Coexist Design Studio

Live your life with wisdom Hi, everyone! It’s already July, and we’re in the second half of 2024. Amazing! I hope this newsletter finds you well and happy. In the midst of our busy lives, it’s easy to get caught up in our own thoughts and suffer unnecessarily. Take a breather, meditate, and let go of the clutter to make...

What will our future cities look like?

After years of struggling to land any fulfilling work, finally a real gem has come along. Coincidentally, this is 99 *Hope* street, White Gum Valley.

The clients have a special needs daughter, for whom they're transforming this narrow lot site for, asking for a first floor addition specifically designed around her needs.

While aesthetics play a big part in architecture, for me, the driving force is the humans that occupy the spaces and how the spaces are not only suited to their needs but bring out the best in them.

This is why I am passionate about architecture. It's for people. And the brief has all the hallmarks of a dream job - great location, sustainable considerations, harmony with nature, but most of all for the people who inhabit it. And this is a dream job I am planning to deliver beyond expectations.

Looking forward to this 🤗

Some exciting developments happening around WA, with this being an absolute star. Based on the principles of sustainable design, this absolute gem even goes as far as integrating some revolutionary technology like the tech being developed by Perth's very own Power Ledger. Power Ledger utilizes blockchain technology to micro manage energy within and without this exciting development making it highly efficient and ground breaking. Keep your eyes open!

East Village at Knutsford Join East Village from $762.5k*

Coexist with nature ❤️❤️❤️

Conversion of an existing house into a meditation centre

Such a beautiful, bright, vibrant place where you can free your mind.

Joey is the proud new owner of the famous Duncan Street Store in Victoria Park, much loved by the locals.

He had a lot of difficulty navigating the Australian regulations when he initially purchased the building, and it wasn't as easy as he thought it would be. He had many setbacks with the local Council and regulating bodies. This is where I stepped in and helped him understand the regulations, what he needed to do to get his shop open to be compliant, how to do it in the most cost effective and efficient way in alignment with his budget.

Design is my passion, and rules and regulations are not something I'm awfully fond of, but this is one of the jobs I'm certainly more proud of having helped Joey out with the process and deal with all the stress of managing what can be a very convoluted system if you don't know what you're doing.

Good luck Joey, and if you're a Vic Park local, go and have a coffee and a light meal and support your local businesses!

Some concepts for a meditation room... Trying to achieve simplicity, sophistication and warmth. Wrapping the floor in the walls does this. Now to add in a layer of plants and shelves and lighting to give it some life

https://www.ledgerinsights.com/dell-iota-iic-smart-buildings-challenge/

The "Internet of Things" presents a HUGE opportunity for the building industry, for construction, and for absolute efficiency in general. Keep an eye on projects like this to see where the future will take us

Dell, IOTA among 26 participants in IIC smart buildings challenge - Ledger Insights Yesterday, the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) announced it has finalized the entries to its Smart Buildings Challenge for blockchain and IoT projects.

Passive Houses are a completely different type of house to an "Ordinary House", and different again to a "Sustainable House". With prices of oil rising, and all other utility costs rising, perhaps it's time to start thinking of houses with a new mindset?

Australia's first bushfire-rated 'passive' home costs $3.80 to run Not only can this home withstand bushfire attack, but powering its appliances, lights, and heating and cooling costs as little as a daily cup of coffee.

Sydney study tour _ looking at shading devices and window design

Urban forests: Melbourne's plan to green the city - Government News Melbourne is planning to unleash a sea of green across Australia's second-largest city.