Ben's House (Ben Callery Architects)

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At Ben Callery Architects they are for real - real materials and real sustainability. In this project Ben Callery Architects undertook to use renewable harvested materials wherever practical. They consciously challenged the belief that mass is the only way to achieve for thermal stability and energy efficiency, opting instead to use renewable sourced materials with low embodied energy in a form that is heavily insulated and well oriented for quick passive solar gain and quick natural ventilation. Most of the timber used is radially sawn hardwoods (from radial Timber Sales) milled in a low-wastage manner. They took this already environmentally responsible material and went a step further using the discards from that process, sourced from their ‘featured’ and out of spec stock. These materials are expressed honestly inside and out, unashamedly displaying their imperfections inherent in their sourcing and creating authentic warmth and tactility. Emphasizing this scavenging process of material sourcing we created a nest-like feel in the house. Timber slats are used practically to create sun shading, breeze control and privacy but also sensually to create feelings of transparency, lightness, floating and seclusion.

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