Modern Hill House Design in Melbourne with Green Wall

November 5, 2015 Modern House Design

This modern hill house was located in near Melbourne. It was designed by Australian architect Andrew Maynard. This hill house with large door which connect the interior to the landscape. Some wall of the home was overgrown grass and blend with the grass in the park. It become green wall which can absorb heat.

Description from Architect :
“Melbourne is predominantly flat. Could this be why Melbourne’s architecture is adventurous? There is no landscape to confine therefore building is free to become landscape. Hill House is a response to this possibility. Melbourne is flat. If one is to explore the possibility of cantilevering off a cliff (a desire of many architects) one is forced to manufacture that landscape. A monolithic form is unsheathed from the hill and placed atop. A celebration of the synthetic, the manufactured. A simulacrum of both an undulating landscape and the pure architectural form.

The new structure faces the original house. The backyard is now the centre of the house activated by the built form around it. Beyond solar gain, the benefit of the new structure being in the backyard is that it borrows landscaping from its neighbours’ gardens. The high windows about the entertainment cabinetry and the dining area are enveloped in trees. Internally one gets the sense that Hill House is enveloped by bush rather than part of the suburban mix.”

Reference : freshome.com