Enduring Domain Architecture

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Enduring Domain Architecture
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Urban Haven

This sustainable addition to a heritage miner's cottage in central Ballarat gives the family who own it warm open spaces with natural light, gallery-like walls for their extensive art collection and cosy family spaces to bunker down in Winter and watch the weather through large double-glazing. The north facing extension is designed to capture Winter sun and shade the glass during the hot Summer days. The rooms are comfortable all year around with minimal heating and cooling necessary.
It also features a back yard painter's studio and vegetable patch.
Photography by Tibor Hegedis- tiborhegedis@me.com
Project Year: 2020
Project Cost: $200,001 AUD - $500,000 AUD
Country: Australia
Postcode: 3350
The old house, a quaint, small and cold miner's cottage is in a heritage area of historic Ballarat Central. The new house hidden behind provides warmth, sunlight and space for the family to enjoy. A small vegetable box is already productive and an artist studio out the back makes for a relaxing...
Aerial View
The old cottage as you can see has only one North window, while the new addition features most of it's glass to the north with no glass to the South needed as the build is only one room deep. The eaves are cleverly designed to shade the glass on hot Summer days and still allowing the sun to fully...
North facing glass
The connection between old and new.
Old Miner's Cottage
Solar Panels are utilized here for free energy to run electrical appliances.
Urban Haven Aerial view
The connection between old and new with a wall of double glazing.
Urban Haven Old Vs New
The back deck is a private space for relaxing in the sun. The whole North side of the house is fitted with double glazing and eaves to let in wanted sun in winter and keep out the hot summer days. The vegetable boxes are thriving in the space between the new house addition and the back artist...
North East corner of the house
The new house hidden behind the miner's cottage provides warmth, sunlight and space for the family to enjoy with lots of north facing glazing but also strategically designed eaves to protect from the hot unwelcome summer sun.
North Wall
The inside of the house needed large, lit walls to hang art owned by this artist family. The dining room sits next to the kitchen, with light streaming in from the glazing on the north and the lounge room is beyond.
Dining room
The sun room is the perfect spot to relax. Look out at the garden and flip through a book. Not a bad spot to store your shoes too!
Urban Haven Reading Nook
The family kitchen is well used, easy to clean and so welcoming. The family opted for light and bright white throughout the house which looks great with the polished concrete floors and bright artworks throughout
Urban Haven Kitchen
The inside of the house needed large, lit walls to hang art owned by this artist family. The dining room sits next to the kitchen, with light streaming in from the glazing on the north and the lounge room is beyond.
Dining room
The inside of the house needed large, lit walls to hang art owned by this artist family. The dining room sits next to the kitchen, with light streaming in from the glazing on the north. The room extends outside to an open deck and connects to the kitchen.
Dining room
The living room is buffered from the kitchen and dining with large thermal mass walls- designed to hold heat in winter and be used as heat sinks in Summer. This room has a lower ceiling to create a cosy feel, added to by the soft furniture and rugs.
Living and Dining Connection
In Winter the sun extends all the way to the back wall to warm the house continuously and for free. Over Summer the sun is excluded from the house by eaves - keeping the rooms at a much cooler temperature than the outside air. The house features a heater and an air conditioner although the...
Lounge room
In Winter the sun extends all the way to the back wall to warm the house continuously and for free. Over Summer the sun is excluded from the house by eaves - keeping the rooms at a much cooler temperature than the outside air. The house features a heater and an air conditioner although the...
Lounge room
In Winter the sun extends all the way to the back wall to warm the house continuously and for free. Over Summer the sun is excluded from the house by eaves - keeping the rooms at a much cooler temperature than the outside air. The house features a heater and an air conditioner although the...
Lounge room
Private, Sunny and warm
Urban Haven bedroom
Looking from the master bedroom towards the loungeroom
North glass
Eastern windows look out into the backyard of sunflowers and vegetables, with the art studio beyond.
Urban Haven bathroom
The back deck is a private space for relaxing in the sun.
Miner's Cottage
The garden shed houses a simple artist studio with amazing paintings.
Art Studio