Pocket Passiv, a compact house designed by Anderson Architecture, is nestled in the inner-city suburb of Glebe, Sydney, Australia. Designed in 2023, the residence follows the Passivhaus Plus Standard. It efficiently utilises its 27-square-metre (290-square-foot) space with a split-level layout. The design features an asymmetrical pitched roof and a facade clad with timber shingles, integrating both historical and modern elements to create a net zero energy building.

Pocket Passiv offers environmentally conscious housing
Anderson Architecture has designed a studio apartment in Sydney, Australia, as a model for infilling constrained areas with well-designed, environmentally conscious housing options.
Pocket Passiv, located in the inner-city suburb of Glebe, occupies a 27-square-metre site formerly made up of unused space around a corner terrace house.
The intention for the tiny timber-clad home was to demonstrate how urban infill sites can be made to work hard, offering a space-saving solution that does little to compromise amenity.
Pocket Passiv takes its name from Passivhaus Plus, an advanced low-energy design standard. With its envelope designed to optimise insulation and air-tightness, and its roof covered with solar panels, the studio is so energy efficient that it generates as much energy as it consumes.
“Passivhaus Plus further acknowledges the building’s ability to generate as much energy as it consumes ? ultimately becoming a net zero energy building,&...