1. MAGNEY HOUSE, Bingey
Bingey, New South Wales,
Australia
Presented By:
SRISHTI SHUBH
B.Arch, IInd Yr
2. About the House:
• Designer: Glenn Murcutt, winner of the Pritzker Prize
• Location: Bingey Bingey, Australia
• Date :1982 – 1984
• Building Type: Large House
• Construction system: Steel,
corrugated steel
• Climate: warm temperate
• Context: Rural
• Architectural Style: Modern
5. About Warm Temperate Climate:
• Climate with four clearly defined seasons,
including a mild winter and a hot or cool
summer.
• Rain occurs all seasons but summer is the
wettest time and temperatures then are warm to
hot.
• Around the Mediterranean and some parts of
central Chile, California and Western Australia,
between 30-40 degrees latitude, the winters are
generally mild with depressions bringing some
winter rain, and summers warm and hot with
little or no rain.
6. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Mean 23.9 24.1 23.3 21.6 19.1 16.8 16.2 17.1 18.7 20.1 21.4 22.8
Max. °C
Mean 16.0 16.3 15.1 12.3 9.4 7.2 5.9 6.5 8.5 10.8 12.8 14.7
Min. °C
Mean 96.3 93.2 107.9 87.8 5.6 87.9 56.4 53.5 61.2 78.5 75.8 73.9
Rain mm
8. Passive Design priorities:
• Heating
• Ventillation
• Lighting
• Cooling and Moisture Removal
• Protection from summer sun
• Inlet for winter sun
• Protection from cold winter winds
• Water Conservation
9. Passive Strategies Used:
• Orientation:
1. Along East-West direction
2. Winds from South West strike at 45 deg.
• Glazed North façade, upper clerestory, and lower
blinds (aluminium).
• South façade (street side) faces hot, wet weather
so it’s covered by triple layered brick wall.
• Pivoting slats for ventilation
• Insulating base as well as thermal sink
• Curved roof for diffused lighting, shade and
reduced wind resistance
• Gutters for rain water collection
10. • The bedrooms and
living rooms oriented
towards north
• Blinds, clerestory
and louvred windows
on the north :
• Control light
• Allows ocean views
• Cuts glaze
• Reduces heat
11.
12. • Open environment provides no natural shelter from
wind and sun
• The corrugated steel roof reflects most of the
sunlight keeping the interiors cool during summers
• The steel frame with curved steel roof provides
strength and durability to the structure as well as
gives the tent like feel to the weekend house.
13. • North facade- steel framed glass wall
• Upper portion consists of clerestory glazing shaded
by roof overhangs during summer
• The lower part has metal blinds or louvres which
control heat and light.
• Sun angle of winter equinox allows light to flood the
interiors
• Curved ceiling directs extra light into the rooms on
north.
14. • The wide open north façade also allows the panoramic view
of the sea
• The external light colored paved areas also help in
bouncing back sunlight into the rooms.
• Receives wet season monsoon daily afternoon sea breezes
16. SOUTHERN FACADE
• Sealed and opaque against the cold winter winds by
triple layer brick wall which also prevents heat loss at
night.
• It has glass clerestory windows 2m above till the roof
which allow enough light
• There is only one opening in the kitchen area
• Receives dry season prevailing breezes in the morning
17. • All the living areas
require heating,
cooling, and
ventilation
• So all the rooms are
aligned along the
north direction in a
linear fashion
18. • The house sits on an insulated slab
• Slab and the back brick wall act as a thermal sink
absorbing winter sun during the day
• At night it radiates it back into the interiors
reducing the need for artificial heating.
19. Ventilation:
• The house is one room wide which is
approximately 6 m wide
• The circulation corridor and the wide
fenestrations on the north ensure enough
ventilation throughout the house
23. Water Conservation
• The central spine of the roof directs the
rainwater from the slope to a channel which
directs it to the recharge pit underneath on both
sides of the roof
