Project: Residential Dwelling
Location: Clayton Bay, SA
Location Challenges: A natural innovative approach to creating a beautiful, functional home with low running costs, a house that is relevant to this location and has windows designed to enjoy great views of the lake and the home garden and orientated to maximise solar heat gain in winter having an abundance of natural light & fresh air, rain water and a low maintenance method of treating waste water for reuse in the garden . We incorporated cathedral raked ceilings to the living area with electric opening skylight windows for natural light and heat ventilation, a roof designed to accommodate solar panels and allow high level exhausting of heat through clerestory windows, the design of the roof system using timber trusses allowed inspirational design aspects which are both practical and good looking while still being affordable, inexpensive powder coated aluminium balustrade when compared with Stainless Steel tensioned wire systems.
Design Aspects: Summer breezes help naturally cool the house through good cross ventilation and the raked ceiling allows warm air to exhaust naturally as it is drawn up to the high level windows allowing cool air to replace it below, minimal wasted floor space, and extensive natural light with shading designed to exclude summer sun.
Environmental Innovation: Wide verandahs to west elevation provide maximum shade and allow protected unobstructed views of the lake , innovative highly efficient Apricus solar hot water, rain water harvesting, Biolytix waste water treatment system, producing high quality treated water for dispersal on dedicated subsurface area without need for chlorination & with minimum maintenance of system, colorbond roof, gutters, downpipes, mini orb to gable ends to minimise repair, recoating or replacement in the future, minimum disturbance of site by suspending the house on stumps, high level windows ,electric operated for warm air venting, sweep fans to assist natural breezes for cooling in summer or reversed to bring warm air to where it is needed in winter, insulation to under floor area, all framed ceilings, to all internal walls & external walls, reflective foil t wrap to external walls & under roof cover , floor plan designed to north orientation to maximise heat gain in winter and exclude summer sun, roof designed to have north orientation and suitable angle for solar panels which can be added as the budget allows, sky lights in passage, all stormwater retained on site.
