stone fire place, oak joinery and white painted walls in the living room blend with the high gloss black joinery and fine concrete benchtop in the main kitchen. The living area is divided from the study by an oak panelled wall which opens up to reveal audio visual equipment, storage, guest beds and sliding doors which can be used to fully separate the study from the living room. Wallpaper is used to add patterned accents in unexpected places; gold bees adorn the cavity sliding panel to the master bedroom and handmade rag wallpaper tiles form the master bedhead.
The location of the site at the top of Pine Mountain in the Byron hinterland affords the house a 360 degree aspect, with optimum solar orientation. In order for the living pavilion to benefit from both north and south orientation the smaller bedroom pavilions are separated and linked to the extreme ends of the living pavilion. This gives views through the living pavilion from the densely wooded southern boundary to the filtered hinterland views to the north. The bedroom pavilions form the enclosure to the south facing courtyard, which provides shelter from the northerly wind in summer and exposure to the warming sun in winter.
The materials palette of the house is deliberately restrained to give prominence to the sequence of strong colours used in the landscape. The three colours - bright pink, lime green and roman ochre – are used to define the main outdoor spaces and are a reference to some of the plants originally found on the site.
The skillion roof is angled to open up to the north in the living spaces and to the south in the bedroom spaces, providing opportunity for high level louvres and ceiling fans to provide controlled ventilation and thermal comfort. A high level of insulation throughout coupled with an open fire in the living pavilion ensure year-round thermal comfort without air conditioning. An awning at door head height provides protection from the sun and rain to the low level doors and windows, whilst acting as a light shelf, reflecting light onto the sloped ceiling within. A solar hot water system and photovoltaic panels, concealed from view on the guest bedroom pavilion roof, in conjunction with LED lights throughout have been designed to off-set the energy consumption of the house.
The interior of the house uses a muted palette of materials to provide a counterpoint to the bright colours of the exterior and a neutral backdrop to the clients’ art collection. Travertine floors, a rough cut stone fire place, oak joinery and white painted walls in the living room blend with the high gloss black joinery and fine concrete benchtop in the main kitchen. The living area is divided from the study by an oak panelled wall which opens up to reveal audio visual equipment, storage, guest beds and sliding doors which can be used to fully separate the study from the living room. Wallpaper is used to add patterned accents in unexpected places; gold bees adorn the cavity sliding panel to the master bedroom and handmade rag wallpaper tiles form the master bedhead.
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