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A sustainable residence nestled within a forest, featuring open living spaces that embrace natural light and privacy, with innovative design elements including a skylight, Totara trees as a visual filter, and honest materials throughout.
It was decided that no trees would be removed from the site, therefore the building occupies a compact platform.
The open living spaces were placed on the south side of the house to take advantage of the forest + the privacy and meditative qualities that the forest offers.
A skylight was incised through the house to bring light into these southern spaces. Three Totaras are used as a filter on the glazed north elevation.
The upper level ceilings are white + structured analogous to the limbs of trees. The lower ceilings are black battens to form regressive bedroom spaces.
Suspended concrete floors with a tracery of steel floor beams + exposed circular columns provide honest materials.
A sustainable solution to a natural environment.
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