2019 Gallery
Winner: New House under 200 square metres
Peter Stutchbury Architecture for Bay Guarella House
Adjacent to the raw edge of Guerilla bay and set amongst a stunted forest the small residence squeezes a reaction from local opportunities. A diagonal plan from land courtyard to sky deck, with dog ear transverse skylights romancing light and space. This tightly ordered home changes with light and user.
Jury Citation
This house, located on a west-facing slope in a eucalyptus forest with filtered views to Guerilla Bay, is a shared retreat between friends. The project is an exemplary response to the landscape and brief, executed with utility, clarity and rigour.
The spatial arrangement is set up by a compact footprint over two floors, rotated to the contours. The rotation opens up the living areas toward the sun and provides three key site connections: an entry court, a balcony at the highest point and a lower court. These set up a diagonal sequence of interior spaces that offer many compelling opportunities to engage with the site, achieved while working to a tight footprint and a disciplined tectonic order. Combined with the operability of the envelope and raw materiality, these design moves encourage visceral, elemental engagement with the place.
This house is a distilled work of architecture that provides an extraordinary place to experience the surrounding landscape.