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This is a small house
in a big world. It’s about
the flow of spaces and
a response to all of those
influences that exist in
the everyday and which
you try to translate
efficiently and beautifully.
CRAIG ROSSETTI, ARCHITECT
the start. You close it up so that when they come in they turn
around, look at the glazed walls at each end of the curved
wall, and then turn around and go, “Oh, there’s more around
the corner.” It just keeps expanding as you go around these
secret doors and through that main entry space. You are
then taken back around with access through the master
bedroom and all of these other elements.
Does such a daylight responsive house introduce
thermal management and glare issues?
There’s no problem with glare or uncontrolled daylight
because the stack panels of the roof cantilever offering
plenty of protection. Their design is calculated largely
around solar gain, but I then tuned its edges for additional
interest. The heat load is mainly throughout winter.
The pool is located to the north of the curtain wall so
that you then get patterns bouncing off the water onto
the interior walls and ceilings.
Do you have an overall attitude towards the role of glass
in your architecture?
We try and use clear glass wherever possible purely for
the transition between inside and out. There are times
when reflective and other glass types will work. With
Section J energy regulations as they stand, architects
need to be very smart using glass.