Built for the Bush explores some of the energy efficient features of Australias 19th century country homes and the reappearance of many of these traditional practices in contemporary green architecture. For Australias rural settlers the creation of simple, energy efficient homes was a matter of situational necessity with their limited access to materials,skills and resources. Today, architects recognise the conservation of energy as a global impertive and are increasingly award of the environmental impact of the creation and maintenance of modern housing. In this new light the low-energy solutions of the 19th century rural house are being reappraised: the environmental suitability of traditional building materials has been recognised: water is again being treated like a precious commodity and passive shade, ventilation and heating strategies are once more being utilized to conditions the air.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 08:36:39 +0000
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