Case Study: Gilead
Gilead is the home of the owners of Altitude950 and is located on the Granite Belt. Conceived as a showcase house to explore the potential for building design on the Granite Belt, Gilead explores ideas of connection between public/private family spaces, connection to landscape/nature, and passive solar design.
The internal courtyard provides a beautiful central space that is integral to the functioning of the home. It acts as a spatial organiser as well as an environmental mediator. By creating a sheltered garden this space functions as a lung, passively circulating cool air in the summer and warm air in the winter throughout the house.
Our lead engineer, Cameron, completed the structural engineering and soil testing for this project (under our previous name, Crecer Consulting).
Photography: Cory Rossiter