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Unique Hillside Habitat in the Australian mountains

With the original house lost in the 2009 Victorian fires, Hillside Habitat is a replacement home in Kinglake West, Australia designed by architects Edwards Moore; the home celebrates a shared experience of place rather than fear, loss or fire. The home is nestled on a steep mountain site overlooking the Kinglake National Park with views to the Mornington Peninsula coastline in the distant south. The brief was to design a home that embraced the notion of living whilst engaging with the landscape surrounding it. The architects call their design response โ€œbiophilic,โ€ which they define as having a โ€œlove of life or living systemsโ€ and building from โ€œthe connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life.โ€

Comprised of 1,453 square feet (135 square meters) of living space, the rooms have been arranged at odd angles, sitting together like a cluster of small buildings, joined by a perimeter wall that is constructed mostly of floor-to-ceiling glass and brought together under a single, floating, flat roof structure. Each room presents a different perspective on the landscape, with large windows and glass walls looking out to the stunning landscape beyond. The outward views afforded by generous glazing are reciprocated by a wash of natural light throughout the interior. Although each individual space is clearly delineated from the next, the feeling is very much of an open-plan dwelling.

Visit the website of architects Edwards Moore here.

Photos: Peter Bennetts

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