This Australian home is entirely wrapped in Zinc

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Project details:

Location: Mapleton, Queensland, Australia

Lighting design: Vague

Photographer: David Chatfield

From architect: “Designer’s brief called for a compact home in the Mapleton’s suburban area, the client has sought to use the benefits of elevated high views on a distant bracket on the remote carrier and planned joints and mounting joints and energy efficiently.

“The main house is a strategic seat below the street level, allowing passes to continue to enjoy the magnificent view from the street and public staircase. The native arrangement around the house enriches the public interface, softening the boundaries of measured and communal spaces.

“Stepping platforms emphasize the tilted site signs. External walls are intentionally threatened. The living spaces deal with the opinion and swimsuities. Stanar stimulating all weather conditions. Large sliding glazed door They allow them to adapt their use forms and respond to the change of climatic conditions. The core service discreetly conceal daily domestic functions and practical benefits, creating an intricate layer of roads and practical layers.

“Exterior is fully dressed in natural zinc, achieving a monolithic and more permanent form. Local source materials, including silver ashes, borders, and yellow sandstone, and yellow sandy are born in accordance to create cohesive and cavernotic interior.

“Oriented to capture natural veins from the east, the house can be opened to maximize the sunlight, but can be adjusted with winter energy, with excessive energy with a small 3.5 kV. While the biological septic tank provides safe, non-toxic sewerage and additional irrigation on the site. “