Living in the house rather than building it — light, comfort, materials and the everyday enjoyment of a home.
A house is not finished when the builder leaves. It is finished when it works for the people in it — when the light is right in the morning, when there is somewhere to put things, when the rooms you use most are the ones you enjoy being in.
This pillar is about living in the house rather than building it. How light and orientation shape a room through the day and the seasons, how materials feel and wear under Australian conditions, how storage and layout either help or quietly frustrate you, and how to make a house feel considered rather than merely finished.
The other pillars are about getting a house built and keeping it working. This one is about the point of doing any of it.