Location & Brief
Cape Paterson, Victoria
3 Bedroom 2 Bathroom 1 Living
Scope of Works
Architectural design
Interior Design
Build
Partners
Builders
Martin Builders
Photography
Marnie Hawson
8.3 Star NatHERS Rating
Karkalla is designed as a simple form which greets the street with a soft and natural material palette set amongst an Australian native garden. Being on one of the main thoroughfares of The Cape housing estate, the street facade maintains a modest and private presence, with a façade that tapers up to the north and a recessed entry softly welcoming you home through a dusty pink front door. All living and bedroom spaces open up to the northern garden and enjoy an outlook to the surrounding landscape to maintain the connection to nature throughout the home. The materiality is natural and raw, with the intention for the Iron Ash timber cladding to silver off naturally as the building ages unifying it with the beauty of the surrounding landscape and coastline.
Homeowner
Karkalla
impact over its lifetime
Measured by auditing tool, eTool
14,566,938
balloons of co2 gas removed from the atmosphere
2,358
Trees planted
52
the amount of zero energy Australian homes for a year
85
number of cars taken off the road
As a renovation project to an existing heritage home, it can sometimes be challenging to reach our carbon reduction targets. The existing house had a low energy rating due to lack of insulation and high performance glazing, while also being powered by a gas hot water system and heated by a gas-powered hydronic system.
