Must say, the 10m square plan is quite satisfying.
@faner530211 ай бұрын
I like the design, because it shows the respect to the land it is landed in, uses simple and plain material just to meet the minimum need of living, holds the humbleness in front of the nature instead of showing off architect's ambition, ego and "design" skills.
@lysan1445 Жыл бұрын
It's such a fantastic match between landscape and house. The moody colour scheme of the house is like a cosy blanket in that wind-swept environment. Just perfect!
@SimpleDwelling Жыл бұрын
I'm more of a light-interior, but Ben achieved something special with this home.
@dropw5984 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful project. Nature and house are in harmony
@Floating.Swords Жыл бұрын
A+ content! I enjoyed Ben's narration overlaid onto the beautiful videography. Waking up in this chicly minimalistic off-grid oasis amongst the harsh and unforgiving elements of a bucolic Australian wilderness must be a wondrous experience.
@SimpleDwelling Жыл бұрын
It would be a wonderful experience, Sue and Jim are very blessed.
@blackvulture7999 Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful project and surroundings.
@Pixoberlin10 ай бұрын
Sometimes having less will let you appreciate what you do have - about an extremely privileged house
@rikkidee Жыл бұрын
That's the sort of home I'd love to own at Phillip Island. Could see myself living my days out there.
@SimpleDwelling Жыл бұрын
Same here, definite goals!
@marcoziervogel6957 Жыл бұрын
Bravo job well done love this style home OFF GRID self-sufficient as possible dishwashers are waste of money.
@shaunnaruto Жыл бұрын
Very nice minimalist concept
@littlenest Жыл бұрын
Love the setting of this house! ♥
@SimpleDwelling Жыл бұрын
Same here.
@catface101 Жыл бұрын
It's like a penthouse apartment but on ground level
@The_River545311 ай бұрын
Dear architect, how many times you roamed around the same place & in and out that sliding door was eye soothing😅
@stavrosTX Жыл бұрын
Wow, really like the style and clean aesthetics! But, an off-grid one bedroom with meal seating for 8?
@comealongcomealong4480 Жыл бұрын
@stavrosTX This 'weekend getaway' home is only 1½ hours from Melbourne city. Neighbour visits and daytrippers are possible. Also, any visitors who arrive with their own accommodation eg RV, caravan, camper trailer etc.
@SimpleDwelling Жыл бұрын
It is a weekender for Sue and Jim, so not a full-time family home. I've been here twice now, and Sue tells me of the parties, having family over, so the 8-seater dining table didn't surprise me. Everyone who visits finds a spot somewhere in the living room or outside.
@danielboffa7416 Жыл бұрын
Whats the internal wall structure made of? He mentioned the spotted gum cladding provides bushfire resistance but how else does the house protect itself against fire risk? I used to live in Yarra Glen and our single glazed windows with a 1m timber deck offset all shattered instantly in the Black Saturday blaze. Does the thicker glazing and wider roof/deck help defend against fire? Great video and build, certainly a lot more simple of a dwelling only being a weekender, Id love to see what the place would've looked like as a full time home.
@SimpleDwelling Жыл бұрын
The double-glazing and window design (size, sill-height, etc), along with the landscape design helps against the bushfire. BAL29 is high, and requires a lot of small details during construction.
@shaunnaruto Жыл бұрын
How do u get electricity? And how about the toilet waste?
@SimpleDwelling Жыл бұрын
They have solar panels and batteries, and a septic system for waste.
@shaunnaruto Жыл бұрын
How do u get drinking water? Plumbing?
@SimpleDwelling Жыл бұрын
20,000L rain water tank supplies both drinking water as well as water for the toilet, bathroom and kitchen.
@dmiller297 Жыл бұрын
I would still add a dishwasher.
@comealongcomealong4480 Жыл бұрын
@dmiller I would forgo the dishwasher, but most definitely have a washing machine.
@SimpleDwelling Жыл бұрын
If it's a weekender, then I'd opt for a dishwasher over washing machine. Would rather throw dishes into the dishwasher while packing up to go home, and doing laundry back home, personally.
@willbass2869 Жыл бұрын
I like the look of the labdscape and how you fit the house into it. But then you hit me with that, oh so correct, "colonial presence" blurb at 4:06....You make the European settlement sound something akin to Caine & Abel... What is it with you Australians (& Kiwis, too, I've noticed) flagellating yourselves on something you are *NOT* responsible for. It sounds like spoiled, well-off posers pandering. Its insincere, imo. STOP doing that.
@comealongcomealong4480 Жыл бұрын
@willbass2869 I probably don't need to add that Ben Callery, Architect, speaks to the teaching, values and revisionary influences of his own education. As we all are moulded and informed. I do give him leave to regret, or even mourn, the widescale losses to the native Australian environment from European settlement. (Just as occurred in USA, Canada, South Africa and more. Remember the removal of native grass cover in Oklahoma facilitated the tragic 'dust bowl' outcomes of the 1920s.) The new chapter in Australian pastoral history is landscape regeneration and planting, as his clients have done on this land in the last five years. Good news indeed! I also cringed at the 'colonial' remarks about corrugated iron. I'm not an architect or designer. So this was the first time I've heard the material 'reframed' for this decade. I can only think quietly about the shelter afforded by corrugated iron to timber cutters, miners, drovers, poor settlers, and pioneer families building their first dwellings through the 1800s. And later, the use of corrugated iron for roofing on ornate city terrace houses, large country homesteads, and for construction of farm buildings. There would have been gratitude for this durable building material, that was relatively lightweight and easy to transport, and could be shaped for other necessary uses eg a water trough for stock. Ben is of course entitled to his views and to express them in his work.
@etnocs23 күн бұрын
We're not responsible for it, but we have certainly benefitted from it over the past 150~200 years. You're free to think his remarks insincere, but I found them a thought-provoking look at how we tackle modern rural architecture and kinds of history we choose (consciously or unconsciously) to follow. Corrugated iron is explicitly a colonial-era material, whereas timber has been there before and since. There's nothing wrong with using CI, but it's nice to be reminded that there's nothing 'natural' about the use of corrugated iron in rural settings and there are perhaps other materials or forms worth exploring