Eco
House
Year Work-in-progress
Location Djiringanj Country
Project type Modular Home
This self-sufficient modular eco home redefines how we live with the land, offering a healthy, environmentally conscious lifestyle that supports holistic wellbeing. Designed as a new model for sustainable living, it’s more than a house, it’s a way of being.
Rooted in simplicity, functionality, and deep respect for nature, this design encourages a spiritual connection to place while embracing modern, low-impact living. The floor plan works within a structural grid system using modular components, making the home flexible, efficient, and adaptable.
This build template uses is a rapid-installation system consisting of interlocking hempcrete wall panels and DuraPanel roofing that slots into place. This approach maximises standard material sheet sizes, minimises waste, and reduces construction time. The hempcrete wall system creates a home that is breathable, acoustic, fire-resistant, and affordable to build.
Sustainable systems are embedded throughout the design; solar power with battery storage, solar hot water, rainwater collection and filtration, and a fully recyclable septic or sewage solution.
We design big rather than build big, working closely with material dimensions to maximise efficiency and reduce waste. Every element is considered, every material has a purpose, and every decision is made to tread lightly on the land.
A truly sustainable home is one that works with nature, not against it. Utilising natural processes rather than relying on artificial systems to create comfort, uses minimum resources in its construction and can be removed leaving minimal trace. This kind of home is designed to harmonise with its environment, maximising natural light, passive heating and cooling, and reducing the need for excess energy use.
Sustainability in design is often invisible, it’s embedded in how a home feels and performs over time. You can photograph a shaded veranda or a beautifully day-lit interior, but you can’t capture in that image how those spaces respond to changing weather, how they breathe, or how effortlessly they support daily life.
A home designed to belong to its place, it doesn’t just sit on the land, it sits within it, thoughtfully tuned to the sun, wind, rainfall, and landscape. The site is seen as a living system, made up of cycles that shift from day to night and from season to season.