The Yugambeh people of the Bundjalung nation
Queensland
Gold Coast and Northern Rivers
Corso House is a rich and tactile exploration into thresholds and edges. Thresholds between public and private space within the house are explored, along with a testing of the edge between the house and its external context. Entry to the house is via a cobbled car court and beneath a planted sculptural concrete awning with its cascading curtain of greenery forming a threshold between public and private. A fluted concrete garage offers a heavily textured, sculptural and living gesture to the street that beckons engagement and communicates the materiality of the house to passing neighbours. Large window openings intimately connect internal living spaces to a shaded planting corridor, creating private edges to inhabit and form a sense of refuge from busy professional lives.
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
