HABITUS LIVING “A Treasure Trove of Material Textures”

Featuring Terra Casa Byron Bay

Words by Timothy Alouani-Roby // Photography by Andy MacPherson

“Terra Casa Byron Bay has all the clean, modern lines to make a stunning shot in the round, but there’s more than meets the eye in terms of sustainable materials and climatically informed design in this house by Davis Architects.

The white box, with its precise lines and sharp angles, is usually associated with modernism and its attendant materials of steel, concrete and glass. One of the surprises at Terra Casa in Byron Bay, then, is that an exposed hempcrete wall steals part of the show on the inside.

Use of sustainable materials was a central aspect of the brief given to Davis Architects. The clients proposed hempcrete for wall structures at the residence and, rather like rammed earth, it turned out to have such character that some of the main internal walling has been left exposed. With its potential for experimental and sustainable design, interest in hempcrete is growing rapidly and this project shows why its aesthetics are a serious consideration too.”

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Project Credits:

Architecture: Davis Architects – Ed Davis & Dylan Robinson // Builder: Vardy Build // Interiors: Sally McMillan Interiors // Landscaping: Mon Palmer & Lime Landscapes // Photography: Andy MacPherson