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Forest Lodge: Award winning ECO House

Forest Lodge: Award winning ECO House

The process of transforming this skinny, empty lot in a historic precinct into a haven of inner-city chic was featured on Grand Designs, and was Australia’s most awarded home, winning the Code Green team many awards for environmental leadership and design

Code Green designed unconventional approaches to expand and lighten this miniature masterpiece. From a mirrored black ceiling in a downstairs space to a floating staircase rising above a seamless ebony kitchen camouflaged into the fabric of the home.

The house embodies Code Green’s ECO philosophy, using sustainable materials wherever possible:

  • Soaring external vertical gardens feature strongly
  • A flowering Green Roof supplies insulation for the home, an aesthetically pleasing view for neighbours, and an environment for the local flora and fauna
  • Roof top solar tubes provide heat via an underground storage cell, for both the ground floor hydronic heating of the concrete slab as well as supplying hot water
  • 3,500-litre underground water storage tank feeds not only the roof top garden and vertical gardens, but also the rear garden’s centrepiece – a suspended glass table waterfall
  • Walls were constructed using a combination of new and second-hand bricks.
  • The exterior of the external walls were insulated using a R3.2 rating Unitex insulated panel.
  • Natural light flow was created via skylights and the use of opaque glass inserts in all internal doors.
  • Thermal performance was gained by incorporating double glazed windows
  • Home automation was added to allow for this high-tech home to be operated at a touch of a button

Info

ASSIGNMENT: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
LOCATION: SYDNEY
BUILD DURATION: 39 WEEKS

Awards

WINNER – (HIA) GREENSMART AUSTRALIAN HOME OF THE YEAR
WINNER – (HIA) GREENSMART NATIONAL CUSTOM BUILT HOME OF THE YEAR
WINNER – (MBA) DESIGN & CONSTRUCT UP TO $1M
WINNER – (MBA) WATER MANAGEMENT AWARD
WINNER – INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS MILAN, ITALY – SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
WINNER – INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS MILAN, ITALY – ARCHITECTURAL BUILDING & DESIGN
WINNER – INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS MILAN, ITALY – LANDSCAPE PLANNING & GARDEN DESIGN
WINNER – INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS MILAN, ITALY – INTERIOR SPACES
WINNER – (BDA) NATIONAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD – AUSTRALIAN DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
WINNER – (BDA) NEW HOME DESIGN
WINNER – (BDA) RESIDENTIAL SUSTAINABLE HOME OF THE YEAR
WINNER – (BPN) SUSTAINABLE PROJECT OF THE YEAR
WINNER – (MBA) WATER MANAGEMENT AWARD
WINNER – (HIA) ENERGY EFFICIENCY HOME OF THE YEAR
FINALIST – (HIA) CUSTOM BUILT HOME UP TO $1M
FINALIST – (HIA) GREENSMART AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
FINALIST – (HIA) KITCHEN AWARDS
FINALIST – (HIA) BATHROOM AWARDS
FINALIST – (MBA) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AWARD