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Australian House, Architect, Project, Home, New South Wales, Photos, Design
Kangaroo Valley House, NSW : Architecture Information
Australian Building by Turner + Associates
Kangaroo Valley House
2006
Architects : Turner + Associates
Photographs © Brett Boardman
Location: Kangaroo Valley, NSW, Australia
Use: Residential
Site Area: 100 hectares
Gross Floor Area: 325 sqm
KANGAROO VALLEY HOUSE is sited near an escarpment edge and surrounded
by a rugged bushland context. A meandering approach road allows a
gradual revealing of the house that appears defensive and deceptive
in scale.
The house is made up of a family of containers, roofed and open to
the sky. The geometry of the house is simply orthogonal forming quietly
arranged spaces within a dramatic natural landscape. The simplicity
of the spatial configurations and overall form belie the ability of
the building to offer different living patterns that respond to
seasonal and diurnal changes.
Outside the winter months, the terrace, living volume and southern
external courtyard represent an extended flexible living space, orientated
north south, whilst in the colder months, living is internalised in
an east west direction with open fireplace as the focus.
Concrete is used as a robust material where connections to the ground
are made echoing the massive organic rock shelf formations. Copper
is used as a crafted and patinaed surface the colour of which makes
a connection the hues of the surrounding tall Bloodwoods and
Stringybarks. Timber is used on the external living surfaces
as a rich but domestic contrast to the cladding and structural materials.
Kangaroo Valley House photos from Turner + Associates 111207 &
020108
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