Tasman Gallery | Benn + Penna
Hybrid space blends work and lifestyle – a workplace in a gallery
Tasman Gallery by Benn + Penna demonstrates how spatial and material design can improve wellbeing and stimulate cross-pollination of ideas.
The concrete and steel shell of a prefabricated storage shed in the Byron Bay Arts and Industry Estate is transformed into a hybrid workspace and gallery, embracing the zeitgeist of the post-covid era.
With overlapping activities and requirements, a minimalist design rationalises elements with different scales and atmospheres within the one box.
From drama – the mezzanine wraps the void, like a stage, with a stainless steel curtain. To dynamism – the strong sculptural staircase sweeps up sight lines across the levels, evoking movement, and acts as a catalyst for workplace interaction. To softness – diffuse light, gentle acoustics, intimate scaled spaces.
Calm, constrained and considered zones, a minimal material palette, with a modest, timeless design – an incubator for the local creative community.
Balmoral Bluff | Shane Marsh Architect
The Architectural design by Shane Marsh is intended to look inward towards the past while balancing the outward looking home that faces towards the city’s future.
Sjøhavn House | Lightbody Architects
The client’s design brief formulated the overall program for the house.
Interpreting the individual functional spaces as simple volumes, the design also became about what happened where spaces overlapped, and spaces in between could be occupied.
Understanding the client’s design brief provided the overall functionality of core spaces within the house.
These primary spaces were expressed as simple, extruded volumes that created an opportunity for exploring the smaller in-between or overlapping spaces as a result. These smaller Interstitial areas created a sequence of threshold spaces that provide connectivity to the primary areas along with areas for occupants to retreat and seek privacy away from activity.
The minimalist palette of materials creates a sense of cohesiveness of these interstitial and primary spaces while strengthening the seamless connection between the internal and external program of this family home.
Le Bain | Plazibat Architects + Cavcorp Design
