The Life Cycle House by Steffen Welsch Architects is a thoughtful extension to a modest weatherboard home situated in a quiet suburban street. This project is not just an addition; it’s a carefully considered organism that blends seamlessly into its environment while enhancing the lives of its occupants.
When I took my son to see the house in the midst of its completion, through his eyes, it unfolded as an endless structure, ‘a house that never ended’ – in his young mind, it appeared as a house stretching far beyond its actual boundaries.
This Californian Bungalow Family Home aims to reduce operational energy through passive solar and services and minimise embodied energy through compactness and choice of materials.
Beach Slice House is a holiday home an hour’s drive from Melbourne, and a five-minute walk to the shore of Western Port Bay.
Typical townhouse developments often have poorly planned layouts, uncoordinated and unnecessarily complex building forms, and eclectic material palettes.
Located in Melbourne’s inner-city opposite a suburban train station this is a re-assembly of an old dilapidated factory building to become a home with studios for an artist and musician.
This design for a rammed earth extension to a Californian Bungalow goes back to personal key experiences of places. However, I was less interested in a building itself but the interaction it generated and asked why. That was our starting point.
Hemp House, a dual occupancy home for three generations to explore co-housing, was built in a combination of rammed earth, timber and Hempcrete walls. It created a very beautiful and healthy environment
