2022 Tasmanian Architecture Awards
The Boathouse | Maguire and Devine Architects
Residential Architecture - Houses (New)
Designed for a writer and her husband, The Boathouse sits perched on the banks of the River Derwent in Southern Tasmania.
It is a small (ancillary) dwelling, dovetailed into the lush garden of their midcentury Myrtle clad family home. It celebrates the experience of living on the waters edge, offering sanctuary and protection from the wild weather that blows in from the sea.
In this edge condition The Boathouse offers prospect and refuge while carefully orchestrating levels of privacy from the northern approach and public walkway to the south.
Clearly visible from all sides the building was conceived as a sculpted object in the landscape; an envelope formed to create a sequence of crafted experiential moments, moulded to the specific contextual and climatic conditions of its place.
Client perspective:
“Five generations of our family have lived on this land. Now, within a small footprint, Dan and Hugh have created a space that brings a new sense of well-being.
Building the Boathouse overlooking the foreshore path has enhanced our connection with the river, the neighbourhood and the many people who walk past. It was an unexpected benefit that conversations about the Boathouse have rekindled old associations and initiated new ones.
We are proud and grateful that the Boathouse, being so coherent with the spirit of the foreshore and the river, has enhanced everyone’s awareness of the place we all live.”
Architect
Practice team
Dan Devine, Design Architect
Hugh Maguire, Design team
CONSULTANT AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM
Langford Projects, Builder and Construction Manager
Integral Consulting Engineers, Structural Engineer
RED Sustainability, ESD Consultant
Proline Roofing, Roofing Contractor
National Partners
Tasmanian Chapter Awards Partners
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