Yandoit House is a prefabricated dwelling in regional Victoria, designed to sit quietly within a regenerating landscape. Located on a former farm property, the project reflects the client’s long-term commitment to ecological restoration, transforming a site once degraded by agriculture into one defined by native replanting, habitat renewal and care for Country.
The house is positioned at the centre of a circular earth berm, a raised mound created to mitigate the acoustic impact of a nearby highway. During an early site visit, it became clear that the ambient drone of traffic could be softened by changes in topography. This was first noticed while sitting at the edge of one of the site’s many dams, where the slope deflected sound overhead. That moment sparked the idea for the berm — an acoustic and spatial intervention that not only buffers noise but creates a clear threshold between the wild, expanding bush and a more curated domestic garden.
