Overlaying this is a mesh screen, designed to allow vegetation to envelope the housing, filtering the sun entering each home. Simple white locally sourced materials with small pitched roofs, much like their award winning Rae Rae House. IT’S ON FOREST STREET, SO LETS CREATE A FORESTĪustin Maynard Architects has deliberately keep the design beautifully modest. Living spaces open to both the north and the south, creating through breezes and passive cooling. All roof water is collected to be used in the gardens and the toilets. Every home is oriented north, allowing sunlight to fill each home in winter, maximising passive solar gain. This radically reduces the embedded carbon in the construction of Forest House. The majority of the materials are locally sourced, and where possible, recycled. A 15kw photovoltaic system powers the community, with the roofs deliberately pitched east/west to ensure that solar energy is captured most efficiently during peak usage times. There are 2 Bike Spaces Per Home and an electric charging point for both bikes and cars. At Forest House each home is fossil fuel free, with a whopping NatHERS ratings exceeding 8 stars. It has everything Bendigo to offer, heritage, views, sunlight, greenery, community and much more.Ĭentral to all of Austin Maynard Architects’ work is sustainability. On top of the hill on Forest Street, in the heart of the Arts precinct, Forest House is situated on what some locates have called “The best block in Bendigo”. At Forest House we are creating homes that vastly outperform other Bendigo CBD apartments, in sustainability, liveability and financially” says Andrew Maynard “How many homes in Bendigo have an 8 star energy rating, a 15kw Solar PhotoVoltaic system, are fossil fuel free, optimise passive solar gain, allow through-breezes, have such amazing views, surrounded by some of Bendigo’s best heritage, within an engaged community of like-minded people? With a huge north facing productive gardens, collect all of its roof water, made of locally sourced materials, almost negligible ongoing running costs, in the arts precinct, a short walk from Rosalind Park and Bendigo’s amazing heritage buildings? Forest House has all of that, and much more. The sustainability and the social considerations make this a groundbreaking regional community. Forest House has adopted the same principles, sustainable, fossil fuel free, minimum 7.5 star NatHERs, community gardens, reduced cost of living, communal spaces, and community engagement.Īustin Maynard Architects have taken all of the learnings from ParkLife and Terrace House to create Forest House in Bendigo, their most ambitious project to date. ParkLife, at the much anticipated Nightingale Village, and Terrace House on Sydney Road, Brunswick. Prioritising sun, view, garden and community spaces, Forest House is a multi-residential spin on their award winning Rae Rae House.įorest House is an 8 star, three-storey residential community with 13 apartments, two loft-style townhouses and a grand heritage home, all located within easy walking distance of the Bendigo CBD, View Street Arts Precinct, the Bendigo Train Station and much more.Īustin Maynard Architects have two housing communities in Melbourne, that employ revolutionary ethical design principles, now under construction. ![]() Rooftop solar, an embedded GreenPower network, no gas connection, and a shared, super-fast commercial internet connection mean lower ongoing costs.Austin Maynard Architects brings revolutionary housing to Bendigo that is environmentally, socially and financially sustainable. Reducing the long-term cost of ownership is also a key consideration in every Nightingale building. ![]() Sustainability We recognise the environmental cost of housing (in construction and operation) and minimise it wherever possible: Nightingale apartments are designed with material reductionism in mind focus on energy efficiency are fossil fuel-free are built near public transport offer ample bicycle parking and include rooftop solar and water harvesting for productive gardens.Īffordability As a not-for-profit, we build apartments ‘at cost’, without adding meaty profit margins. Every building includes shared amenities, such as communal laundries and rooftop gardens, to provide opportunities to meet neighbours and build thriving communities. Community To encourage social connection, Nightingale apartments are sold to local residents and community housing providers - not investors.
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