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Clever Modular Floorplans for a Smart Prefab Home.
A quality floor plan is an essential starting point for any Arkular design.
A floorplan provides a way to visualise a dwellings layout, ensuring you can move through spaces freely and can allow for any potential challenges or advantages to be identified. It creates flow, considers best use of natural light and adds valuable space to any home.
Although the following floorplans look different, they still hold core Arkular principles with their open and generous design. It’s about re-connecting to the land, inviting the outdoors in and attaining the best use of space.
A Floor Plan for Everyone, the L-shaped design.
Our in-house architects configured this classic layout to fit a variety of blocks of all shapes and sizes. An L-shaped configuration provides practicality and room for adaptation.
The entrance takes place at the apex of the L, and to one side are the shared living room and kitchen areas, and to the other arm of the L is the private area of the house, the room corridor. Both the living room and bedrooms overlook the outdoor deck and the landscape.Â
As a result, this home can be upsized or downsized. It is perfect for a one-bedroom couples retreat or a larger four-bedroom family home. From the materiality (colours and finishes), inside out layout and sustainable features, this Arkular home can get this design to suit your style with the help of our clever architects.
View more info about the Ark S3 design here.
An L-shaped Jindabyne DreamÂ
The home is split into two wings allowing the occupants to acclimatise and adapt to the extreme weather conditions year-round.
Comprising 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a library and a study/office space this multi-functional home is well-equipped for rest, work, sleep and fun.
Clad in Japanese burnt timber, the structure recesses into the natural landscape and contrasts effortlessly with the bright white snow seen during the cooler months.
The house is entirely off-grid, with the inclusion of a 25,000L water tank and 15kw solar system. Through clever design choices and the inclusion of eco-friendly materials and technologies, this is a home both the client and the planet will feel good about.
Learn more about the Jindabyne House here.
A Sustainable Off-grid Haven with Separate Wings
The Fish Creek House was designed to maximise sustainability and liveability, with the spaces within being light-filled and naturally ventilated by using passive design principles.
Oriented towards the north to capture sunrise and moonlight. This careful positioning takes full advantage of natural cooling, heating, and lighting, reducing the need for artificial sources.
The home is split into two zones – entertaining and rest, connected together via a central entryway. This entry acts as an airlock, assisting in the climate & noise control within spaces.
The sleeping module was placed on the northwest side to provide privacy, views, and protection from cold winter winds.
The living zone takes advantage of cooling summer cross breezes thanks to accurately located windows and glass sliding doors.
View more about the Fish Creek House floorplan and details.
Why not try the ‘U’ shape?
If the ‘T’ or ‘L’ layout isn’t the right fit for you, why not consider a U-shaped configuration?
Located on sprawling farmland, the Bangalow Hinterland House is a private, off-grid U-shaped family retreat.
The U-shaped design offers refuge from the wind, whilst passive solar principles maximise exposure to the sun. Each room aligns effortlessly to celebrate the individuality of the site, with the free-flowing design opening across the landscape to merge land, sea and sky.
Requirements for an off-grid solution were driven not only by the client’s eco-consciousness but the remoteness and isolation of the site. This has created an empowering and independent lifestyle, with a positive environmental impact.
Learn more about the Bangalow Hinterland House here.
A Tassie Home that Cranks at 20 Degrees Â
The clients of our Huon Valley House sought an energy-efficient home, with considered spaces for a comfortable work-from-home lifestyle.
Responding sympathetically to the steep site the built form runs parallel to the contours, nesting down into the hill. The dwelling cranks at 20 degrees to follow the landscape, opening out towards the north with views across the conservation area.
The home is equipped with 1 main bedroom + ensuite, 2 kids’ bedrooms, a bathroom, 2 studies/ home offices to accommodate working from home and 1 gym/ guest room. A home the whole family, friends and guests can enjoy.
Learn more about the Huon Valley House here.
Minimalist Modular Design for the Clean-line Lovers
Welcome to Howie, a set of modular floorplan options for those who appreciate the ‘design big rather than build big’ philosophy.
Driven by function, the M1 ‘Howie’ is a set of multiple floorplan options that provide flexibility for different needs, from a compact 1-bedroom linear design to a 2-bedroom H-shaped home.
Simple design meets less fuss and clutter; the Howie reflects the ‘design big rather than build big’ philosophy. A sturdy and balanced modular home offering different considered layouts makes for effective use of space, with clever orientation capturing passive solar gains for year-round comfort.
Learn more about the ARK M1 ‘Howie’ range and floorplans here.
What’s the Next Step?
Inspired by Arkular’s floorplans and designs? Let’s get started! Head to our process page or contact us here so we can organise a personalised Discovery Stage.
This step removes the stress and confusion by providing an amazing opportunity to delve deep and understand your site’s true potential from an experienced architect’s perspective.
Every site, person and landscape is unique, with each aspect having its own preferences, opportunities and constraints. These can be tabled, understood and teased out within this early discovery stage whilst you work alongside your architect to form a preliminary design, showing you what you can achieve for your budget and requirements.Â
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