House 28

by Studio Edwards

House 28 by Studio Edwards is a container house on the Surf Coast in Wye River, Victoria that was designed as a weekend retreat and made from three 20ft shipping containers.

Two containers connect to form the living space with toilet, laundry & entry. The third container is a sleeping wing with two bedrooms, toilet & shower. The entire structure is connected by a external deck on steel stilts which sit on deep concrete pile foundations- anchoring the house to the hillside.

Internally the spaces are lined with marine plywood. Externally they are insulated & clad with galvanised steel sheeting. The northern face of the house has fixings to allow for planting wires  to connect to the ground,  encouraging native plants to grow over the house.

The Southern facade is predominately  glazed with a series of double glazed doors & windows opening onto  the decking which looks southwards through the trees towards the ocean.

A green roof planted with native dichondra  sits above providing additional thermal insulation &  blends into the surrounding landscape.

Through House 28 Studio Edwards have created a truly unique example of architectural design that clashes brilliantly with its natural Australian surroundings.

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