Thinking Paddock
By BINQ Windows
For 35 years, a family lived in a house they bought when they rushed to move to Tassie. In 2016 the empty nesters decided to move to a property where they could spend their remaining years looking across Ralphs Bay as the view of Mt Wellington | Kunanyi changed before their eyes.
One of the clients grew up down the road where the landscape and regional style of buildings have emotional importance. The other client wanted the home to be as efficient as possible without compromising thermal performance, especially in winter. The client’s wishes challenged the architect to design Thinking Paddock House to be a high performing building, unique to the client while also fitting in with the surrounding landscape.
With the classic colder months in Tassie combined with strong South-Westerly winds, the house maintains a cozy temperature inside by utilising a robust building envelope. The framing in the external walls is 140mm timber studs with double the thickness of standard insulation and timber framed double glazed windows. The roof insulation is also thicker than standard with 290mm high-performance roof batts.
Before they commit to going off-grid, the owners are living in the house for 18 months. To date, they have only received credits on their power bills. With an 8kw solar power system on the roof powering their hydronic heating system, and passive cross flow ventilation in summer, the house maintains a comfortable temperature year-round. They also have onsite septic and only use rainwater harvested off the roof.
The house uses materials that reference items the clients found during an initial design meeting on the block. These include dried grass, bark, eucalyptus, cast iron, and mudstone. Internally, salvaged timber from a family barn, recycled timber floorboards, and bagged brick allow the farmhouse aesthetic to flow from outside to inside.
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Stain Colour: RAW
Designed by: Open Creative Studio
Photographed by: Max Combi
Awards: ArchTeams's People's Choice Award 2021
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Established in 2009, BINQ is a privately owned Australian company who's influence comes from travelling the globe researching the most advanced window systems, machinery and manufacturing techniques.
Expanding its business and operations to a national, recognized brand, BINQ has two manufacturing plants located in Melbourne, Victoria, with a combined floor area of over 3,000m2, and is now Australia's largest high-performance window manufacturer.
As things have evolved, our core company values are built on solid foundations of integrity, trust, a high focus on customer service, driven by providing value, and delivering high quality products made from quality workmanship.
Our customer service is geared to exceptional standards at each touch point of the customer journey, with responsiveness being the critical driver right from the first touch point, through the sales process, to scheduling and production and after sales services.
With solid project planning, automated machinery, advanced manufacturing techniques and highly skilled joinery technicians, we consistently meet deadlines, whilst maintaining a high quality of workmanship.
Our diverse product offer consists of timber and uPVC window systems catering to a range of both residential and commercial markets in Australia, specializing in high-performing, thermally efficient, architectural window systems.
Windows have tradionally been viewed as a utilitarian product where a designer has designed a hole in a wall for a window to be installed into, whereas we view windows as much more than that. We view windows as the most important element in a building that has a dramatic impact on the design, aesthetics, functionality, liveability, and performance of a home.
We've always been very focused on the tupe of business we want to be and the type of busienss we want to be known for and it's this clarity that continues to drive the busienss everything day.
Regardless of where we've been throughout the journey, one thing has stood true. 'To raise the standard in the industry by giving customer unequivocal excellence in product and service, at honest prices', which has become the mission of the business.
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