Allens Rivulet, Tasmania, Australia
Room11
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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The house has a duality of character and experience defined by the way it responds to context and use. On approach its angular and severe form is a toughened abstract container, bracing itself against the robust Tasmanian landscape and
weather conditions.
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Photo © Courtesy of Ben Hosking
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Photo © Courtesy of Ben Hosking
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Passing through the “hollowed out” portals, the warm and sheltering underbelly is exposed and acts as a protective envelope. These areas of in-between, outside but surrounded by the building’s form, are a result of a considered approach to outdoor living within typical Tasmanian weather condition, ie “4 seasons in one day”. They allow one to sit in the sunshine but avoid the cold winter wind, or alternatively sit outdoors and avoid the harsh high
UV summer sun. The spaces shift from fully enclosed to semi enclosed, with roof and without, culminating in a
roof deck for maximum exposure and view.
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Photo © Courtesy of Ben Hosking
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Photo © Courtesy of Ben Hosking
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Photo © Courtesy of Ben Hosking
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The client’s wish for the kitchen to be the heart of the home generated the internallayout. A defined grid relating to the various uses set the kitchen at its centre, becoming slightly deformed as rooms were angled towards particular views. Revolving around this heart the house eventually lifts to peer over the first level ring and towards Mt Wellington.
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Photo © Courtesy of Ben Hosking
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Voids allow the heart to be visible from various spaces within the house. The compact plan is extended via the positioning of voids and linked external areas. Internal and external spaces are blurred at one extreme, and highly contained in others.
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Photo © Courtesy of Ben Hosking
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Photo © Courtesy of Ben Hosking
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Dark metallic cladding was employed for low maintenance and to allow the building to recede into the shadows of the hill-scape when viewed from afar. Entry points and areas for outdoor living were conceptually cleaved out of the metallic box and lined with “warm” timber.
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Photo © Courtesy of Ben Hosking
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Photo © Courtesy of Ben Hosking
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The house employs a suspended concrete slab through the living area for thermal mass, absorbing the heat transferred through glass walls to the north. Natural ventilation operates via airflow through the connecting adjacent tree voids.
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site plan--drawing © Courtesy of Room 11
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level 1 floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Room 11 Click above image to view slideshow |
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level 2 floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Room 11 Click above image to view slideshow |
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outdoor space area diagram--drawing © Courtesy of Room 11 Click above image to view slideshow |
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north + south elevations--drawing © Courtesy of Room 11 Click above image to view slideshow |
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west + east elevations--drawing © Courtesy of Room 11 Click above image to view slideshow |
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sections--drawing © Courtesy of Room 11 Click above image to view slideshow |
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concopt diagram--drawing © Courtesy of Room 11 Click above image to view slideshow |
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perspective--drawing © Courtesy of Room 11 Click above image to view slideshow |
The people
Architects: Room11
Location: Allens Rivulet, Tasmania, Australia
Principal in Charge: Aaron Roberts
Collaborators: Nathan Crump, Thomas Bailey, James Wilson
Engineering: Aldanmark Consulting Engineers
Site Area: 30 Acres
Project Area: total 346m2, external: 113m2, internal: 233m2, decks: 83m2, voids: 30m2
Project Year: 2006-2009
Photographs: Ben Hosking
Note>>Location in this map, It could indicate city/country but not exact address.
