Multiple Housing, Competition 2021
Awabakal Country, Dudley NSW
Sustainability should not be special or luxurious. It should form part of our day-to-day living habits and our homes should reflect this. We believe that living closer together, building smaller houses, reusing existing housing and connecting with the outdoors are the best strategies to approach sustainable development with.
Individually, the dwellings of House 186.3 apply basic sustainablilty principles such as use of recycled materials, passive solar design, flexible programming and integrated landscapes to great effect. It demonstrates effective sustainability principles are not expensive or difficult to achieve and are applicable to all development.
House 186.3 is replicable and stands as a highly visible model of responsible development in the Lake Macquarie area. How we adapt the houses we already have remains the biggest challenge to sustainable architecture, a challenge perhaps best solved with a little creativity.
Client: Lake Macquarie City Council
Awards: Winner of Professional Category 2021 dWell Design Competition, Special Mention 2021 AA Prize for Unbuilt Work
Publications: ArchitectureAU, ArchitectureAU, Green Magazine, Architecture and Design, Inside Local Government
Similar Projects: Dent Street Double, Maggie Street, return to all projects
Awabakal Country, Dudley NSW
Sustainability should not be special or luxurious. It should form part of our day-to-day living habits and our homes should reflect this. We believe that living closer together, building smaller houses, reusing existing housing and connecting with the outdoors are the best strategies to approach sustainable development with.
Individually, the dwellings of House 186.3 apply basic sustainablilty principles such as use of recycled materials, passive solar design, flexible programming and integrated landscapes to great effect. It demonstrates effective sustainability principles are not expensive or difficult to achieve and are applicable to all development.
House 186.3 is replicable and stands as a highly visible model of responsible development in the Lake Macquarie area. How we adapt the houses we already have remains the biggest challenge to sustainable architecture, a challenge perhaps best solved with a little creativity.
Client: Lake Macquarie City Council
Awards: Winner of Professional Category 2021 dWell Design Competition, Special Mention 2021 AA Prize for Unbuilt Work
Publications: ArchitectureAU, ArchitectureAU, Green Magazine, Architecture and Design, Inside Local Government
Similar Projects: Dent Street Double, Maggie Street, return to all projects
Multiple Housing, Competition 2021
Awabakal Country, Dudley NSW
Sustainability should not be special or luxurious. It should form part of our day-to-day living habits and our homes should reflect this. We believe that living closer together, building smaller houses, reusing existing housing and connecting with the outdoors are the best strategies to approach sustainable development with.
Individually, the dwellings of House 186.3 apply basic sustainablilty principles such as use of recycled materials, passive solar design, flexible programming and integrated landscapes to great effect. It demonstrates effective sustainability principles are not expensive or difficult to achieve and are applicable to all development.
House 186.3 is replicable and stands as a highly visible model of responsible development in the Lake Macquarie area. How we adapt the houses we already have remains the biggest challenge to sustainable architecture, a challenge perhaps best solved with a little creativity.
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Client: Lake Macquarie City Council
Awards: Winner of Professional Category 2021 dWell Design Competition, Special Mention 2021 AA Prize for Unbuilt Work
Publications: ArchitectureAU, ArchitetcureAU, Green Magazine, Architecture and Design, Inside Local Government
Similar Projects: Dent Street Double, Maggie Street, return to all projects
Awabakal Country, Dudley NSW
Sustainability should not be special or luxurious. It should form part of our day-to-day living habits and our homes should reflect this. We believe that living closer together, building smaller houses, reusing existing housing and connecting with the outdoors are the best strategies to approach sustainable development with.
Individually, the dwellings of House 186.3 apply basic sustainablilty principles such as use of recycled materials, passive solar design, flexible programming and integrated landscapes to great effect. It demonstrates effective sustainability principles are not expensive or difficult to achieve and are applicable to all development.
House 186.3 is replicable and stands as a highly visible model of responsible development in the Lake Macquarie area. How we adapt the houses we already have remains the biggest challenge to sustainable architecture, a challenge perhaps best solved with a little creativity.
Client: Lake Macquarie City Council
Awards: Winner of Professional Category 2021 dWell Design Competition, Special Mention 2021 AA Prize for Unbuilt Work
Publications: ArchitectureAU, ArchitetcureAU, Green Magazine, Architecture and Design, Inside Local Government
Similar Projects: Dent Street Double, Maggie Street, return to all projects