She thought we had a very good chance but… we’d need to get neighbours approval ‘cos we’re still poking through the shadow-plane restriction (2.5m up from each boundary, then 45° inwards – see the last image lower on this page). This may not be an issue – our neighbours might not give a shit, but so far they have proved to be elusive: no-one is ever home.
I revisited the site envelope thing again, which resulted in a new take on form follows function: get the roof to follow the allowable building envelope and see what gives.
Quite a bit did give, as you’ll see from the sketches. The latest take on the design fits entirely within the envelope, and no digging will be required, and its über-mass-production friendly:
From below
Looking towards main view
The dreaded shadow envelope restriction, now defeated.
I’d love to start looking into alternative ways of cladding this fucker (copper?/flatMetal?/rubber?/shingles?/do-it-all-in-structural-thermo-plastic? Airform International), but I guess I should rather get the Building Approval Submission drawings done… which means show what happens inside.