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The "silo" containing a grand spiral staircase sits next to the original 200 year old barn. There is an observatory at the very top, and wine cellar down below. Interior Design: Megan at M Design and Interiors

A dramatic floating stair to the Silo Observation Room is supported by two antique timbers. Robert Benson Photography
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A "silo" containing a grand spiral staircase was erected next to the 200 year old barn. At its top is an observatory, and below is a wine cellar. Long narrow windows provide natural light during the day, but don't diminish the "silo" look of the structure. Interior Design: Megan at M Design and Interiors

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A large "silo" containing a grand spiral staircase was build next to the massive 200 year old barn. The stirs lead up to an observatory, and down to a wine cellar. Interior Design: Megan at M Design and Interiors

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Designer: Martina Skuce Photography by: Riley S Photo

It is a contemporary ‘farm style compound’ with the main house accommodated in a ‘barn’ structure, the garages & workshops (steel- & woodworking workshops for the tinkering owner) in adjoining ‘sheds’ and the entrance & staircase housed in a semi-klinker ‘silo’ structure. A lap pool to the North of the barn act as a passive cooling device in summer, by cooling the warm summer winds from the North-East down through the evaporation of the pool water, and drawing the hot air from the ‘barn’ through large apertures facing the pool to the North & the pasture to the South. Triangular windows in the gables can be opened to draw out further hot air rising to the ceiling level inside the house. Proper insulation materials & methods for the roof, walls & floors, together with double glazing results in a cosy & warm interior. The lap pool is also an analogy of a drinking trough for the cows which used to roam the land and found on the farm before it was developed, hankering to its past, but off course also is just a swimming pool, in which the kids can play or train in for swimming galas. This house is designed to self-sufficient and ‘off-the-grid’ in the end, through the incorporation of many ideas & systems. Sustainable elements include items like a rain water harvesting system with galvanized tanks on the outside in feeling with the farm style vernacular, grey water recycling for garden irrigation, solar water heating- & photo voltaic (electricity generation) on the roof, the use of recycled materials obtained from demolished buildings & bridges at the time, and low-water-low maintenance gardens, indigenous to the area.