Plan my rural property including home position and landscape design

  • Status: Closed
  • Prize: $250
  • Entries Received: 33
  • Winner: AndhikaGP

Contest Brief

I am looking for a professional to help me plan my rural property and design the landscape. The property size is 4 acres.

I have an existing house and shed design (see plans provided), and I am about to sign a contract with the builder. They have proposed a layout for the block. My concern is that the proposed layout does not take full advantage of the geography and the house's design for passive solar performance.

Other features I have in mind are the driveway, water tank next to the shed, vegetable garden, and a pond.

I prefer a simple, rustic style for the landscape design, which must be low maintenance and incorporate existing vegetation.

Photos and details of the property can be viewed here: https://www.realestate.com.au/property/6-hall-st-willow-tree-nsw-2339/

Important: The site plan shows the house facing South-West, and I am concerned that this will not provide optimal passive solar performance. I need (1) a sun path report with renders at different times of day and year, showing how this design will perform, and (2) an alternative layout showing the same house design in a different orientation that is optimised for solar performance.

The deliverables are:
(1a) 3D sketchup model and site plan of proposed house and shed design and a design for the surrounding landscape (based on current proposed layout as per DWG provided)
(1b) 3D sketchup model and site plan of proposed house and shed design and a design for the surrounding landscape (based on your proposed alternative layout optimised for passive solar performance)
(2a) Sun path report using 3D renders (current proposed layout)
(2b) Sun path report using 3D renders (alternative layout)
(3a) mp4 flythrough using Google Earth Studio (current proposed layout)
(3b) mp4 flythrough using Google Earth Studio (alternative layout)

Skills and experience required for this project include:
- Architecture and passive solar design
- Landscape architecture
- Knowledge of rural property planning
- Experience in creating rustic landscape designs
- Google SketchUp
- Google Earth Studio

Please provide examples of previous work and a detailed proposal for this project.

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  • beconsult
    beconsult
    • 6 months ago

    Please extend if possible.

    • 6 months ago
  • shahabmes
    shahabmes
    • 6 months ago

    Please check #32 & #33

    • 6 months ago
  • AndhikaGP
    AndhikaGP
    • 6 months ago

    Dear contest holder, please check entry #30 .
    It is my alternative / proposed design idea, in addition to the existing design. I've added the water tank, pond, and vegetable garden. I hope you like it.

    • 6 months ago
    1. bebo1979tayson
      bebo1979tayson
      • 6 months ago

      kindly check the shadow direction on 23 Feb 9am

      • 6 months ago
  • AndhikaGP
    AndhikaGP
    • 6 months ago

    Dear Contest Holder, please check entry #27 .
    I'm looking forward for your feedback.

    • 6 months ago
  • husnafuzi
    husnafuzi
    • 6 months ago

    Can I rework a little bit of the floor plan but still within the existing building footprint? Thanks.

    • 6 months ago
  • Imob3D
    Imob3D
    • 6 months ago

    working

    • 6 months ago
  • bebo1979tayson
    bebo1979tayson
    • 6 months ago

    Please regarding (sun path report with renders at different times of day and year,) can give specific days month .......... please.

    • 6 months ago
  • KDezign
    KDezign
    • 7 months ago

    #increaseprize please . Thanks

    • 7 months ago
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    1. KDezign
      KDezign
      • 7 months ago

      Hello dear contest holder my hourly rate is 25$ USD .
      its depend on what you want to do for your villa as interior&exterior design :) .

      ( The entry is not your work it's just the privous works and quality of rendering . )

      • 7 months ago
    2. darianmacey2
      Contest Holder
      • 7 months ago

      Sorry, I cannot. This is not a complicated task and I need an answer this week to influence the outcome.

      • 7 months ago
  • Draftman07
    Draftman07
    • 7 months ago

    #increaseprize #increaseprize

    • 7 months ago
    1. darianmacey2
      Contest Holder
      • 7 months ago

      Sorry, I cannot. This is not a complicated task and I need an answer this week to influence the outcome.

      • 7 months ago
  • smvlxltd
    smvlxltd
    • 7 months ago

    Please increase prices and extend the submission deadline by at least one week more.

    • 7 months ago
    1. darianmacey2
      Contest Holder
      • 7 months ago

      Sorry, I cannot. This is not a complicated task and I need an answer this week to influence the outcome.

      • 7 months ago
  • bebo1979tayson
    bebo1979tayson
    • 7 months ago

    Please I need to confirm that no need to redesign the building and also the shade it will be same design as shown in the documents provided

    • 7 months ago
    1. darianmacey2
      Contest Holder
      • 7 months ago

      Please retain the building design. I'm only interested in amending the site layout and orientation

      • 7 months ago
  • husnafuzi
    husnafuzi
    • 7 months ago

    Hi, I am working exclusively using Blender 3D instead of SketchUp. Would this be an issue?

    • 7 months ago
    1. darianmacey2
      Contest Holder
      • 7 months ago

      Hi, that's fine as long as you can import geography from somewhere.

      • 7 months ago
  • kk0379849
    kk0379849
    • 7 months ago

    Hello, I know you are astonished by these bad works. Do not worry, I will start work on a project. When I complete my current project, you have to extend the duration of the project completion.

    • 7 months ago
  • bilro
    bilro
    • 7 months ago

    To get a decent entry, you need to provide a survey drawing of the site.

    • 7 months ago
  • bilro
    bilro
    • 7 months ago

    SECTION AREA: 4 ACRES = 16187.4 SQ M
    THE AREA HERE IS WILDLY OUT OF SCALE,
    ABOUT 59,594 SQ M AND THE DISTANCES
    OF THE DIMENSIONS ARE NOT ACTUALLY
    CORRECT ON THE FILE VERSION.

    AFTER RESCALING BY 0.526315789,
    THE AREA COMES TO 16508.2,
    WHICH IS STILL NOT CORRECT.

    • 7 months ago
  • bilro
    bilro
    • 7 months ago

    The scale on the drawing is not correct. Ie mm do not equal mm.

    • 7 months ago
  • raafatfouad
    raafatfouad
    • 7 months ago

    #sealed #sealed

    • 7 months ago
  • shahabmes
    shahabmes
    • 7 months ago

    Dear darian ,
    I am working on your project....

    • 7 months ago

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