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The house in Melbourne’s Dandenong Ranges is a simple shed-like form framed in steel and enclosing a range of spaces including a greenhouse, an internal courtyard and open undercroft space.
The box bursts open on its eastern side too look over a magnificent cultivated landscape. The living spaces and a big balcony face this valley aspect. The house features the full range of low energy strategies including solar collection, water recycling,and a radiant heated floor on the upper level.
Construction is being carried out by its tenacious owners, making the work a very low cost exercise. Construction is progressing on the owner built house at The Patch.
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The box bursts open on its eastern side too look over a magnificent cultivated landscape. The living spaces and a big balcony face this valley aspect. The house features the full range of low energy strategies including solar collection, water recycling,and a radiant heated floor on the upper level.
Construction is being carried out by its tenacious owners, making the work a very low cost exercise. Construction is progressing on the owner built house at The Patch.


