Cape Schanck House, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
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| Cape Schanck House | |
| Designer | Paul Morgan Architects, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Location | Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia |
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| Building Type | Small House |
| Construction System | steel |
| Climate | warm temperate |
| Context | suburban |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Paul Morgan & Anna Morgan |
| Stories | 1 |
| Site | 0.11 hectare (0.28 acre) |
| Program | 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. |
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"This house is located in an area near rugged coastline subject to strong prevailing winds and sits within an expanse of native tea tree. The pattern of tree growth is caused by light stimulus, or phototropism. In this project the analysis of dynamic forces - wind energy, wind turbulence and phototropism - have informed the modeling of the building envelope." - Paul Morgan Architects
"The shell of the house was developed as a result of the analysis of sunlight movement and wind frequency, speed and direction. A process of modelling the wind onto the site was applied with expressive effect to the performance envelope. This produced an aerodynamic external skin and continuous internal skin. The underskin flows continuously from the external eaves to the ceiling, and is gathered into the bulb tank. The tank cools the ambient air temperature during summer, collects and stores rain water, and structurally carries the roof load. This device should not be underestimated. Other houses have given the water tank significant location over or on the perimeter of the house. However this may be the first instance of a water tank acting as, simultaneously, a passive cooling device and primary structural element, conflated in a form that acts as the conceptual and symbolic driver of the project." – Paul Morgan Architects
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References
- "Australian Architecture Awards 2007" by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 363, 2008.0109, p N1.1.
External Links
- Cape Schanck House] - description and photos at architect's web site.
