'Rustling'

‘Rustling’
Living in the forest
Project: Aquarevo
Location: Lyndhurst, Cranbourne VIC Australia
Urban & Architecture designed by: Xpace.cc
Investor: CRC Water Sensitive Cities

Image illustrated by: Duy Phan

‘Living in the forest’ proposes urban form and typology suggests at delivering an alternative approach to the extant detached suburban house. The project aims at combining qualities of the detached suburban house with apartment living. The proposal envisions “villas” set in a forest to achieve an ecological-exclusive lifestyle, and privacy but also offers community connectedness as a new and robust model. The “forest villas” are arranged as multiple-housing of 2-6 storeys to allow inhabitants to experience the richness of forests in multiple ways: e.g. living grounded (below the tree canopy), living in the trees (at level of tree crowns) and living in the sky (above forest canopy).

- Building footprints are minimized to maximize the actual forest. 
- Buildings' compactness and multiple-orientations allow for optimized solar gain and loss, cross ventilation and unrestricted views and privacy. 
- Small groups of buildings form entities to accommodate decentralised infrastructures such as the grey water recycling plant.