Reid Street House
Northcote, Melbourne
This is a low environmental impact home with low on going operational costs that is easy for the owners to age gracefully in.
The twin concerns for this home were environmental responsibility and accessibility, hence the single level home has broad corridors and open plan living connected to twin north facing courtyards. Designed around natural passive elements with a broad north face, operable louvre shading, solid mass construction, the house is cool in summer, warm in winter.