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Elemental House

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On Darkinjung Land

 

The house design is simple in plan, reflecting our clients  initial sketch layout, yet complex in form to create changing scales and internal spaces to provide a contrast of intimate with dramatic. A building in the round as every aspect changes in response to both the orientation and the landscape.

 

The  concept of Elemental house represents the landscape abstraction of owner Belynda’s paintings and Michael’s love of contemporary design and building using robust and natural materials. It has been designed to be elemental in form and materiality yet complex spatially with a strong focus on horizontality to invoke an unmistakable sense of expansiveness, of tranquility and space.

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Location : Dooralong  NSW

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Builder : Michael Heuchen

 

Completion : 2021

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Photography :

Sophie Solomon

Shannon Dand

Yasmin Mund

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" Perched atop a hillside on a 20 acre property, the geometric form utilises a pared back material palette of stone, timber, concrete and glass to connect with it's sublime surrounds. With it's grand scale and proportions, the house presents a dialogue between architecture and towering landscape. 

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An absolute feat ! "

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The Design Files, 2021

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Featured in Grand Designs 2021

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​Sophie Solomon Design Studio

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We acknowledge the Gadigal, Durag, Darkinjung, Wiradjuri & Gandangura people of the Eora Nation as the Traditional Owners & Custodians of the Land from which we grow, harvest & eat from and that their sovereignty never ceded. 

 

We pay respect to the Elders past, present and future and acknowledge Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia and recognise their continued connection to land and waters and thank them for protecting coastline and it's ecosystems since time immemorial.

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