Southern Highlands House

Insights
from the
architect.

The Design

Designed to maximise the outdoor surroundings and the views towards the Tarlo Gap & Tarlo River National Park. The arched shape bends around the contours of the terrain, sitting cohesively with the rugged landscape and making the most of the northern aspects.

As the property is remote, modular construction was a perfect choice, eliminating the stress and expense of getting trades to the rural site for a typical onsite build.

The design intent was to incorporate a central lobby area, which holds together two other modules. This knuckle also provides a perfect transitional place to place belongings.

Designed for Life

The Southern Highlands House is an excellent example of the power of our custom modular designs. After a free 1 hour consultation in our studio, the clients moved into the design development stage.

An extensive briefing session and site visit was conducted, where the clients were able to collaborate directly with our architect to tailor a home derived from the way they live and the features of their property.

The result was a forever home which is well suited to the individual lifestyle needs of both clients, both now and in the future.

Sustainable Features

The design has been positioned on the acreage to make the most of passive design principles, ensuring plenty of cross ventilation throughout the home. Awnings and pergolas provide protection from the harsh summer sun.

Connected to the grid but could go off-grid if desired. The House will come with a 25,000L water tank in addition to the 75,000L tanks that currently exist on the property. The 15kw existing solar system will be upgraded and connected to the House once onsite.

A wood burner for the winter months will provide another sustainable, cost-saving feature, providing an alternate heat source and ambience to the living areas

Let’s start a
conversation.

Our friendly architects are happy to help answer your questions and put you on the right track to designing and building a beautiful, high-quality, sustainable Arkular modular home.