COURTYARD HOUSE
Our design for a compact and affordable 2 bedroom courtyard house, was one of 7 shortlisted entries in a recent affordable housing design competition, run by the Australian Institute of architects (ACT) in conjunction with Defence Housing and the ACT Land Development Agency.
The compact floor plan and clustered townhouse layout translates to a density of 42 dwellings per hectare. This equates to inner city density while resolving common difficulties. For example, the design provides excellent solar orientation and successfully mediates the extent of overshadowing, privacy is maintained and vehicle dominance is avoided. Each dwelling has a generous private courtyard that gives the occupants an opportunity to individualise their dwellings, with almost 50% of the site area being dedicated to landscaping.
The compact floor plan and clustered townhouse layout translates to a density of 42 dwellings per hectare. This equates to inner city density while resolving common difficulties. For example, the design provides excellent solar orientation and successfully mediates the extent of overshadowing, privacy is maintained and vehicle dominance is avoided. Each dwelling has a generous private courtyard that gives the occupants an opportunity to individualise their dwellings, with almost 50% of the site area being dedicated to landscaping.
