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JOHN BROWN is the editor of theslowhome.com and the founder of the Slow Home Movement. He is a registered architect, real estate broker and Professor of Architecture at the University of Calgary.
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Designed to Live in Cyclone Country
Drive to the Hammond Residence
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Exterior Elevation
Front Porch
Kitchen
Living Room
Sitting Room
Outdoor Living Space Off the Kitchen
Floor Plan
Elevation
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In contrast to the vast surrounding
landscape this dwelling is reduced
to simple elements and is modest in
scale, form and budget. The remote site
overlooks the panorama of the Sunshine
Coast and the Pacific Ocean from the
south to north. The house is placed to
take maximum advantage of aspect whilst
carefully acknowledging both climate
conditions and the rural settings. The site
is within Queensland’s cyclone region and
the building is designed for a wind speed
of 60m/sec.
Due to it’s remote location, the house
was planned to utilise many pre-
fabricated and pre-cut components. This
remoteness also forced the house to be
self-sufficient which suited the clients’
wishes to minimise energy consumption
and to employ basic ecological design
principles. The reduction of the energy
and resource consumption together
with the use of largely plantation timbers
demonstrates that sustainable design
strategies can be employed to substantial
effect in small projects.
Whilst the house draws on the
construction of traditional Queensland
houses, it represents a synergy of
building process and design which has a
relevance and wider application in it’s low
cost, planning and structural simplicity.
The construction of this house is a further
development of the bracing ‘fin wall’
system previously designed by the Clares
and demonstrates the flexibility embodied
in the approach.
Project Details
Location: Cooran, QLD
Completed: 1994
Contact:
lindsay.clare@architectus.com.au
kerry.clare@architectus.com.au
Awards
RAIA 1995 Robin Dods Award
RAIA 1995 National Robin Boyd Award
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We believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs. We call for an end to poor construction, bad design, misleading marketing, unfair lending practices and environmental neglect in the housing industry. We acknowledge our collective responsibility to create CLOSE, SIMPLE, LIGHT places to live that leave a positive legacy for future generations.
provides design focused information that homeowners can use to improve the quality of how and where they live. It takes its name from the slow food movement which arose as a reaction to the processed food industry. The sprawl of cookie cutter housing that surrounds us is like fast food - standardized, homogenous, and wasteful. It contributes to a too fast life that is bad for us, our cities, and the environment. In the same way that slow food raises awareness of the food we eat and how these choices affect our lives, Slow Home empowers you to take more control of your home and improve the quality of how you live while reducing your environmental impact and futureproofing the long term investment value of your home.
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