Getting better with age

Having built one of Canberra’s pioneering sustainable homes nearly 50 years ago, this couple have set a new benchmark for ageing in place with their latest project.

Rachael Bernstone

HOUSE PROFILE Boomerang Beach, NSW AT A GLANCE - Small-footprint, energy-efficient home for a retired couple - Designed for accessibility and thermal comfort - Rammed earth and other natural materials - Stage 1 of a planned multigenerational dual occupancy “From a sound point of view, rammed earth is a very forgiving material. We can be playing music in one room and you can hardly hear it anywhere else in the house.” – Jetse When Jetse and Martine Kalma built their family home in Kaleen, Canberra, in the mid-1970s, they worked with the late Derek Wrigley, one of Australia’s leading sustainable design advocates (see ‘Design powerhouse’ in Sanctuary 57 for more). Their brief – to create a passive solar house that suited Canberra’s hot summers and cold winters – threw up several challenges that forced…

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