Bio-Courtyard House, Middle Park

The Bio-courtyard House is a stunning bayside family home designed and built around a double height vertical courtyard that opens up the house to the north, maximising the light and warmth of winter sun.

Built over three levels, the ground floor comprises a flexible family living zone. Bedrooms and secondary flexible living areas on this floor comprise Innovative Vision Statements’ fully customised clear double-glazing systems extending to the upper level, and fully automated Foxfire operable glass louvres that wrap around the central courtyard.

The expansive living spaces on the first floor feature panoramic water views framed by thermally broken windows providing a seamless connection to a sun-filled balcony garden, celebrating the northern aspect and Melbourne skyline.

The basement accommodates car parking, solar energy batteries, a vehicle recharge station and rainwater storage. The basement’s thermal mass supports a naturally filtered ventilation plenum for year-round indoor thermal comfort throughout the home.

This responsive structure embraces innovative ideas and technologies, integrating solar passive design strategies into the building with abundant soft landscape visible and accessible from every part of the house, and a fully operable protective shade system to exclude summer sun and custom glazing allowing winter sun deep into the house.

Designed by DesignInc architects and built by Visioneer Builders, Innovative Vision Statements is proud of its partnership with the team providing custom solutions to this progressive home which won awards at The Master Builders Victoria Building Excellence Awards and the 2019 Excellence in Housing Awards.