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Rolling Cubes
Location:
14 Frenchman
Drive, Port Elliot SA
Owners:
Shane and
Caroline Hendriks
Designer/builder/
Terraçade installer:
ABC Advanced Building
Constructions
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Five years ago, Shane Hendriks, a South
Australian builder and building designer,
began planning and designing his most
aspirational project: his own home.
Dubbed Rolling Cubes, the three-bedroom
two-level home is made of five equal, yet
different shapes: two main vertical cubes
and two outer wing cubes that connect via
a central cube.
This unconventional home is located in the
picturesque town of Port Elliot on South
Australia’s magnificent Fleurieu Peninsula.
Any passerby would be forgiven for doing
a double-take.The commanding structure
stretches 40 metres wide and its highest
point rises eight metres high into the sky.
Where did the innovative design idea come
from? “I was playing with my kids and
watching them play with boxes, I developed
the concept from there,” Shane says simply.
Rolling Cubes embodies building design and
construction principles opposite to
conventional standards.“I did this as a
challenge to myself. I wanted to push the
limits and went out of my way to prove it
could be done,” he explains.“I wanted to be
quite different and do the opposite to what
is normal.”
Like many new homes, Rolling Cubes
began with a concrete slab, but that’s
where it ends.The Australian-developed
Terraçade terracotta facade tile system
overlays the complex steel frame and
internal walls of aerated concrete.
Terraçade is a lightweight walling system
that acts as a rain screen and ventilated
facade system.The tiles, each 300mm by
600mm, are captured on purpose-
designed rails that can be fixed directly
to most conventional building structures.
The system is fully tested to all relevant
Australian Standards and is suitable for use
in cyclone areas and coastal locations.