Comments on: House at Wategos Beach by Mackay + Partners

By: Nelson

Nelson — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:32:26 +0000

HI, erm does anyone knows how ca we get the floor plans and all?
i want a scaled and readable plans and sections. Thanks

By: Century25

Century25 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:26:54 +0000

I must add to the earlier comment by me:

The roof should, must really, be cantilevered to protect the windows from sun (solar radiation) and rain. As I mentioned above, the homes can be designed to serve us. Also, where are the wonderful atrium/courtyard homes..? They provide a wonderfully private sheltered retreat..

By: Century25

Century25 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:20:56 +0000

It is beautiful.. the simple & clean.. uncluttered way to live. Homes should be built to serve us, not the reverse.

40° – not a problem, we are used to more than that here in our desert city of Phoenix. We have seen 50°, even more (unofficially) – but, proper design can be made for each climate.

In America, our ‘modern’ world has been trashed by greedy ‘dark agers’ that build money pits for us to maintain.

By: Angelos

Angelos — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:52:44 +0000

Nice building. It’s tough, though, to do something bad with all this view in front!!

By: yimyim

yimyim — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:23:39 +0000

its nice that we are discussing its realtionship to its context, at least climatically, because it is already clear (to me) that its a nicely rendered and designed villa sitting in the computer screen of someone 1000’s of miles away.

By: Juampi Z

Juampi Z — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:57:17 +0000

Aaron: with 40° outside… Hello Air conditioning aniway! with or without courtain-wall.

By: odris

odris — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:00:38 +0000

nice geometry

By: humbug

humbug — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:47:10 +0000

i thought it rained on the SE coast of australia? how do you get a roof thats no more than 200 thick from top to ceiling below to actually work. anyone can make a concept that wont actually work look great with some nicely renedered models. how about some construction reality too while we are at it……where is the structure that is going to let that cantilever work. dont get me wrong….its sexy work, but the finished product will be a far cry from these images. bah humbug!

By: gaque

gaque — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:02:50 +0000

i must applaud the goal of net zero energy. however, i find the house too restrained, especially given the amazing location and climate. perhaps the elevations drawings are too flat to express the volume of the house. it seems just too constrained.

wheres the staircase? plans are too small!

By: ludwig schaemann

ludwig schaemann — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:17:19 +0000

Like the day-old rack at the Polish bakery, 1989.

Where they have been for the last 20 yeaes ?