Garden House:  Inclusion in the Ecosystem 

 -  urbanNext,  June 16,  2021. 
 - 659 words. 
<br/><br/> Baracco+Wright Architects, Energy and sustainability, Low Density, Project, Repair, Urban Paradigms. 
<br/><br/>Alternative Domesticity, Architecture&nature, Australia, Context, Ecology, Ecosystem, Ecosystem integrity, Green, Greenery, House, Nature, Project, repair, Soil, Sustainability, Urban Paradigms, Vegetation. 
<br/><br/> With this small building the architects aimed to explore a semi-permanent structure that was conceived through the inclusion of the house in the site’s ecosystem.<br/><br/>  The site is part of a leftover heavily vegetated corridor in between cleared grazing land. A historical anomaly, it gives a glimpse into what used to be there, although it too now is mostly altered through domestic gardens, human and (non native) animal activity. Small patches of the endemic vegetation remain, mainly tea tree heath, among mown grass, introduced species and plants considered invasive weeds. Half of the street is trying to support these patches through seed collection and dispersal, weeding and connecting. The other half of the street routinely chop down trees and mow down any emergent endemic species that might pop up in their lawn. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>2575-5374 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Alternative Domesticity, Low Density Architecture & nature Ecosystem integrity, Victoria, Australia Australia