Peninsula House | Not All Architecture | 2025 | 澳大利亚
A reductive shelter of necessity and introspection, Peninsula House by Not All Architecture is embedded within its surrounds, where compositional planes provide moments of intrigue.Located on a coastal headland in Bellarine, Victoria, Peninsula House is imbued with a deeply honest language in response to the landscape. With an opportunity to escape urbanity for a restorative new environment, the clients sought a timeless place of subdued introspection. Conceived by Phoebe Clarke, Timothy Stelzer and Claudio Torres of Not All Architecture, the home finds harmony in a pared-back setting, where projecting lines become spatial organisers that divide, extend and focus.
“The objective was to engage in a more regional life for the whole family – to have farm animals, horses, a vineyard and vegetable gardens, in a shift toward a more holistic lifestyle,” says Stelzer of the driving vision behind the project. Set on 12 hectares of rolling terrain, Peninsula House is a backdrop for the clients to explore and unwind, allowing the landscape to envelope this transformative building.Recalling the formative works of Mies van der Rohe, the dwelling is a showcase of structure as architecture, where the essence of the humble shelter is celebrated through composition and craft. “Reminiscent of Brick Country House and Barcelona Pavilion, the home deploys axial planes that stretch out into the landscape, purposefully orientating one’s perspective,” says Torres. The outcome is a distinct experience where the act of division cultivates suspense in a journey of compression and release. “In keeping with our ethos, Peninsula House adopts the principles of Critical Regionalism in a grounding effort, avoiding the temptation of the avant-garde in favour of a contextual and tectonic response,” explains Torres. This is a place of a monastic quality that heightens the senses in a sequence of tactile encounters.
Approaching via a driveway of crushed rock and windswept grasses, one finds themselves in the outstretched embrace of converging wings, where a processional loggia signals the point of entry. A robust canopy rises from slender steel columns atop a thick stone wall – harkening the graphic precision of a De Stijl composition. Burnished slabs move from outside to in, interspersed by split-face steppers in honour of the rural locale. Off-form weighty planes showcase the bare utility of this expressive construction, boldly inhabiting the heart of the abode. Such prominent insertions define the functions that sit within – kids and guestrooms to the eastern side, and communal gathering to the west.“The house splays out in all directions, affording privileged views of Port Phillip Bay, the You Yangs ranges, Bass Strait and Melbourne’s distant lights,” notes Clarke. “Conceptually navigating the axis points, one can contemplate their departure to these revered destinations while being grounded in the present landscape.”
A unified roof plane soars above Peninsula House in a defining gesture of elemental protection. Adorned in blackbutt timber boards, the ceiling instils warmth upon the interior, gently rising skyward to catch the northern sun. “The roof datum was established to cut through the horizon. We were interested in how the deep eave line around the building would shape the experience,” explains Clarke. “Similar to a traditional South-East Asian vernacular, these deep projections provide shelter while concentrating the outlook to elevate the senses.”Concrete walls trace the boundaries of the communal sphere in a reciprocal exchange with the filtered daylight that softens the interior. The pared-back palette speaks to the land that it rests upon – a simple architecture informed by the rhythm of its parts.
Peninsula House is an honest assemblage where structure and utility forge the primary expression. “The singular idea was to make the architecture work hard – both functionally and aesthetically – instigating a restrained approach to form, function, movement and material,” says Stelzer. Sailing over a rhythmic array of structural members, delicate beams trace the edges of the planar shelter, while a timber enclosure recalls the local cladding of old farm buildings, punctuated by native pocket gardens and inset outdoor porticos for enhanced protection. “Working with landscape designer Simon Taylor, we pursued a process of subtraction from the linear form to add moments of garden intervention – small but intentional exterior spaces that foster close contact,” says Clarke.Working with the undulating contours of the site, a subterranean den resides beneath an open terrace in the spirit of retreat, enriched by the setting rays of late afternoons that permeate this generous undercroft. A sunken lounge hunkers into the northern garden through a common resolve, flanked by a raised pool and rugged vegetation.
The artful deployment of walls, steps and ridges carefully dissects the expansive surrounds for poignant moments of intrigue. “Providing a deliberately staged experience, the home gives the occupant a sense of theatre in moving between each volume,” says Clarke. “A vantage point is always hidden to enhance and distil another.” The dwelling is a restful shelter where one can move with the changing qualities of light and shadow. Reductivism and comfort coexist as essential elements, underpinned by encircling greenery that deepens the connection to this seaward outcrop.Through a layered approach to necessity, Peninsula House is an elegant shelter informed by its open context. Embellishment falls by the wayside in favour of planar geometries for family gatherings, allowing spaces and outlooks to gradually emerge. This is a restful place of escape and contemplation, where raw utility is a testament to the power of an experiential architecture.
Architecture by Not All Architecture. Interior design by Daisy Eckersley. Build by Spence Construction. Landscape design by Simon Taylor Landscape Design.
- 项目文案：André Bankier-Perry
- 项目摄影：Madeleine Burke
- 转载自：The Local Project
- 图片@The Local Project
- 语言：英语
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