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JOHN BROWN is the editor of theslowhome.com and the founder of the Slow Home Movement. He is a registered architect, real estate broker and Professor of Architecture at the University of Calgary.
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A Net for Sun and Sea
Attached Family Dwelling
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Detatched Family Dwelling
Hall
Entry
Outdoor Living
Staircase
Detatched Dwelling Front Facade
Attached Dwelling Detail
Attached Dwelling Exterior
Site Plan
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In 1992 three forums were held on the
Sunshine Coast with representatives
from the Local Government sector, the
development and professional sector
and the community sector; to investigate
the integration of ideas regarding the
provision of housing that was socially,
environmentally and aesthetically
appropriate to the Sunshine Coast region.
Our commission came from the owners
of adjoining sites - the Department of
Housing and the Beecham Family. The
land was considered an ideal siting for a
pilot project due to its strategic positioning
with regard to public facilities, shopping,
employment and recreational areas.
The design consists of a series of
attached and detached dwellings
stepped from one storey to three storeys
to facilitate solar access and catchment
of sea breezes. A stand of Paperbark
trees was preserved by the co-operative
alteration of shared boundaries, and
environmental studies carried out by the
University of Queensland have noted the
substantial reduction of ‘heat island effect’
created by the siting, orientation and
landscape strategies.
As such the Cotton Tree Housing* project
provides an alternative and flexible model
for higher density (65.3 dwellings per
hectare), sub-tropical housing in older
suburban and urban areas.
Project Details
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
Contact:
lindsay.clare@architectus.com.au
kerry.clare@architectus.com.au
Awards
RAIA Multiple Housing Award 1996
RAIA Environment Citation 1996
Ten Shades of Green Exhibition
USA 2000 - current
* In association with Housing Queensland
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We believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs. We call for an end to poor construction, bad design, misleading marketing, unfair lending practices and environmental neglect in the housing industry. We acknowledge our collective responsibility to create CLOSE, SIMPLE, LIGHT places to live that leave a positive legacy for future generations.
provides design focused information that homeowners can use to improve the quality of how and where they live. It takes its name from the slow food movement which arose as a reaction to the processed food industry. The sprawl of cookie cutter housing that surrounds us is like fast food - standardized, homogenous, and wasteful. It contributes to a too fast life that is bad for us, our cities, and the environment. In the same way that slow food raises awareness of the food we eat and how these choices affect our lives, Slow Home empowers you to take more control of your home and improve the quality of how you live while reducing your environmental impact and futureproofing the long term investment value of your home.
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