We see our buildings as part of a particular discussion with place and contemporary culture. A place where the cut of modern thought is starkly rendered against a raw natural context. We see conceptual parallels with great infrastructure projects from Tasmania’s history. These interventions are created through rational thought and are justified by the perceived needs of their period. They are often hauntingly beautiful or accidently sensual. These unapologetic projects create ways for us to understand place in a memorable manner. They pose questions about our needs at a particular time. These needs transcend immediate cultural concerns and refer to deeper human needs that are rarely discussed.
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.