Architect Simon Anderson's own off-grid, bushfire proof and sustainable home - IN PROCESS
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2021
- Filmed between architect Simon Anderson's Surry Hills studio and Blue Mountains home.
Simon Anderson, in collaboration with his studio 'Anderson Architecture', have a focus on realising sustainable residential projects. He designs homes that are contemporary and liveable, without sacrificing one for the other.
Off Grid House
Situated within the 'flame zone', the Off Grid House conforms to the highest fireproof standards that can be applied to building design and materials. The 'timber' cladding and decking are made of fireproof low-carbon fibre cement board, while metal shutters can be opened and closed as needed to stop ember attack.
For Simon though, this was only the start of what he wanted to explore for his home. The result is a building that was net zero carbon to build, net zero carbon to run, self-cooling and heating through passive solar design, and runs without any form of external water or power.
You can read more about the project on Simon's website here - andersonarchitecture.com.au/p...
IN PROCESS is an ongoing series exploring the approach of creatives, designers and artists. With no fixed format, each films looks to explore aspects of each person's practice.
Anderson Architecture - andersonarchitecture.com.au/
Video by TOMMY DEVY - tommydevy.com.au/
Drone footage by Dan Barrie - / danbaz 
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Amazing designs. 👏 good team work
this is epic project! thank you for sharing!! i am so inspired!!
push it down to "afordable" and this project will fly
Lovely💫Combination of natural materials and views.
Very beautyful! It's a dream!
Breathtaking
Beautiful home!!!
Fantastic!
Impressive!
Looks just stunning, that's like heaven for me (and I'm sure others that find you)... can you please share with us the off grid information, Solar, Water, Waste (water catchment and how this was incorporated into the design) as would love to see that.
Hey Mike, there's quite a bit of detail on the architect's website
@@barrybr1 Thank you, just reading now and key features are just awesome.
Awesome!
Nice design I like it!
Lovely film! (and house!)
Thanks John
Architects own house means you are looking at his masterpiece.
amazing
great design💚 🏡
Hi .. such a beautiful beautiful location is Australia. Never get tired of seeing those wonderful ghost gums. If I can ask a question. I am currently planning on renovating my old, most thermally inefficient home that is freezing cold in winter, and stinking hot in summer. the roof leaks like a sieve, being made up of a fifties concrete tiled 22.5 pitch, 'U' shape plan, with a clip-Lok section in the middle of that 'U' shape, and another Klip-lok extension along the 10m width of the house at the back. No insulation to speak of in this house. I suspect that it wouldn't make a difference if there was, it leaks so much. I could go on but I think you get my point. I NEED to put on a new roof. So I'm planning on plonking on a gable for its beautifully symmetrical presence, with corrugated sheeting, that will give some weight to this ramshackle old rectangular box (once the texture and colour of the surfaces have been added, it should look proud and strong). So the east end of the gable will have windows looking out to a bush reserve, and at the west side there will be a bay window, allowing a cross breeze through the loft space, ventilating the whole house. I hope to get away with an open vaulted ceiling throughout the house by having an intermediate beam running the full 14m length, on either side, positioned about 2/3's of the way up either side of the roof. That means they will sit 2 metres down from the ridge board. So the rafters will span 6.1m, supported on one side by the external wall, then by the 'intermediate beams' about 4.0m up, then 'Counterlevering'' over the intermediate beams to tie onto the 'Ridge Board', meeting up with its opposite rafter, which I hope will act in a similar way to that of a 'Key Stone', transferring the load back down through the beams and external wall. (I'll need to seek out an engineer). Now I get to my question, if you've managed to bare with me, I wouldn't blame you if you didn't , as I waffle on. If I was to choose any colour to go with the aesthetics of the building (charred cedar boarding at both ends of the gable), well then it would be a deep dark charcoal grey, matt finish, corrugated Colorbond sheeting. Now I noticed your roof isn't a light / white coloured finish but rather a dark finish. Why did you not go for a light colour to reflect the heat. Love your place. I mean, the idea of it. Thanks for sparking so many idea's.
amazing location, would like to see more of this, how do you achieve you 7/10 fire rating. best build i've seen in a long time. why don't city builds look like this also!!!
There’s a link in the description to the Architect’s website. It has a more thorough write up on the project
Wow thnks
Nice! May I inquire about the build cost...?
Whats the name of the cladding to the RHS of the front door please ?
You would need to ask the architect. You can see more about this project on their website andersonarchitecture.com.au/projects/off-grid-house/
Please forgive me. I am not trying to be rude. Its a beautiful work. I suspect it cost a 5 to 10 thousand a square meter yes? So how is this limiting carbon footprint in any way? This is the problem. A lot of flowery talk of sustainability yet their footprints are twice the average house or more. Beautifully detailed yes. Sustainable? Not a chance .
For an Australian home, this is a small footprint. In regards to all the details of the building’s carbon footprint, you’d have to ask the architect directly. From our limited understanding as video makers, sustainability is not one simple step, and when it is advertised as such, it’s not necessarily honest. The architect himself refers to sustainability as 'a bit of a dirty word'. The impact of a building adds up through multiple factors e.g. where were the materials sourced from and what is their embodied carbon after creation, transport and installation. How much energy and resources does it take to run. And how many years can it withstand the pressures of nature, like withstanding a bushfire in this case.
What about protecting the firewood?
Thanks for watching. You would need to ask the architect, but this was filmed heading into winter when the risk of bushfire is low. The firewood might not be stored like that in summer.
can you tell me what the name of the stove is? thank you
I had some fun with my Sherlock hat on - it is discontinued model - MORSØ 7642
@@tim_1_ thanks that's great!
I may be stating the obvious, but ..... Your home is cladded in wood, you have masses of wooden furniture, your home has many wooden features and the Eucalyptus trees are too near your home. Apart from that, your home is beautiful, its just not fireproof. Just as an idea, Californians plant Cacti near their homes. They reckon it helps to stop the spread of bushfire near them.
You can read more on the architect’s website, but the cladding and decking is fibre cement board. Just looks like timber
Hi Dana the cladding is fibre cement, not wood, fire wood for the indoor fire is stored away from the house in summer. The clearing around the home was designed by a bushfire consultant so we have faith it will survive a major bushfire
Storing firewood under a timber deck clearly isn’t wise in a bushfire prone environment.
Filmed in winter
I imagine snakes and scorpions, spiders and kangaroos coming into his house all the time! 😂
No worries about them mate, they know where they belong
I’d rather be in Australia with our beautiful climate and all the bugs and there are definitely lots than anywhere else