Fresh air and sunshine: the health aspects of sleepouts, sunrooms, and sundecks in South Australian architecture of the 1930s
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2022
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Collins, J.
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Kroll, D.
Curry, J.
Nolan, M.
Curry, J.
Nolan, M.
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Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand: 38,Ultra: Positions and Polarities Beyond Crisis, 2022 / Kroll, D., Curry, J., Nolan, M. (ed./s), pp.147-158
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Ultra: 38th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (10 Nov 2021 - 13 Nov 2021 : Adelaide, South Australia)
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This paper explores some of the public health ideas which were expressed in South Australian architecture in the early twentieth century with a focus on their physical manifestation in residential building types. In particular, the incorporation of sleepouts and sunrooms and the elaboration of these spaces from enclosed verandah to purpose-designed room for exposure to fresh air and sunshine will be discussed. The exterior space of the sundeck or rooftop terrace will also be examined in relation to healthy open-air living. Utilising a historical interpretive method three case studies drawn from South Australia in the 1930s will be examined in detail. These buildings are the Yelland Residence, Hyde Park by Keith Yelland (1936); an apartment building complex, ‘Retten’, at Glenelg, (1938), by Harold T. Griggs; and the Hardy residence, at Netherby, (1938), by Russell S. Ellis. Primary archival material, including architectural drawings, specifications, and correspondence, has been drawn upon and contextualised using published contemporary sources on both health and architecture.
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