- Prefabbed plywood portals from the HYSPAN RURAL BUILDINGS catalogue
- Inclined floor slab follows slope, and northern filter blades
- rough-shutter concrete, plywood formwork left in place where required
- strengthened and held-in-place with ground-beams and/or rock-anchors / soil-nails
- Internals: scaffolding components used to create re-configurable living platforms within the volume (and used during the main construction phase for – well, scaffolding).
- Tin roof on thin ply-box membrane/ceiling (not shown)
- Northern winter-garden strip (not shown) of fibreglass
cheaper and cheaper (1879 days ago)
It looks like I’m starting to get the hang of this: after the (n)teenth design model over the past year or so, I seem to have found myself (surprise-surprise) with a conglomerate of all the previous designs, all rolled into something that promises to be very affordable (and flexible)
1879 days ago
A quick study showing the 45° council-stipulated shadow-setback plane (the primary constraint on this site I've found), some notional portal-frames, the inclined slab anchored to the slope, and finally the concrete wall/blades on the northern edge (to help trap and store as much of the sun's heat as possible). This technique can be used anywhere on the site, and still use the same set of standard components AND remain within council planning guidelines.
Been trying to reach you in past few days..no luck. Could you send me your contact info?
I may be coming to Australia next month. It would be great to see you.
— Steven Brittan 1873 days ago #