QLD
Queensland
Sunshine Coast
Nannygai Street house is an exercise in responses to place, restraint and the function for the active lifestyle of our clients.
The building has adaptability with a separate guest studio to cater for guests or longer-term visitors.
The U shaped in plan provides a private green court for the occupants and a pleasant outlook from all rooms.
The upper bedrooms take advantage of the northern aspect. The timber battened screen has operable panels that were designed using local stainless steel yacht rigging, negating the use for electrical devices.
Landscaping was an important consideration, allowing for no need for a front fence to the street. The building is designed to improve with time, with the use of timber, large openings and planned vegetation.
The house and court have been elevated to a level to avoid any inundation of 100-year flood predictions.
Solar panels and water harvesting have been employed.
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
