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The north facade is shaded by tall trees on winter mornings, with only oblique sun for the remainder of the day.

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Mies surveils the garden early on in the project

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The Ready Room with doors closed for winter

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We removed the original large opening, leaving the clerestory and introducing a slim low window wich introduces low-level lighting to the living area

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Freud on the Porch Deck, with the Engine Room in summer-running mode behind

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Porch Deck

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The roof of the adjacent Ready Room reflects morning light through the clerestory of the living area

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Studio

The weapons must have disrupted our communicators.

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Sputnik: I have reset the sensors to scan for frequencies outside the usual range.

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The Studio opens onto the Ready Room

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We will monitor and adjust the frequency of the resonators.

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He has this ability of instantly interpreting and extrapolating any verbal communication he hears.

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It may be due to the envelope over the structure, causing hydrogen-carbon helix patterns throughout.

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I’m comparing the molecular integrity of that bubble against our phasers.

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Destruction is imminent.

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The engineering section’s critical.

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The vertex waves show a K-complex corresponding to an REM state.

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The clerestory windows above admit light reflected from the Ready Room roof outside

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The table support provides access to cavities which conceal routers, hubs & power-bricks

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The view through the Lounge out to the Garden is half a chair-spin away

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3d printing project #2; a stand for our collection of interchangeable glass frames

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Shuttle Bay

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The drying area is backlit via a light-well adjacent the Bathroom

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A continuous clerestory lights the room, with coloured light reflectors and bracing panels accentuating the spine

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Ready Room

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The doors are left open in summer (unless its blowing again)

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A red sofa matches one in the Lounge, bringing some of the inside outside

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The deck is raised to match the internal floor level, and a Damien Hirst-inspired mural wraps around the space, providing privacy from the Forecourt behind

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View from the Tree Deck The room’s doors are left open in the summer.

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Rainwater discharges via an industrial gutter onto a rain-chain, and down to a gravel pit in the Forecourt

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The roof is a plywood monocoque, braced by blade walls on one side, with the far side supported by a scaffolding column, and tensioned by 12mm threaded steel rods

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The Studio, Kitchen and Lounge enjoy views over the external room

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An Elm tree growing out of the Tree Deck extends the shade in summer

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The Ready Room connects through to the Studio and Kitchen, all at the same level

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Looking out to the garden over the Tree Deck.

The pavilion formed by the outdoor room creates pockets of space accessible from the living area

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The roof reflects morning light into the living area through clerestory windows

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Porch

A window seat is included in the window reveals; the Tree Deck is a step away

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A sliding pocket door provides access to the Lounge and Engine Room

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Mies.

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Lounge

We kept the original wood stove as a backup in the event of an extended power outage in winter

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Would these scans detect artificial transmissions as well as natural signals?

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Look at records of the Drema quadrant.

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Assemble a team.

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Probes have recorded unusual levels of geological activity in all five planetary systems.

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We are going to Starbase Montgomery for Engineering consultations prompted by minor read-out anomalies.

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Fibre cement clads the gable walls and floor (the latter receiving a polymer coating to resist scuffing and staining)

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The north gable enables discrete views out to the Tree Deck and Ready Room

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Archer is omnipresent

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The lounge extends into the Engine Room, with a lobby leading out to the Porch

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Shield effectiveness has been reduced 12 percent.

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Total guidance system failure, with less than 24 hours’ reserve power.

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Set course for Rhomboid Dronegar 006, warp seven.

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Stellar flares are increasing in magnitude and frequency.

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Sensors indicate human life forms 30 meters below the planet’s surface.

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A suspended ceiling and deep window seat act together to reflect sunlight and minimise glare

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All transporters off.

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The dark colourings of the scrapes are the leavings of natural rubber, a type of non-conductive sole used by researchers experimenting with electricity.

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Earl Grey tea, watercress sandwiches… and Bularian canapés?

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The table is hooked up to one of our two electrical backup circuits supplied by the house battery. Our fibre connection remains operational during power outages :)

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The focuses outwards to the Tararua foothills and mountain range

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Look up

The roof is shaped to maximise northern exposure whilst minimising the shadow cast on the remainder of the house

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Look up!

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The pantry used to be the laundry room

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Kitchen

View through to the Ready Room

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That’s why the transporter’s biofilters couldn’t extract it.

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The organisms fuse to the nerve, intertwining at the molecular level.

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Cmdr Riker’s nervous system has been invaded by an unknown microorganism.

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Now what are the possibilities of warp drive?

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The stainless steel cabinets of the Kitchen continue into the Studio space

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The dark colourings of the scrapes are the leavings of natural rubber, a type of non-conductive sole used by researchers experimenting with electricity.

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A strange set-up, but I’d say the graviton generator is depolarized

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The kitchen shares table area with the Studio and Lounge

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Mies on his way to the Studio

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The pantry (left) is directly across the Corridor

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The ply doors of the cabinetry draw on the Le Corbusier-inspired colour palette. Aluminium angles form the handles

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Fibre cement panels are used to line the floor and gable walls of the living area. The floor received a polymer coating to protect against staining and scuffing

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The cooking and preparation area is partially hidden from the Lounge by a a tall cabinet housing equipment, a waste bin and receptacles for recyclable materials

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Stainless steel cabinets line the wall, with views over the Forecourt

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We switched our kettle from electric to induction; more efficient, and no cable clutter

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My first 3d printing project; a cutlery drying rack. The kitchen window overlooks the front door

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Holodeck

The Engine Room roof is shaped so as to not shadow the rest of the house

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A large oak tree covers the space

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Distribution board door, Holodeck

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Holodeck leaves; in a few years they’ll finally peel off, leaving a ghost mark for another few years…

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Mies enjoying the radiant heat

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Looking north; the apertures in the power distribution board door allow us to see how power generation is going

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Phase 1 of our gardening project; native grasses and hopefully weed-defying arborist mulch

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Garden West

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Windbreak blades help reduce the speed of the prevailing winds, and combine with the gable wall of the greenhouse to obscure the ‘Pizza Hut’ housing development adjacent

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The blades are orientated to the north to allow sun to pass through to the fruit trees

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Postioned in the sunniest part of the property, the solar array is mounted on a frame for optimal orientation

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Garden North

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Warmed air from the collector passes through a high level gap into the room. The internal skin of the curtain wall prevents cold air from pouring into the room when its cold out

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The garden connects to the Forecourt and Tree Deck at its eastern end

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The West Garden is the sunniest part of the property, and houses the solar array, greenhouse and wind-diffuser/view-blocking screens

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Gate to the Forecourt adjacent to the Ready Room

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Porch and Engine Room, and Freud

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We’ve planted red clover to help enrich the soil, with mixed success

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The Engine Room projects westwards, flanked by elm and oak trees

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An extension of the deck forms a boardwalk to the rear green-house and storage shed

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Garden

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Dramatic clouds gather behind the Ready Room

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The Ready Room roof rainwater discharges via a rain-chain into a gravel pit.

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Recycling and rubbish bins are too visible in their niche :( — good thing we don’t see them from the house.

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A ramp and deck lead to the Entry door. The red flaps on either side of the Shuttle Bay clerestory provide ventilation in summer.

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Entry

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The decking extends inside along the spine of the Shuttle Bay

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View from the Corridor with the Shuttle Bay behind. A cloak cupboard protrudes from the right, topped by a light fitting

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A pivot door opens to the Forecourt

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A raised floor conceals 1000 litres of water stored in drums, used as thermal storage and emergency supplies in the event of a large quake

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The lobby connects to the Porch Deck at the same level

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‘Tales of Two Cities’ by Cypriot artist Helene Black enjoys the changing lighting conditions

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Heated air flows into the room via a slot at the top of the inner wall of the solar collector

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In summer a flap is opened in the solar collector, which then acts as a heat chimney, drawing hot air from the house.

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A window seat faces the garden and the Tararua mountains beyond

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Looking through to Archer in the Lounge

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Vertical air ducts frame the view

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The dense and enigmatic Villa Savoye, stacked to reveal its internal relationships

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3d printing project: the Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier

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Detail

Ply gutter end-plate, Tree Deck

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Rain Train, Ready Room

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Ceiling & clerestory, Shuttle Bay

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Entry door

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Lounge clerestorey with Ready Room roof behind

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Kitchen ceiling benefiting from light bounced in from the Ready Room roof

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Cabinetry, Kitchen

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Front door Forecourt

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A scaffolding plank forms a lighting baffle over the linen cupboard

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Maps of the various places we’ve lived line the lowered ceiling

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Aluminium chain curtains replace cupboard doors; product clutter is reduced

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A lightwell between the Shuttle Bay and the house directs light into the room

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A lowered ceiling houses an extract fan to extract steam (or smells ;) from the shower and wc cubicles. This is aided by positive pressure from the corridor ventilation system

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The counter transitions into a shampoo and soap rack in the shower cubicle. A glazed aperture helps keep the shower well lit at night, and the counter by day

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A large (approximately 8 feet in height) example of Yapese stone (Rai) in the village of Gachpar. Photo by Eric Guinther.

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Public markets were first established less than 3,000 years ago for people to buy and sell using the new invention, money.

Market in Kolkata, India. Photo by Bernard Gagnon.

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Hold-open latch, Engine Room

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Doors closed; its blowing…

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Total energy consumption vs. imported energy compared over the years

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The solar panels and battery aren’t enough during the winter months, so we need to maintain a grid connection

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The battery can be seen behind the office door at the end of the Corridor

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Pantry to the left, Kitchen to the right, take the green door to the Lounge

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Worms-eye view of the light well adjacent; side walls extend the yellow of the Bathroom

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