Cloud House, Mandurah Holiday Real Estate, Western Australia Architecture Development, Photography
Cloud House in Mandurah
14 Feb 2021
Cloud House
Design: Neil Cownie Architect
Location: Mandurah, Western Australia

This apartment-style holiday house allows four generations of the same family to enjoy a holiday together, or alternatively it allows family to enjoy parts of the house separately while on holiday at the same time. The house is a model for how families could enjoy every day living, not just a holiday experience, with the extended family accommodated independently within different zones of one building.

The design of Cloud House strives to provide a ?sense of belonging? for its owners and with a ?sense of place? to ground the building within its context. The site is located in the South Western corner of Australia within the Aboriginal Noongar Nation, and specifically within the Pinjarup language group of the Noongar people. Central to the creator beliefs of the Noongar people is the Wagyl, a large snake-like creature that was created by the Rainbow Serpent. The Wagyl was tasked to create, then protect, the rivers, lakes, and wetlands. The Wagyl made its way along the coast before giving birth to its young in the estuary, being the vast waterway of the Peel Inlet, an area of water equivalent to the size of Sydney Harbor.
This makes the Peel Inlet a place of significance as the Wagyl?s young grew within the waters of the Inlet before leaving to create the surro...