Houses Australia – August 2019

34 DAYLESFORD LONGHOUSE

DaylesfordLonghousebyPartnersHillisanuplifting

homethatwasgeneratedbylaterallythinkingabouta

novelandchallengingdesignbrief.Althoughtheproject

ismorethan 1000 squaremetresinsize,thefootprint

ofthelivingquartersisonlya verysmallproportionof

thisspaceandthemajorityofthefloorareaisgivenover

toa leafy,productivegarden.Thejourneythroughthe

110-metre-longshedtakesyoufromtheworkingfarm

tothecosylivingquarters,withlayersofmaturetrees,

vinesandother plants growing in all the spaces

between.

Farmpropertiesusuallycomprisea series

ofbuildingsdottedthroughoutthelandscape,withall

thevariousfunctionsseparated.Containingallthree

elements– a home,a commercialcookingschooland

a workingfarmbuilding– withintheoneprefabricated

shedstructurecleverlyremovestheneedforwater-

proofingthebuildingswithin.Themodularwaythat

theDaylesfordLonghouseispiecedtogethergives

theimpressionthattheshedmightbeextendedin

thefuturetocontainmoregardenoraccommodation

spaces.Thisprojectisinventive in every way and would

be a delight to inhabit.

FromtheHousesAwardsjury.

Forfurthercoveragesee Architecture Australia

July/August 2019.

DAYLESFORD

LONGHOUSE

B Y

PARTNERS

HILL

DAYLESFORD, VIC

WINNER

2019

NEWHOUSE

OVER 200M²

AwardforNewHouseover

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