Queens Park Residence

Awards

• Winner - HIA Greensmart Awards – Building of the Year

• Winner- 2007 HIA Greensmart Awards – Resource Efficiency

The design of this 6 Star+ residence owes its inspiration to the renowned Austrian artist ‘Hundertwasser’, in line with his philosophy that "bright colours are used as a pure reflection of nature".

This project comprises a 3 bedroom, 200m2 residence and detailed landscape design on a sensitive site which falls steeply toward the Barwon River. This resulted in a linear cranked roof form that followed the east west gradient of the site to take best advantage of a limited solar window, and direct roof water runoff to the under floor water storage.

The ‘deep green’ clients demanded the highest level of sustainability with a full range of features including:

 

Energy

• innovative concrete screed slab for thermal mass

• attached passive heating greenhouse with integrated heat shifting system

• sub floor ‘coolth’ ventilation system

• integrated flexible sun shading system

• low ‘e’ & Argon filled double glazing

• hyper insulation – R 7.0 to roof, R 4.5 to floor and R 1.5 to walls

• high efficiency gas hydronic space heating

• extensive draft sealing

• ‘real time’ power monitor

• 2040 watt photovoltaic grid interactive power system

• high efficiency gas boosted solar evacuated tube HWS

 

Water Supply

• 2 x 9600lt rainwater tanks with automated mains water backup – 90% potable water use reduction target

• colloidal silver water filter system

 

Waste Water

• ‘all waste’ wormfarm wastewater treatment system

• on site storm water retention and reuse, edible or drought resistant planting

 

Materials

• FSC certified timber window frames

• extensive use of sustainable, recycled and low toxicity building materials