Anderson Architecture have completed a family home in Waverley, a suburb of Sydney, Australia .A run down weatherboard house in Waverley, with a large neighbor immediately to the north, seems an unlikely starting point for contemporary family home featuring exemplar environmental credentials. This however was the brief from the clients who requested a warm and modern 4 bedroom house with a strong connection to the outdoors and minimal reliance on artificial heating, cooling and lighting. The project was conceived from the outset with sustainability at the core of the design, despite site restrictions which encouraged creative solutions to meet performance goals. Natural materials and finishes feature extensively to balance and harmonize with the technical and mineral elements required by contemporary standards for a completely modern and integrated sustainable design outcome.
Natural materials and finishes feature extensively to balance and harmonize with the technical and mineral elements required by contemporary standards for a completely modern and integrated sustainable design outcome.
The end result showcases innovative uses of materials, products and technologies to meet an ambitious design brief and provide an exemplary sustainable residential dwelling, built using a philosophy of passive and active design theory which borrows heavily from both traditional and contemporary technological principles, expanding the potential of existing sites and the future of sustainability in residential architecture.
