Brataualung people of the Gunaikurnai nation
Victoria
Shady Creek is a working sheep farm located in Victoria’s West Gippsland. This new farm house replaces the existing and contributes to the operational aspects of the farm while responding to the clients request that the house create a nostalgic connection to the original sheds that have been retained. The corrugated home references the materiality and geometries of the agricultural sheds and provides retreat from the day to day aspects of running a farm.
The farm house is very specific dwelling type, the occupant lives permanently at their place of work. Life is intricately connected to the land on which they live, there is little opportunity for separation between home and farm. Shady Creek Farm House creates a place for our client to retreat from the farm and be surrounded by garden and living spaces but also allows for the house to open up to the landscape beyond.
I truly believe that building a beautiful home depends equally on the emotional (client) and
professional (architect) input.
While the above may seem to be a simple truism it actually speaks to a fragile, complex and risky
project.
Antony and I have managed to build a house that I love passionately and still find hard to leave. It
offers me so much joy, peace, sense of place and subtle appreciation of my environment.
It is a visually silent house that looks outward onto the changing light of the day and of the seasons.
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.
