2022 Tasmanian Architecture Awards
Knights Rest | SAXON HALL architecture
Small Project Architecture
Nestled within the foothills of Mount Mangana in Southern Bruny Island Tasmania. Knights Rest forms a part of a collection of small outbuildings that is The Bruny Island Long Weekend Glamping Experience. Delicately placed above the moss-covered earth, Knights Rest creates a beacon within the darkened Tasmanian bushland that draws guests to its warmth and glow.
Knights Rest provides restroom facilities that enhance & provide an additional experience that weaves into pre-existing cultural and public opportunities that are already provided on The Bruny Island Long Weekend
The clean-cut windows and cladding contrast provide enhanced views out of the building whilst providing an opportunity to mirror the foliage of the bushland. The frosted polycarbonate cladding on the alternate external walls blends these two concepts, stretching the warm light at night from the building into the dark bushland whilst providing a soft wash of greenery into the spaces in the daytime.
Client perspective:
“Our whole camp is based on simplicity. The goal is to have as few barriers between people and nature while still being comfortable.
We satisfy guests’ basic needs well: a comfy bed, good food and a hot shower and we do it in a simple, but stylish way. But there is another basic need that people have and the previous toilet facilities were always our Achilles heel.
This design was in keeping with the idea of keeping people connected to their environment but has transformed our Achilles heal into one of our most talked-about and enjoyed parts of the property.”
Architect
Practice Team
Dan Devine, Design Architect, 1094, Tasmania
Hugh Maguire, Other, Design team
CONSULTANT AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM
Rob Knight, Owner Builder
Jim Mulcahy / PDA Surveyors, Engineers & Planners, Ecologist & Environmental Planner
Robyn Doyle / Doyle Soil Consulting, Soil Scientist
Sean Deigan / Foundations Technology Pty Ltd, Footing Designer / Installer
National Partners
Tasmanian Chapter Awards Partners
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