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Brief

Design a minimalist holiday home that explores beach shack living in a modern way.

Challenges & Solutions

The home functionality was inspired by the local beach shacks of the area. Having a separate garage space for vehicles and workshop. Given the size of the large internal block and having a north orientation allowed for easy access and solar pasive design. It was critical that the house performed well with energy efficiency, given the homes intended purpose. Expansive glass on the east and northern facades allowed maximum solar penetration onto a polished concrete floor. This thermal mass provides an ideal heat bank to naturally heat the house, especially in the colder months.

Materials

Pacific Teak cladding from Mortlok Timber. Colorbond Custom Orb wall and roof cladding. High performance double glazed windows. Burnished concrete slab. Polytec joinery. Caesarstone benchtops.

The Beach Shack
The Beach Shack
The Beach Shack
The Beach Shack
The Beach Shack
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The Beach Shack
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At Starbox Architecture - we humanise spaces.

This means creating spaces that promote social interaction, engagement and connection. We focus on spaces individually, collectively and how we experience spatial sequences.

We are driven by the brief, site location, local elements and human value. We believe that working collaboratively alongside clients and consultants with effective communication, ensures that the brief is ultimately addressed and realised. Our designs are individual, site specific and client driven with character, purpose and individuality that are intimately connected to the client.

We respond to the context of the site in a dynamic manner that is both relevant and appropriate to create a built form that is physically beautiful and enriches the lives of it’s occupants pragmatically and aesthetically. We are always conscious of passive environmentally sustainable design principles which include consideration of the material palette and the manner in which the building elements are connected to the surrounding environment. We are a multi-disciplinary practice that has delivered many projects of varying diversity, scale and complexity and has proven capability in both design and delivery.