2017 Gallery
Winner: Apartment or Unit
March Studio for Bobhubski
Located in The Hub of Falls Creek, the client’s vision for the site was a minimalist space capsule for visitors to Bobhubski. The name Bobhubski was derived from "Bobby" the client, being located at "The Hub" at Falls Creek and the obvious aspect that its location was for skiing.
Jury Citation
Both Ekuan Kenji’s radical 1962 Capsule House and Kurokawa Kisho’s socially optimistic 1972 Nakagin Capsule Tower define one of the few moments in the history of architecture that gave rise to a typology that highlights how little the house and apartment typology has changed.
To misinterpret the historic architectural quotations in this project as “scenographic” or “nostalgic” would be a mistake. It is timely for architects to engage with history and ideas that might provide a springboard for future thinking.
With a floor area of twenty-seven square metres, this lean project is an acknowledgement of the creativity of the Japanese Metabolism movement. More importantly, it is a contemporary example that develops a spatially rich infill, adaptive re-use and multiple housing project as paradigm.
The jury lauds the design principles of the project and its assumed Loosian approach, where “form is fit for purpose.” This work is manifestly founded on passion and intelligence in architecture.
