House Design On The Edge Of The Hills Overlooking The Valley And The Ocean

Aireys Inlet is a quiet coastal town located on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. The site is inland slightly on the edge of the hills in dense bushland overlooking the inlet, lighthouse, and ocean to the south, a valley to the west, the ocean to the east, and bushland to the north. The site has some endangered tree species which were carefully avoided along with other existing trees by sitting the house in an existing clearing occupied by a simple dwelling built after the bushfires in 1983. The house responds to the site and vegetation, the siting is nested into the gradient allowing the house to naturally fall away to the southeast, and the earth helps to stabilize the temperature over the seasons. The house is perfectly orientated east-west, allowing winter sun from the north to penetrate deep into the living spaces and to catch the cooling breezes from the south, coming off the ocean. Horizontal planes frame the horizon to the south and east, the floor plane cuts out the foreground