On Bruny Island we have created understandable forms that do not mimic context, rather they create an intelligible form from which we can comprehend the nature of place.
Triptych comprises 3 major works in one location. The Main House, or Blunt House, The Pulmonum, and The Glass House. Each work responds to its specific location and its relationship to the whole architectural choreography.
Seen from afar, the pavilion reads as two parallel lines set against the gently undulating landscape. It is a defined architectural object that makes no pretensions to naturalness – but its every design gesture is imminently decipherable and logical, grounded in and given meaning by the experience it seeks to create.
Highly considered from every angle and meticulously detailed throughout, St David aims to set a new standard in medium density living in Tasmania. It will be a building of outstanding architectural merit. Robust, earthy materials such as brass piping, folded metal staircases and off-form concrete will combine to create a finely crafted material palette and an overall building of a quality rarely seen. Finessed and precisely detailed, these characteristics will carry through to the interiors to create genuinely noteworthy homes.
The River Derwent has a difficult history. Heavy Metals were routinely dumped until relatively recently.
This has had people outraged for some time. MONA has made a commitment to doing something about it.
Room11 Architects have been commissioned to create submerged architecture which brings the state of the Derwent to collective attention.
Haptic experience and technical data will be deployed in the battle for hearts and minds – raising awareness regarding an important environmental initiative.
As the name implies, this house is a celebration of a particular climate: the glorious deluge of rainfall that one of the cleanest places on the planet can be subject. As the courtyard becomes the catalyst for the overall design, it is also a place in which the residents can find solace, and a space where the outside and the inside co-exist in harmony.
The experience of the coastal landscape on the site is one of layers; water, sand flat, grasses, tea tree and finally Coastal Eucalyptus forest. The buildings are placed as additional layers, they are transparent where needed and solid when required for refuge.
