A Hand-Built Country Victoria Home Made From Innovative Hempcrete
This article originally appear in The Design Files
Melburnians Sarah Corbet and David Bruce bought a 7.5 acre block of land (a disused potato paddock) in central Victoria with plans for their future retirement and a slower paced life.
They engaged Altereco Design to design the house, ideally to be made with hempcrete (a composite material made of hemp, sand, and a hydraulic binder), and built by the couple on the Lyonville, Victoria site (located about 80 kilometres north-west of Melbourne).
The resulting house is deliberately small, solar-powered, and features natural and recycled materials to be as sustainable as possible — achieving a 7.6 NatHERS rating.
The hempcrete walls provide an inherent texture and warmth, giving the walls a natural earthy colour, without using any paint!
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