Rhyll

by Jarchitecture

Rhyll by Jarchitecture is located on a site that is engrossed by nature and aspect, therefore the design competes by being bold, sharp and textural. This boldness and expanding form is also an expression of the clients and their family growing out of their current holiday house, a caravan. This design was defined by an inherent desire to create overwhelmingly happy clients.

A solid black box expands out of the ground from nothing into a duality of aspect and function, picking up more materials as it expands toward French Island and Western Port Bay.

The top storey acts as a self-sufficient lookout for when it is in use by a single couple, while downstairs acts as a family extension, with focus placed on play around the pool, spa, barbeque deck and cinema. Upstairs is decadent in its finishes and complex plan while downstairs is laid out and finished more simplistically; there is a play off between warm rustic materials and contemporary decadence.

Jarchitecture created an environmentally efficient design by including the following initiatives throughout the Rhyll property. The downstairs area features an exposed concrete slab to collect solar energy with 15-20% recycled fly ash.

Highly durable decking material of recycled plastic and timber combines with highly insulated and durable double-glazed UPVC windows that add to the environmentally friendly nature of the home.

The high grade timber cladding of the home will grey gracefully and the pool is heated by solar power. Highly-insulated walls, floor and ceiling, minimal southern and western glazing and optimized cross ventilation are further examples of the environmental considerations of the Jarchitecture design.

The design has a highly efficient layout and a more complex aesthetic than the inhabitants might have expected. In both ways the design breaks from their current conventions and provides a new style of modern day living.

The design aims to be bunkered down and of the site, then grow, expand and lift from it. The views, planning setbacks, site orientation, prevailing winds and land fall all promoted an easterly aspect.

Jarchitecture then went about making the most of the less than ideal solar orientation of the house by exposing the concrete slab to the North, blocking the Westerly winds and sun, limiting openings to the south and controlling the morning sun.

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