“It is as if these leaves of iron had fallen from the eucalypt trees to touch the earth lightly” – Glenn Murcutt.
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| (Fromonot, 1995) |
The Marikia-Alderton house acts as and environmental filter by adapting to the hot, tropical climate of Australia’s Northern Territory. Craven (1999) states that by using a variety of sustainable design techniques such as wide eaves to shelter from the sun, pivoting tubes along the roof to expel hot air and vertical fins to direct cooling breezes into the living spaces (as shown in the below diagram) the Marika-Alderton house naturally filters the elements through sustainable design.
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| The above image shows the cross ventilation of the Marika-Alderton House. |
According to Dovey (1996) the Marika family wanted the house to be designed to frame the natural surroundings such as the mangroves, the sea, the billabong and the waterhole. Murcutt also designed the house to minimise its impact on the environment by respecting the path of the wind, while at the same time making the occupants aware of the winds presence. Fromonot (1995) discusses how Murcutt filters the fluid and luminous essence of light throughout the interior of the building, using the flow of natural sunlight to unify the spaces.
The Marika-Alderton House is Murcutt’s concept of a flexible shelter that filters the surroundings through its environmentally conscious design to create an atmosphere that brings the outside inside.
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| (Fromonot, 1995) |
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