The size of a standard fibre-cement panel defined the proportions of this simple house in New South Wales, designed by Studio Jackson Scott.
Sydney-based architectural designer Scott Jackson planned the single-storey OCM House to minimise waste.
The building has a simple, rectilinear floor plan, with both the length and width designed to suit the dimensions of the cladding material. But it also boasts striking features including a geometric patterned facade and a large sheltered veranda.

"In a country where building costs are among the highest in the world, efficiency of construction can substantially reduce the cost of a build," Jackson told Dezeen.
"We had to think carefully about how to construct this building to ensure that design intent remained strong while construction details and methods remained simple. This ensured that our ideas could be easily communicated and built on site in a timely manner."
The client for the house is a market trader specialising in Mexican food. He inherited a 500-square-metre plot of land in the Byron Shire, where he grew up, after his father passed away and decided it would be a great place to build a home where he might one day raise a family.
The brief, according to Jackson, was for a "simple, comfortable home with pleasing lines and modest materials".

Jackson chose to clad the house in fibre cement, as this material offered sustainable and economical benefits, but was also easy to install and gives...