Need to escape?
This handcrafted cocoon is your ultimate oasis.
Seamless Living
15-metre-high living walls evoke a rainforest valley in the heart of the Fern.
Spectacular Interiors
Sheltered balconies nestle in to create outdoor rooms for year-round enjoyment.
Motorized retractable blinds filter sunlight as you wish.
Throw the doors open for seamless indoor-outdoor living. Close them and you have a private world of peace.
The interiors are conceived as bespoke furniture wrapping and defining space.
Fully appointed gourmet kitchens designed for elegant entertaining
Eco Luxe to the finest detail
With triple-glazing throughout, enjoy natural light in peace and quiet.
The interiors are conceived as bespoke furniture wrapping and defining space.
Fully appointed gourmet kitchens designed for elegant entertaining
Luxe Apartments
This funky, brand new apartment features high windows and bold artworks, reflective of the bright and vibrant surroundings.
Sophisticated space to relax and unwind
Perfect Comfort
Fresh. Clean. Quiet. Goldilocks temperatures every day of the year. Automatically.
Forget the heat, noise, dust and cockroaches.
Gourmet Kitchen
Cook up a storm with SMEG oven, microwave/grill, and induction cooktop.
Do it in style with Furi knives and Scanpan cookware.
Materials
The interiors of the Fern cleverly combine elegance and technology to produce a finish that will keep wowing people for years to come.
What could be more luxurious than perfect temperature all year round?
This is no ordinary place to stay!
Here’s the low-down on what make the Fern so special…
We’ve spent 5 years researching, designing and refining every aspect of the Fern from first principles. Nothing in the Fern is conventional, because conventional apartments leave a lot to be desired. Compliance with minimum standards is what you can expect, and that’s only one step better than breaking the law! (Croxton)
Every decision and detail has been considered in terms of end user enjoyment, and impact on the wider environment. The boldest step in this process has been building to the Passivhaus Standard. You probably haven’t heard of it, but this global movement is going to be huge.
What is Passivhaus?
A rigorous, scientific method of building high comfort, low energy homes of the future. These illustrations explain how Passivhaus works and how it makes the Fern so special…
Airtightness
Airtightness is simply control of air entering and leaving a building to manage temperature and quality of the internal environment.
Sydney Average is 21 Air Changes per Hour @ 50 Pascals
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Passivhaus is 0.6 Air Changes per Hour @ 50 Pascals
Air Leakage Area
This is the combined area of all gaps, cracks and holes in the building envelope; where the drafts come from. See how Passivhaus compares to average.
Average Sydney Apartment: A3 paper
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Passivhaus is 0.6 Air Changes per Hour @ 50 Pascals
Insulation
Insulation is a blanket for your house that slows heat transfer to keep it cool in summer and warm in winter
Sydney Average: 10 time as much as a Passivhaus
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Passivhaus Standard for Sydney
Energy Consumption
A Passivhaus is so efficient, it uses around 10% of the heating and cooling energy of the average house. That means a lifetime of savings.
Code Compliant for Sydney
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Passivhaus: 10% of Sydney Average
Thermal Bridging
A thermal bridge is formed when your insulation layer is bypassed by a conductive material, allowing heat to be transferred through a wall, ceiling or floor.
Structural thermal breaks eliminate these bridges to keep the interior comfortable all year round.
They also eliminate the risk of condensation, mold, and Sick Building Syndrome when used correctly.
Sydney Average
Passivhaus
Window U Value
U-value measures how readily a window system conducts heat.
Windows with low conductivity keep the heat outside in summer, and inside in winter. There’s also SHGC to consider, but we’ll leave that for next time…
Sydney Average U6.7
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Passivhaus U1:4
Heat Recovery Ventilation
HRV delivers constant filtered, fresh air to living and sleeping areas, whilst extracting stale air from kitchens and wet areas. The inbuilt heat exchanger swaps the heat from incoming supply air to outgoing exhaust air in summer, keeping the interior space cool.In winter, the heat exchanger works in reverse, keeping the warmth inside by swapping the heat from the outgoing exhaust air to the incoming supply air.The result is a clean, fresh, quiet, comfortable home, all year round.
Pest Entry
The Fern is so well sealed for airtightness, there is literally nowhere for cockroaches or other pests to enter the apartments. If you get lonely, you’ll have to open the doors and personally invite them.
Just imagine cockroach-free living in the middle of the city!
Sydney Average
Passivhaus
Air Quality
As well as temperature control, the HRV ‘F7’ grade filtration ensures you’re breathing clean, healthy air 24/7.
Hayfever begone
Acoustics
The general construction, and especially doors and windows at the Fern are so solid and well sealed, they easily pass the most stringent acoustic isolation requirements.
The average Sydney apartment was built with little or no regard for peace and quiet for the poor old occupants.
Lifestyle
The park, culture and gastronomy − all in your backyard
Conveniently, it is also surrounded by an exquisite variety of shops, great coffee haunts, popular cafes, art galleries and fitness centres.
Ideal Base
200m from Redfern station, the fern is your ideal base to explore Sydney.
Making of the Fern
A Constructamentary Series
Explore the ideas, innovations and inspiration
of Australia’s First Passivhaus Apartments
Episode 1
A New Adventure
Episode 2
What’s Wrong with Normal?
Episode 3
Air Naturale with a Twist
Episode 4
Triple Distilled Light
Episode 5
Breaking Ain’t Bad
Why the German concept of Passivhaus is the future of sustainable housing
Passive House gaining momentum
Passivhaus is on the rise in Australia
A zero-energy home is not as challenging as you might think, with the right tool kit
Concrete a key component of Australia’s first Passive House apartment building
NAB backs Passivhaus without pre-sales, as quality wins
The Fern: Stay at Redfern’s new no-carbon luxury apartments
Australian Passive House Association’s first bi-annual Sydney Symposium
The Fern: These Redfern apartments will change your life, and save a motza