midway house
tipina, lutruwita / tasmania
Originally a mid-century shack built on the Midway Point peninsula in Southern Tasmania, an area where many Hobart locals escaped the city for a weekend getaway at their family shack. The peninsula is a unique landscape, a long thin Triassic sandstone land mass surrounded largely by water, historically and currently a place of refuge while traversing the waterway. The fully renovated interior respects and references the era that the dwelling was built and engages in the notions of ‘natural refuge’ and the interaction of ‘nature & void’ derived from the characteristics of the unique surrounding landscape. The extensive use of Tasmanian oak hardwood in the floors, ceiling, and joinery contrasts and interacts with the pure white forms. The natural materiality of the timbers softens and brings a calming warmth to the home while the white walls give an expansive horizon effect enhancing the openings that frame the landscape and native gardens beyond.
project details
type Renovation | alterations & additions status Stage 01 Completed size 90sqm builder Oak Building designed & documented Habiter Studio
The natural materiality of the timber softens and brings a calming warmth to the home while the white walls give an expansive horizon effect enhancing the openings that frame the landscape and native gardens beyond
midway point