An exploded drawing of the house. The 3D model needs WebGL, so this drawing is shown instead.
01 Exploded view
The Elara
House Study
02 The parts
The house,
in eight parts.
The house comes apart in eight steps, listed below. Click a number to move the model to that step.
02.1 Sun study
One summer day, hour by hour.
A sun study of the model for 21 June: sunrise 05:10, solar noon 13:22 with the sun at 63°, sunset 21:34. Scrolling moves the sun across the day.
02.2 Walk-through
Lift the roof, then walk in.
A scroll-driven walk through the furnished model: the roof lifts away, the camera enters the primary suite, follows the oak stair, crosses the great room and runs along the kitchen. Six stops, each with a short note.
03 Selected views
Selected views (6)
Six pictures of the 3D model from different angles. These are renders, not photos.
03.1 Photographs
The house, in photographs.
These are placeholder photos. On a real listing, your own photos go here. Hover over any photo to see how.
Interiors · four rooms
Great room · glazed west wallPlaceholder
Lounge · stone wallsPlaceholder
Primary suite · stone wallPlaceholder
Gallery room · timber beamsPlaceholder
Exteriors · the villa & water
The villa · infinity poolPlaceholder
West deck · the Roseland shorePlaceholder
South elevation · pool terracePlaceholder
The villa at dusk · west terracePlaceholder
04 Process
How we built it.
Step one · model
A free 3D model.
The house is a free 3D model from Kenney's City Kit (CC0 licence). We didn't change the file. The roof, chimney, windows and walls are all one piece.
All the numbers on this site, like room sizes and heights, are measured from that model.
Step two · cut
Cut into 24 pieces.
When the page loads, code finds every separate part of the model and cuts the tall walls into roof, upper floor and ground floor. That gives 24 pieces, and each one gets its own direction to move in.
Nothing extra was modelled. The animation only moves parts that are really there.
Step three · scrolling
Your scroll drives it.
As you scroll, the roof comes off first, then the floors. The camera swings around the house in a gentle 150° arc, and at the end everything goes back together.
The video below is a placeholder for a real walk-through film.
05 Visit
See it in person.
We show the house to one group a day, always at 17:30. Price on request.