Cabin 3D Isometric View

The rooms are placed strategically around the house to optimize the various natural elements that occur at Mt Methodology. Rooms that are occupied the least are placed on the western side, such as the bathroom and bedroom, with maximum protection from the harsh afternoon sun. The lounge is placed on the northern side, with filtered light to minimize the summer heat, but still allow warmth to protrude in winter. The kitchen and dining room are placed on the eastern side to receive the morning sun, when it is not used as much, and cooler when you are entertaining or cooking. The purest light comes from the south, so the patio/reflective area is place on the south with adequate fresh air penetration, but still shaded from the worst of the sun, and privacy kept intact.

Cabin South Elevation

The patio is a nice quiet place where one can reflect, contemplate, or entertain in. The house provides protection from the worst of the sun, and from the wind.

Cabin Section

The study area is placed in the house so as in the summer the sun is too perpendicular to the earth to get too much direct sunlight, but in the winter receive ample warmth.

Cabin Floor Plan

The floor plan is designed over 3 height levels to create 3 different spaces of hierarchy. The design revolves around the open patio on the southern side.

Site Plan

Placed the cabin near the road, and up the top. this position his a bit more height to the house, and where the contours straighten up.

Contour Map

The Samford house is down the bottom for privacy. The Canoe Reach Residence is adjacent to the stream, to emulate where it sat in accordance to the Brisbane River. My Cabin is the next lot up, utilizing the slope towards the stream. The Chicken Point Cabin sits on the highest lot to utilize the views given from there, as Chicken Point Cabin revolves around it's views.

Location Map

Mount Methodology. Location at the foot of the mountain, next to a stream.