How This Architect's Own Concrete Home Shows That Less Can Be More

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Architect Lachlan Shepherd designed his eco-friendly family home in Torquay, emphasising personalisation and sustainable living over resale value. Featuring a green roof and biophilic design, the minimalist Torterra House prioritises quality spaces and environmental contribution, reflecting Lachlan's values and rejecting the more conventional approach to a house.
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@kentoskentos8428 28 күн бұрын

I love the simplicity of the dwelling. Has a great sense of calmness.

@julierahn6932 29 күн бұрын

masterpiece - layout, materials, workmanship, passive design, minimalist aesthetic

@marywall5262 29 күн бұрын

This home is very “ breathable”. Very calming and quiet. I love how the low light gives the eyes a break from too much brightness. Beautiful! and the pup is very sweet too!

@janelte 28 күн бұрын

Congratulations to all involved - this house will age so well and become part of its environment in a way few new builds do, and the eight star rating is deferred savings. I found the space calm and grounded without feeling heavy or ostentatious and I hope you are truly happy there.

@justaghorl 29 күн бұрын

love that the living roof gives back to the animals in a way. bravo

@callasky 29 күн бұрын

Omg, I love this! I keep searching for a eco-brutalist house, and this simple house checks many marks on my notes! I'll save this for future references. I love the green roof and the build-in furnitures integrated to the structure!

@edwardjamesjr1 29 күн бұрын

Ecobrutalism is such a perfect description of home goals! 🌱 🪨🌊

@00VII 29 күн бұрын

I love it. Great raw interior and exterior design too.

@pattttyyyy 27 күн бұрын

Love the exposed copper sink taps.... need to see this more often.

@outofthefoxootf979 5 күн бұрын

I like the saying of design for yourself not the next person. That is very true and more Aussie homes need to be like this. It would be good to know how much a project like this cost to construct.

@Mooooty 29 күн бұрын

I love the interior bespoke prison wall concrete cinder blocks.

@DustinJJ98 29 күн бұрын

This is nice. Thanks for sharing this.

@abbylennox 28 күн бұрын

I love the living roof. This is giving post apocalypse luxe

@icecreamforever 29 күн бұрын

Love the ideas, the layout and some of the materials ie the net curtains and copper BUT for me personally the mass of concrete gives it a bit of a multistorey carpark feeling and the blocks a '70s leisure centre vibe. Anyway, thanks for sharing.

@SonnySkye 27 күн бұрын

All Aussie houses should be built like this.

@jodifinnegan8660 29 күн бұрын

I love this place so much!

@AWAL76 10 күн бұрын

LOVE IT!

@mariusebauer 29 күн бұрын

What a great episode and pick! Also brilliant taste in art with the beautiful, large Heather Day print :)

@johnblaine1479 28 күн бұрын

Thankfully this is not filmed with quick sweeping waves of amateurish hand held video footage that leaves the viewer feeling sea sick and poorly informed about the architecture. It seems professionally produced and gives the viewer time to explore each focal scene.

@idskeplug344 24 күн бұрын

In love….Nailed it.

@bololo2000 29 күн бұрын

love it, basic materials, but interesting result. Is there any membrane within the green roof structure, or you do not get much rain there? Is there any added thermal insulation boards on top of the roof structure used or you relly on the soil of the green roof?

@Danutzz2010 16 күн бұрын

I like how Australians give so much attention to architecture at all budget levels. This kind of attention to design is only reserved for the rich in most other parts of the world.

@andrewthorne3517 6 күн бұрын

Haha...have you been to Australia?

@RottenlyMoodyChild 10 күн бұрын

I appreciate the spatial design, biophilic design, passive elements. The simple material palette is lovely with a use of simple finishes too. I just really wish there wasn't soooooo much concrete. The upfront carbon of the concrete alone is likely negating any good the living roof and biophilic design brings.

@smoath 29 күн бұрын

Again, It's such a shame. The designers put so much thought into how these homes flow. But the video just shows us snapshots.

@eugenea7886 29 күн бұрын

It's a big shame.

@johnblaine1479 28 күн бұрын

I prefer this approach. I think allowing images to linger giver the viewer a chance to explore the room at their leisure. The alternative has too often been a roller coaster of sweeping unrestrained wanderings with a poorly controlled hand held phone/camera, where the dialogue is often out of sinc with the video and for the viewer more closely resembles being in a small boat mobbing on waves.

@vidiot9000 17 күн бұрын

Agreed. If the video is trying to show us how the design lets the owner flow through the house, put the camera on a gimbal and flow us through the house!

@-Atmos1 21 күн бұрын

Like the dedication to protect habitats ecosystem , Copper cladding is a great contrast to Concrete .

@craigo2142 22 күн бұрын

Would have been great to filmed the roof.

@sanjayarnalkar1449 8 күн бұрын

Just wished the span of 3rd structural grid had been same as the 1st n 2nd… (I know there must hv plot boundaries constraints…)

@DarrenMurphyGCT 29 күн бұрын

Would be nice as a passive house

@nazapadu02 27 күн бұрын

Interior is very concrete kitch

@mrporsche4236 12 күн бұрын

Beautiful house but being near a beach and having a pool is useless in victoria. Its warm for 3days a year and freezing most days.

@Suntrippers 7 күн бұрын

I live in this town and this is just not true smh 😂

@heikorudi6105 9 күн бұрын

I think small houses will be quit sellable in the future with our price developments

@byshagi 27 күн бұрын

Q: does this concrete block home make it crazy hot ? a living oven ?

@fergal2424 24 күн бұрын

they address this in the video.

@StuartTheunissen 21 күн бұрын

"The Emperor's new clothes"

@larrytinnin3357 29 күн бұрын

What about insulation? Do you guys have min code insulation requirements where you are? US in my area, we need to meet a MINIMUM of R49 in roofs and R30 in walls (required).

@socalstr 29 күн бұрын

US codes are as stringent as they come globally. It limits a lot of frivolous building like what we saw here.

@nickreid5297 29 күн бұрын

@@socalstr Actually, Australia also has stringent insulation requirements. This house achieved a rating of 8 on our Energy Efficiency Rating scale. This is very high.

@reneesmith695 29 күн бұрын

Love❤ The only thing I would change is having a 2nd bathroom, otherwise it’s perfect.

@Lunarl4ndr 29 күн бұрын

@@socalstr US codes are terrible compared to basically all developed countries, this includes CA.

@tf-lv4zu 28 күн бұрын

@@nickreid5297 lol Energy Efficiency Rating scales are very easy to manipulate to get a good rating. Particularly in Australia. Without thermal breaks all throughout the construction, particularly the eaves to interior this building would leak heat readily.

@tf-lv4zu 28 күн бұрын

lol this is not passive design and the embodied energy in this house would also be very high. The ability to recycle this building at the end-of-life cycle is also extremely limited, possibly some bricks and the rest crushed aggregate. There are no thermal breaks in the concrete construction from inside to outside and i highly doubt the glass to thermal mass ratio and orientation is anywhere optimal. Roof gardens are great but limited if your goal is to harvest some rainwater to use in your pool. I like the concrete aesthetic and brickwork very much and it is a beautiful bespoke home, but a highly sustainable building it is not.

@tanyam3090 28 күн бұрын

The house is beautiful and the owner is hot 🔥😅

@moodiewayne 29 күн бұрын

first

@SimpleDwelling 29 күн бұрын

Verified!

@Lunarl4ndr 29 күн бұрын

so strange that with an actual modernist home build you didn't use the word mid-century modern. Cheap and simple construction, purpose built furniture, attention to flow, that half wall, the lack of street facing windows and very little obscuring of materials.

@PLuMUK54 29 күн бұрын

"Give something back to the area." Did the area need a building that looks like a derelict petrol station?

@reylau 29 күн бұрын

I think it's beautiful, timeless, and honest.

@user-tt7en1us9k 28 күн бұрын

Imagine how hurt the owner would be reading this comment?... It doesn't look like that at all

@tf-lv4zu 28 күн бұрын

lol that's funny but a bit harsh.

@notbill08 26 күн бұрын

You nailed it! The architect was like "I just love that 3rd world shantytown aesthetic" !

@fergal2424 24 күн бұрын

so nice to be so negative :)

@andrewmakin8151 25 күн бұрын

bespoke house logic doesn’t stack up. this family will leave at some point very much sooner than the house will ‘leave’. in the bigger scheme of things, this will very soon not be a bespoke home for the next and the next and the next users.

@heikorudi6105 9 күн бұрын

some crazy retiree will take it

@notbill08 26 күн бұрын

Cinder blocks, rough concrete, dark interior even on a sunny day, indigenous plants that look like weeds and crab grass and a " green" roof that will probably have mold or leak within 5 years and this home will probably NEVER be resell able. This is the kind of home most people would never live in. It's ugly, cramped and cheap looking. Someone had to say it!