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Swirling Australian Earth House Looks Like a Green Crop Circle from Above
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Bridgette Meinhold
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The Earth House is a 4 bedroom, 465 sq m (5,000 sq ft) house composed of separate living modules including a lounge, a dining area, bedrooms, bathrooms, a study and a kitchen. The modules are connected by a corridor, or a ‘disappearing street’ that frames views and facilitates movement through the house. A large central courtyard anchors the home with the main and guest wings on either side. The courtyard frames the large infinity pool on a lower level and looks out over the coastal landscape.
Locally sourced Dromana crushed rock is used to form the rammed earth walls used to form the home. The east face of the home is glazed to pull in early daylight, while the west face is protected from the hot afternoon sun by formidable rammed earth walls. These walls temper the sun’s heat and radiate it throughout the night while also protecting the home from strong winds.
The entrance to the home is a beautiful scene of sculpted concentric circles with a labyrinth inscribed inside. From above, the landscape stands out most of all against the stoic form of the adjacent home.
If you took a look at this Earth House from above, you might mistake its swirling lawn for a verdant crop circle. We have to say that the beautiful rammed earth house certainly is out of this world with its clean architecture, and lovely landscaping. by
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Earth House is a 4 bedroom, 465 sq m (5,000 sq ft) house composed of separate living modules containing each living zone, including the lounge, dining, bedrooms, bathrooms, study and kitchen.
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The courtyard frames the large infinity pool on a lower level and looks out over the coastal landscape.
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The modules are connected by a corridor, a ‘disappearing street’ that frames views and facilitates the movement through the house.
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A large central courtyard anchors the home with the main and guest wind on either side.
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Locally sourced Dromana crushed rock is used to form the rammed earth walls used to form the home.
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The east face of the home is glazed to pull in the early day light.
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While the west face is protected from the hot afternoon sun with formidable rammed earth walls.
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These walls temper the sun’s heat and radiate that heat throughout the night and they also protect the home from strong winds.
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Interior furnishings were also expressly designed to accentuate the architecture and the landscape.
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The entrance to the home is a beautiful scene of sculpted concentric circles and a inscribed labyrinth inscribed inside.
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From above the landscape stands out most of all against the stoic form of the adjacent home.
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