Image: Shoreham House
Banksia
House.
Nestled Away is Arkulars Latest Modular Beach House
The design is located in Shoreham, a small town on the eastern shoreline of the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Historically an area for dairying, farming and timber, now a spot in which many holidays to enjoy the ocean life.
Our client wanted a space to escape the holiday crowds that collected along the western shore of the Mornington Peninsula and sought the quiet alternative of Shoreham. During Arkular’s visit to this unique site, our architects and client mutually became fascinated by the sites Banksia integrifolia, an Australian native with beautiful colours and a unique rigid form.
The concept of the Banksia took hold and became the building block of the design itself. This Australian plant was crucial in how Arkular grounded design within its environment and become something we are now so proud to release to you.
What was required for the design?
I know a bit abstract, but the local Banksia Trees have heavily influenced this floorplan and design shape. So have another look if you can’t see it. This design factors in a semi-retired active couple who love sharing their home with friends and family. An inside-out living experience required a sizeable outdoor decking area perfect for easy, stress-free entertaining and relaxing. The overall home is positioned with angles and cuts to ensure framed landscape views and maximum northern light in each room. The Banksia-inspired design perfectly harmonies with its environment and resonates with the couple who will call it home.
Careful selection of materials.
The materials were chosen with a priority of grounding the home in the landscape and being sustainable and long-lasting. A new material created by a Melbourne business is Kobe cement bonded wood composite. A local company’s environmentally sustainable composite material combines wood and cement’s best properties. By being a highly compressed mixture of sustainable plantation eucalyptus wood particles, Portland cement, mineralising agents and water, it’s a material that centres the design within the landscape while also giving back. Paired with the iconic Australian Colorbond and Silver Top Ash, it grounds the whole structure in the coastal Shoreham environment.
Respectfully designed home
Shoreham is a seaside surfing town on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, with a 700-metre long Honeysuckle beach with areas for picnic barbecue and a boat launch access. Set just back from this is where the residence of Shoreham resides. Whilst predominantly the refuge of private homes and farms, there are various accommodation options such as B&B, a caravan park, and camping sites. Arkular and the client wanted a home in keeping with this evolving area’s past and future. Holding this idea close is why sustainability principles and Arkulars designs are respectful. Not only because the prefab construction allows for minimal damage to the surroundings, and the minimising waste techniques employed throughout the offsite construction are a priority. But the future-proofing application to every Arkular building is of the highest standard as a home should be a home for tomorrow; beautiful and sustainable is the Arkular way.
Indigenous cultural heritage values
Shoreham lies within the traditional lands of the Bunurong tribe. The Bunurong tribes belonged to the inter-marriage network and language ties group known as the Kulin that inhabited areas around the coastline from Inverloch to Werribee. At the time of contact the Kulin nation was made up of the Bunurong, Woiworung, Jajowrong, Taunguong and Wathaurong (Presland 1994: 40). The Bunurong clan whose estate included Shoreham were the Bun wurrung balug meaning `Bun’ speaking people and their territory is thought to have included the area around Point Nepean and Cape Schanck.
Today, the members of the Bunurong community actively participate in management of cultural heritage sites within this former clan’s estate. The Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation & Boon wurrung Foundation Ltd maintain that the Mornington Peninsula is the traditional land of their ancestors
Source: Management Plan for Shoreham
Art: Maloga Art
Just landed, Installation.
We are pleased to say we have recently just delivered the modular and formed them on site. This is such an exciting day for the client and us, and we cannot wait for the landscaping and decking to be completed to show you the build. It’s an exciting time to be following Arkular, that’s for sure.
