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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Glass House Mountains House in Maleny, Australia by Bark Design ArchitectsMay 3rd, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Bark Design Architects Designed for expatriate Australian clients in international banking working in Bucharest, Romania, the ‘Glass House Mountain House’ in Maleny celebrates its site, perched on the edge of the remnant rim of the Glass House range, as well as the essence of its place – ‘sky and mountains’. Translated into a place of ‘glass and stone’ inextricably connected to its landscape it has qualities of being anchored, robust and earthbound as well as being transparent, light and floating.  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones
 Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones Memorable to the experience is the ‘sanctuary’ of the courtyard space, whose edges are defined by ambiguous indoor outdoor thresholds of the transparent internal spaces, sitting between the refuge of a monumental basalt ‘Garden Wall’ and the broader natural volcanic landscape. Engaging with existing topography, orientation, views and vegetation, the house balances economy and fine craft.  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones It celebrates economical finishes, directness, authenticity, natural, textured and unadorned surfaces which are embroidered with highly crafted timber elements and pieces. Surfaces, finishes and details exhibit the Japanese concept of wabi sabi – the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete, allowed to weather and evolve with time.  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones Sustainability starts with natural cooling and lighting, harnessing available breezes and winter sun, using locally sourced hardwood, plantation grown plywood cladding and lining, recycled Blackbutt timber floors, local quarry rock, and endemic garden species.  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones Establishing habitation on this site has been guided by the key principles of:
 Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones Public amenity includes a larger landscape buffer and setback with preservation of shade trees to the street, maintenance of the public view through parts of the building and site, and from the valley below, the buildings form and bulk on the escarpment appears recessive and non reflective rather than dominant to the landscape of the ridge. Requirements of the functional brief are separated into distinct spatial zones and the feeling of pavilions connected around the edges of the main outdoor courtyard space creates a loosely connected resort orvillage feel of a mountain lodge typology.  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones Essential to making Place is the contribution of the landscape architecture, and the fine craft embued Gabion stone wall, which evolved into a personally placed landscape art element by the stone mason, and the crafted timber joinery elements and the craft of the artist of the fabric screen piece. Balancing elements of economy and fine craft, largely the house exhibits economical finishes, a certain directness, authenticity, natural, textured and unadorned surfaces which are then embroidered with some key highly crafted timber elements and pieces.  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones  Image Courtesy © Christopher Frederick Jones  Image Courtesy © Bark Design Architects  Image Courtesy © Bark Design Architects  Image Courtesy © Bark Design Architects  Image Courtesy © Bark Design Architects
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