Courtyard, bluestone walls, villa, solar access, reverse block veneer, solar hot water, hydronic heating, thermal mass, climate wizard, evaporative cooling, rammed earth, polished concrete floors, sustainable
Courtyard, bluestone walls, villa, solar access, reverse block veneer, solar hot water, hydronic heating, thermal mass, climate wizard, evaporative cooling, rammed earth, polished concrete floors, sustainable
Courtyard, bluestone walls, villa, solar access, reverse block veneer, solar hot water, hydronic heating, thermal mass, climate wizard, evaporative cooling, rammed earth, polished concrete floors, sustainable
Courtyard, bluestone walls, villa, solar access, reverse block veneer, solar hot water, hydronic heating, thermal mass, climate wizard, evaporative cooling, rammed earth, polished concrete floors, sustainable
Courtyard, bluestone walls, villa, solar access, reverse block veneer, solar hot water, hydronic heating, thermal mass, climate wizard, evaporative cooling, rammed earth, polished concrete floors, sustainable
Courtyard, bluestone walls, villa, solar access, reverse block veneer, solar hot water, hydronic heating, thermal mass, climate wizard, evaporative cooling, rammed earth, polished concrete floors, sustainable
Crumbling bluestone walls are given a second life through innovative re-use.
The entry to Parkside House is accessed through a courtyard created by the reuse of the perimeter blue stone walls of the original villa.
The structurally unsound internal walls and roof were demolished thus creating a private and sun filled courtyard with the new accommodation wrapped around.
Overall the new house boasts ample winter solar access; heavily insulated reverse block veneer construction;
Stegbar AT2000 double glazed windows; gas boosted solar hot water that also drives the hydronic underfloor heating; a trombe wall that utilises the thermal mass of one of the existing bluestone walls; an underground cool pipe system fed by a ‘climate wizard’ dri-cool evaporative cooler; 60KL of rain water storage; a grey water reuse system; markedly internal rammed earth walls; polished concrete floors and LED lighting throughout much of the house.
