Design Statement

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.

Aerial View of Saffire Resort

• Architecture: Circa Architecture / Circa Morris-Nunn Walker
  
• 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
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