Discovering A Modern Architect’s Wood Clad and Sustainable Modern Farm House (House Tour)
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2024
- Responding to context and climate, the architect delivers Stonelea, an authentic, multi-generational country retreat embedded in the landscape. Nestled in the western foothills of the Blue Mountains, Stonelea by Matthew Woodward Architecture tenderly responds to context.
Continuing a long-standing interest in connecting people with landscape, Stonelea gently frames the human experience within its striking rural surrounds. An existing cluster of workers’ cottages, each with a wondrous view across the vast valley and connection to the Coxs River below, informed the planning and articulation of the home.
The home’s linear and low-lying form draws on the Australian shed vernacular. A minimalist approach to form is articulated in the generous floor plan, whilst the earthy materials reflect an affinity with the landscape. Stonelea’s barn-like form skilfully combines hardwood timber shiplap and metal roof sheeting set on a weighty podium of local stone, embedding the house atop the slope of the river and valley panorama.
The architect dexterously planned around established trees, conveying a seamlessness with the landscape that belies the age of the architecture. A simple, elongated spatial arrangement gives hierarchy and order between public and private spaces. Ensuite guest bedrooms and a kids’ room are lined along a timber-screened walkway, flanked by a large master bedroom to the north and expansive living spaces to the south, affording acoustic separation and privacy.
The clients’ love of food, wine and entertaining is embraced by the architect in the generously scaled kitchen, living and dining areas. Wide sliding doors open the interior up to the landscape, which features wrap-around timber decks, paved stone terraces and native gardens. Two double-height, timber-lined stairwells descend into the stone plinth below: one to the cellar and wine-tasting room, the other to a large rumpus room.
Throughout, the architect employs a robust palette of rustic, natural materials that enables Stonelea to take the knocks of a working cattle farm. This proclivity is expressed in pitched ceilings of meranti plywood and tapered blackbutt rafters that float above burnished concrete floors.
Function and utility are also key considerations for the architect, as are the environmental principles employed to continue the legacy of country living. Passive design is combined with technological initiatives for power generation, water collection, heating and cooling so that the operational footprint on the environment is minimised.
The sustainable considerations of the architect skilfully coalesce with the sentimentality and ambition of the clients’ brief, creating a sincere and unpretentious home that sits comfortably in its rugged landscape. Stonelea celebrates the simplicity of country life - it is a place that is intended to leave its mark and be passed down for generations.
00:00 - Introduction to the Sustainable Modern Farm house
00:48 - The Brief
01:00 - Retaining the Existing Elements
01:20 - Consideration of the Carbon Footprint
01:43 - A Walkthrough of the Home
02:55 - Providing Natural Light
03:44 - Drawing Inspiration from the Site and the Landscape
04:39 - A Result of Combined Efforts and Proud Moments
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Photography by Brett Boardman.
Architecture by Matthew Woodward Architecture.
Build by PCM Projects.
Styling by Alexandra Gordon.
Landscape by Michael Cooke Garden Design.
Structural Engineering by James Taylor & Associates.
Furniture by Living Edge.
Filmed and Edited by Emble Studio.
Production by The Local Project.
The Local Project acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Owners of the land in Australia. We recognise the importance of First Nations peoples in the identity of our country and continuing connections to Country and community. We pay our respect to Elders, past and present, and extend that respect to all First Nations people of these lands.
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We hope you enjoyed watching this incredible video showcasing the beauty and craftsmanship of Stonelea by Matthew Woodward Architecture. It’s inspiring to see how this country retreat seamlessly blends with the landscape and embraces the essence of family. Stonelea was featured in a previous print issue - Issue No. 5. For more of the latest and greatest in architecture, interior design and house tours, make sure to order Issue No. 12 of our tri-annual hardcopy print publication - thelocalproject.com.au/publication/issue-12/
There's something so dreamy and wonderfully other-worldly about beautiful homes in the middle of seemingly nowhere ❤️
I’m always so pleased when an architect is able to create warmth, coziness and sense of place. It is not easy of course. When it’s done exceptionally well as it is here, it is to be celebrated. Bravo
This is a dream !! An absolutely beautiful home connecting with the landscape. The design is beautiful.
It really is!
The thoughtful design and attention to detail in this house are truly inspiring. The way it harmonizes with the surrounding landscape while maintaining a low carbon footprint is a testament to sustainable and mindful architecture. It's clear that a lot of love and care went into this project, and it's wonderful to see a home that not only respects but also enhances its natural environment. Thank you for sharing this beautiful journey with us!
Low carbon footprint?! What a bunch of hooey.
1:57 is oh wow....absolutely wonderful! looks like a render
Yep this is it - the perfect home.
Beautiful project, loves from Brazil 💕
Stunning ! The design is beautiful.
Stunning home.
We agree!
Fantastic!
The music makes the speaker less audible 🥲. Great video nevertheless as always ♥️
I would love to see a BTS video from one of your shoots, what type of equipment you guys use etc.
Most of the projects featured on this channel have an impaired level of wowness.
Though, for me, you including the surrounding / exterior side of the houses,✨ the gardens✨, vibe at a better, way... way far better, frequency to me. 🌬🤍🍃🌱🌿🪴🌳💚 Dear Nature, I hope you know by now the depth of such love in me to you.
That is a great house. Well done.
It really is!
Es una casa muy especial. Con un aire campero desenfadado y práctico. Invita a estar en ese espacio que puede desdibujar interior y exterior. Me gustan los materiales, las láminas de madera. Es bella sin pretensiones.
mucha grtacias esta poro vostros siiiiiiuuuuuu
Me parece un proyecto excelente. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Nice
You can tell right away that this house will be a passive house in terms of carbon footprint - perfect utilization of northern exposure with shading from summer sun. And screens and other devices to minimize Western/Eastern axis exposure to the sun. Also, concrete floors soak up sunlight and then slowly release it well after the sun sets.
Aire limpio ❤, no hay olores apestosos
almost look like japanese style home, but love it for real
The lines are so clean for this house and are so horizontal that it's kind of over whelming
Is there a practical reason for placing the gutter further up the roof away from the bottom of the roofing? If it’s for aesthetics it defeats the purpose. Other than that I really liked the design from the planning to the choice of materials and build quality.
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Beautiful home, yes, but let's be honest, concrete is not a "natural material" and the carbon footprint of its reduced maintenance is fractional compared to its embodied carbon.
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New to content like this: what is the paneling on the inside of the house? I heard that it's a type of wood, but is it plywood? Curious to learn more about tongue and groove versus shiplap versus panels. Cheers!
The fireplace chimney has a kind of flat steel canopy over it what is that design feature called and what is its function?
Its function is to prevent anything to fall into it (like rain, snow, birds or all unwanted things) i don't know how it's called tho.
Це супер!
Fire shutters there ?
Lo mejor sin vecinos molestos
Pretty good modern iteration of Hitler's Berghof Residence. Congrats guys!
Don’t you guys have bugs in Australia?
I love this house but honestly he keeps going on about sustainability. The house sits on a gigantic concrete raft, with concrete floors and a concrete sink. It's got Corten retaining walls. It's got a concrete swimming pool.
Realistically, everytime a new building is made, whether it's out of timber or glass or steel, by virtue of transporting those materials, never mind producing them, to site - it is just pouring thousands cubic meters of CO2 into the sky.
Great buildings are wonderful and they have the power to uplift people but don't pretend building a large house in the Australian outback is good for it lol.
Why not diversify the channel by start featuring full Architectural typologies so this can become a full Architectural Inspiration channel?
i love the design of this home. however, I'm disappointed of seeing such a large pool. Even though it's heated by heat pumps, it still consumes a ton of unnecessary energy.
The house is amazingly innovative and beautiful. However, it's impossible to call such a house sustainable, this is greenwashing eventhough it doesn't necessarily is the will of the architects or the YT page. Indeed, in order for anything to be sustainable, grey energy has to be taken into account, maintenance as well as heating/cooling. If you had it all up and you have one family in such a house, there is no way that it can reach the level true sustainability requires to stay below 1.5°C (meaning, 2Gt of GHG/year/person, about a fifth of the mean of EU per capita emissions).
Lovely house, shame about the music being played over the chat.
talking about carbon footprint with a massive house that has loads of leaky windows and giant thermal bridging and a massive fing pool. bogan takes right here
literally looks like an Asian house lol
Its funny how all these houses and architects all look the same and say the same "philosophical" beliefs
This kid is Greta Thunberg’s brother i guess!