From its inception, Saffire was imagined as an iconic project to redefine tourism in Tasmania.
The location, when we inherited it, was scarred from its previous use as a disused caravan park so the project became as much about repairing the site and interpreting its unique qualities as it was about creating a space from which it could be experienced. With this in mind, we shaped the main building as the end point in a journey, in which views of the Hazards are shielded and revealed and finally presented as a destination which is a panoramic overview of Great Oyster Bay.
Architecture Team: Peter Walker (project architect), Poppy Taylor (site architect), Jarrod Hughes, Robert Morris-Nun, Ganche Chua, Judi Davis, Chris Roberts, Gary Fleming, Tina Curtis
Client: The Federal Group
Contacts
Bernard Dwyer (Tourism Manager)
Matt Casey (General Manager – Saffire Resort)
Builder: Fairbrother Construction
Project Management: Stanton Management Group
Structural Engineering: Gandy + Roberts
Services Engineering: Wood + Grieves
Facade Engineering: Hyder Consulting
ESD: Wood + Grieves
Lighting: Point of View
Landscape Design: Inspiring Place
Interior Design: Chhada Simbiada Interior Design (in collaboration with Circa Morris-Nunn Walker)
Food + Beverage Services: Sangster Design Group
Commissioned Lights: Jude Able + Futago (commissioned pendant lights in the dining room)
Photography: Peter Whyte (WHY) 0418 319 117
George Apostolidis (GA) 0408 423 587 (more…)
This proposal has considered the climactic condition and placement of Brisbane, within it’s geographical context. Brisbane city is located approximately 21kms inland from the nearest coastal edge. Subsequently it is starved of any significant reprievable, or recurrent, sea breeze. This, coupled with Brisbane’s unforgiving sub tropical summer humidity, was the idealistic catalyst for this design concept. Slender, sculptured towers range in height depending on their topographical location.
The Vader House is an extension to a Victorian terrace in the dense inner-city. The high boundary walls, built in disregard of existing height regulations long before such rules were created, permitted a non-standard height along the northern boundary. The roofline then abruptly turns to follow the dictated set-back lines, resulting in a playful and telling interpretation of planning rules. All the new works surround an outdoor courtyard space which becomes the new centre of the house- accessed by a series of glass doors it is the opposite of the dark masonry-clad rooms of the old house. The refined palate of materials is subverted where volumes are removed to reveal the flesh inside – coloured bright red with glass tiles and joinery.
The new Junior Boys building at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School sits on a primarily residential street. The building derives its form from the silhouette of a typical Australian heritage home which is extruded as a solid form to house the building’s functions.
Pegs Junior Educational Building Exterior View
Architect: McBride Charles Ryan mcbridecharlesryan.com.au
Over the last 5,000 years man has worked hard to over power the natural world through the built environment— we propose to revolutionize this position. Australia possesses one of the most beautiful and dramatic geologies in the world. It is our desire to create a new type of architecture— one that is more in the family of nature than of the built environment.
Designed as a sinuous sculpted structure, the building has been split into podium and apartment elements. These elements physically describe the different uses within the development and employ changes in height and setbacks to alter the perception of the buildings size from different angles. In perspective no entire elevation is viewed at once. The buildings have no front, rear, or side, and present a consistent level of finish when viewed from any direction.
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