Mitti Street House / James Russell Architect

Source: www.archdaily.com --- Sunday, August 06, 2017
© Toby Scott Architects: James Russell Architect Location: Noosa Heads, Australia Design Team: James Russell, John Ellway, Ash Brown Area: 370.0 m2 Project Year: 2016 Photographs: Toby Scott Builder: Mat Saggers, MDS Constructions Engineer: Adrian Dine, AD.Structure Illustrations: Laura Patterson © Toby Scott From the architect. Mitti Street House is situated in a low-lying area at the eastern edge of Little Cove bordering Noosa National Park. The house and courtyards are elevated slightly above natural ground to deal with flash flooding, which occurs with the monsoonal rains. It is lovely to experience the rain but mosquitoes can be fierce! Lower Floor Plan At its essence, the house is a large screened verandah in the rainforest making a place for Nigel to work or friends and family to stay. A home that is socially interactive within the family and to the broader community, a home that will cope with sun, rain, and flood for 50 to 100 years with little maintenance, a home that is comfortable all year without mechanical heating or cooling. © Toby Scott Living and entertaining spaces are on the ground, a series of modest pavilions or ‘fibro shacks’ of a sort, make camp around the edges of the central gathering space and pool. Cooking and bathing to an open sky. © Toby Scott The external face of the pavilions, courtyard, and verandah, both walls, and roof, are covered by shade cloth providing protection from sun, insects and neigh ...

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