The Drew house is a holiday retreat for Australian photographic artist, Marian Drew, and her family. In their youths the family took camping trips to the area near Seventeen Seventy, a town just south of Gladstone and the most northerly surf break on the east Australian coast at the start of the Great Barrier Reef.
The house aims to create a kind of luxury campsite nestled amongst the
knarled Bloodwoods and ancient Palms of the pristine ridge top site with
forms that also reflect the strong iconography of the sugar mills that
were also a large part of the family's history.
Living and sleeping pods along with a bathhouse were built in Brisbane,
close to construction services, and transported the 500km to site fully
completed. The separated pavilions allow for the privacy of holidaying
family groups and also more easily integrate into existing landscape,
which has been minimally disturbed.
The prefabricated roofed structure and decks were erected onsite and
connect the various pods through a large outdoor living and dining area
for shared gatherings. Aramax metal roof sheeting free spans the two
identical, but reversed, hardwood self-bracing truss frames to create
the ribbed parabolic roofed structure.
Natural oiled Australian hardwood timbers and other minimally finished,
simple materials combine with the dynamic indoor/outdoor spaces to
create an environment for the maximum enjoyment of the wonderful
bushland setting and mild sub-tropical climate.
Rainwater tanks, solar hot water and electrical panels, an energy
efficient passive design and a community water recycling system, for
everything but drinking and bathing, make the house largely self
sufficient.
The shower door features one of Marian's works.
source: www.anthillconstructions.com
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