Resilient House - HOP

Third place winner of the Insurance Council of Australia's 2011 Annual Resilience Award.

The House of Parts is a unique new building system - an entirely new approach to design and delivery of the built environment. It incorporates improved standards making it a practical, flexible, energy-efficient way to construct affordable houses. High-precision manufacturing of the parts happens in a safe, efficient environment, minimising cost overruns, delays, quality-control issues, and other
site related problems.

High-strength, lightweight, non-combustible, composite materials (structure and wall panels are made with fibreglass with phenolic resin, with rigid PIR insulation) make the House of Parts highly suitable for construction in areas affected by flood, cyclone, earthquake, bushfire, corrosive
salt spray, climatic extremes or attack from insects.

The system delivers homes that are highly energy efficient, with low maintenance, and the flexibility to reconfigure buildings, interchange components, or take down and re-use them. In addition, House of Parts eliminates six or more site trades, increases safety, and enables
projects to be completed in days or weeks rather than months.

These aspects will be particularly useful if any part suffers cosmetic damage through one of the five events, enabling the occupants to be able to stay in place while the part is replaced.

The system has been designed to have clean and uncluttered lines, in many different configurations. The aesthetics reflect the simple structural approach of the pier and beam structure with infill panels and attachments. The composite roof panels provide a seamless solution to roof, insulation and ceiling. Connections of all parts involve proprietary fittings, which have no need for drilling or nailing. This
has been designed to allow awnings, facades, screens and fixtures to be added or altered at any stage. The modular design allows for easy additions or modifications to the design at any time.

The panels and the beams incorporate accessible ducting for all electrical and plumbing requirements, eliminating the need for skirtings, while the integral connection systems for the panels and windows/ doors make architraves redundant.

This particular house design builds on the system's attributes by bringing great flexibility to its occupation and use. The house can be occupied as a 3 bedroom family home with additional living area. Should the family situation change, the ground floor can be used as a 2 bedroom
residence with the upper floor used separately as a one bedroom apartment. This ensures the house is truly resilient and durable in a social sense as well as physical.

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