Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation
Victorian
This apartment interior can be found in one of the most celebrated apartment buildings in Melbourne, Fairlie, by the venerable modernists Yuncken Freeman Bothers, Griffiths and Simpson.
The brief was for a downsize apartment for a client transitioning from a large house and garden which came with a lifetime of carefully and intelligently collected art and furniture.
Our first move was spatial, a desire to break down the cellular plan and introduce enfilades which would reveal the triple aspect of the floorplate but also acknowledge the way an apartment can be inhabited as a variegated progression through a continuous space.
As experienced clients we felt it was key to give a disciplined and refined brief. In part that was pretty rational and practical.
In response Kennedy Nolan of course perfectly delivered an enlivening series of physical spaces architecturally but almost more importantly a series of intellectual and conceptual ideas. Enlivening and elevating how we see ourselves, the best version of us and how we want to live.
Also noteworthy is the apartment’s elevated and expansive vistas of Melbourne from every room, the interior world had to meet the quality and complexity of its exterior one.
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
