PERMA CULTURE
Warneet | Mornington Peninsula | Bunurong Country
This extension to a 1960s house adopts a pragmatic response to connecting living areas with the garden, increasing the liveability of the house within the existing building area, and maintaining garden space for food production and habitat creation.
A poorly constructed rear verandah and a series of compartmentalised rooms have been removed and replaced with a practical extension comprising an open plan living area with large kitchen, oriented and connected to the rear garden.
A large, new gable roof provides generous shade to the west end of the house, allowing increased glazing to dissolve the boundary between the living area and the landscape.
Large sliding doors and louvre windows bring in the feeling of being in the garden – natural light, breezes, birdsong and sunsets – all while offering protection from the mozzies.
PROJECT SUMMARY
– Original 1960s house retained and extended with new living area and kitchen connected to rear garden
– Extension contained within existing building area to maintain garden space
– New galvanised steel roof and timber wall cladding
– Passive solar design (natural heating and cooling)
– New architectural double glazed timber windows with mesh bushfire screens
– Large sliding doors connect living area with rear garden
– Louvre windows capture cooling summer breezes, even during rainy days
– New high-performance thermal insulation and building wrap
– Internal walls removed to create open plan living area
– Timber flooring, timber cabinetry and stainless steel plumbing fittings
– Large roof overhang to west end of extension to provide generous shade
– New rear deck forming landing and seating oriented to rear garden and sunsets
– Retained wood heater and reverse cycle split system AC and new ceiling fans
– New 5.5kW solar power system with battery and EV charging
– New 6,000L rainwater harvesting system plumbed to house and garden
– Designed to bushfire attack level BAL-19