An Australian Clubhouse
16.04.2008| The concept design for a golf clubhouse and associated facilities including a community hall and hotel. |   |
Peninsula Golf & Country Club, Mornington Peninsula
13.11.2007| The country club renovation and extension were designed to give the original block building a face-lift, and hence an identity. The slate stone and timber facade were chosen to give the country club a sense of warmth, whilst blending in with the original brick building.
The framing of the facade with the timber cladding frames the outside of the building whilst framing the insider’s view to the expansive golf course and scenery outside. The use of alike materials on both the two ends of the extension, and the existing building works to seamlessly tie the country club together to form a harmonious relationship between the old and the new. |
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Country Golf Club, Northern Victoria
30.08.2007| Inspired by its local surrounds, the concept for the golf club reflects both modern architecture and the country life spirit.
Vernacular elements like the skillion roof, the much loved Australian veranda and natural unprocessed materials such as stone and wood reflect the lifestyle and essence of living in rural Australia. Designed to maximize the interaction between indoor and outdoor spaces, the Country Club provides not only a place for the golfers but also the surrounding community by providing a Community Hub and associated facilities. |
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Hawkstowe Lifestyle Centre, Hawkstowe
30.04.2007| The proposed development is a community clubhouse which includes facilities such as a tennis court, swimming pool, a function room and external terraces.The Hawkstowe Community Club is first seen as a strong, traditional built form on the hill at the end of the entry boulevard. The building is comprised of a series of timber containers resting on a low stone wall, creating a clever separation between communal and private.The structure is covered by a simple hip roof and together these elements form an abstraction of the vernacular farm house building common to the region.
The entry to the clubhouse is wide and welcoming providing both a gateway and a shelter for community events, while the floor plane is raised up to replicate the archetypal veranda space, overlooking the private terraces and gardens to the north. The materials palette will be formed by locally available materials such as basalt, drawing inspiration from the regional vernacular architecture. |
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Yellow Box Spur, Bundoora
5.11.2006| Positioned at the gateway of the Plenty Gorge and the new community of University Hill, Bundoora, this building provides a wide range of spatial, cultural and functional needs to the community.
As an iconic building it provides a symbolic welcoming gesture and gives a sense of arrival to the new residential community beyond. The dramatic canopy reception space invites the community to participate and experience the building via a covered plaza to an upper level restaurant / interpretation centre and lower level conference facilities. External finishes including timber, rendered masonry and stone combine to harmonise with the natural setting. The combination of soaring roof planes and terracing ramps lead the eye to the proposed lake, Plenty Gorge and the dramatic landscape beyond. |
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