Luke Everingham, the man behind the design and its fruition, wanted a house that met the following criteria: the cost must not exceed that of a conventional house of the same size and level of appointment; the layout and finish must be highly functional; it must require very little maintenance; it must be white ant proof and; must allow the occupants to maximise weather conditions, seasonal conditions and the outstanding 360° views on this property located in the Australian bush. The result is a house that rotates 360° - capable of following the sun to capitalise on its winter warmth, avoiding the summer heat and allowing the owners to decide what view to look at next.
Dynalite became involved in the project when Luke decided to include some basic lighting control in his home. After discussing project requirements and parameters it became obvious that, in addition to standard wall-mounted user control panels, the home-owners would benefit from the use of a Dynalite DTK600 touch screen, which incorporates a real-time clock, sequencer and minimum of 100 pages of display. In the case of this project, it has been loaded with floorplan bitmap files, for clear identification and execution of control tasks; including light level changes and switched on/off control of the variable motors controlling the speed and direction of the house.
A Dynalite DDRC810DT relay controller provides a low level interface to the Rockwell motor control system. This provides not only simple speed and direction control, but more complex functionality, such as selection of a certain face of the house to follow the sun. A combination of Dynalite multi-purpose lighting controllers and relay units are used in conjunction with the stylish Revolution series user control panels to complete the project.
(Lee Baldock)
