Beyond ArchiBlox?s speedy construction time of 6 weeks, prefab suited the clients desire to tread lightly on the land with the Avalon House project.

© Michael Wickham

Architects: ArchiBlox

Location: Avalon Beach NSW 2107, Australia

Area: 106.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Michael Wickham, Tom Ross

© Michael Wickham

From the architect. Beyond ArchiBlox?s speedy construction time of 6 weeks, prefab suited the clients desire to tread lightly on the land with the Avalon House project.

© Tom Ross

With modular building the impact on the surrounding environment is heavily reduced during construction. The dwelling is outfitted with a number of green features, including a living roof that minimises rainwater runoff and solar penetration. The green roof also acts as a thermal mass, an east-west orientation that allows cross-ventilation.
© Michael Wickham

Avalon House is beautifully wrapped in FSC certified external blackbutt hardwood timber milled from sustainably forestry methods. By fabricating off-site, ArchiBlox also had careful control over material usage with minimal wastage.

Floor Plan

As with any buildings procurement, it's not so much about the construction methodology that would affect the relationship with sustainability but more the direction of the archi...