Spring Bay Mill Ridge Quarters | Gilby + Brewin Architecture

The Ridge Quarters is a group accommodation building that is part of stage 2 of the ongoing 40 ha site-wide regeneration of what was the world’s largest wood chipping facility into a culture and environment focused events venue called Spring Bay Mill.

Whilst repairing a deeply damaged site, the project is extending the long human tradition of gathering in an place originally referred to by the Paredarerme people as trayapana.

The building takes cues from simple workers’ or shearers’ quarters where bedrooms are traditionally arranged along a shared corridor or veranda, with common areas for cooking, eating and socialising.

The design seeks to avoid the generic nature of hotels and the indulgence of luxury accommodation and instead aims to support a visceral experience of this unique regenerating post-industrial site and the surrounding landscape.