The outcome of this project manifests from an attempt to resolve the conflicting attributes of a complex brief: a desire to entertain and a need to retreat, for openness and enclosure, light and dark, sound without noise. 

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Architects: Bloxas

Location: Brunswick VIC 3056, Australia

Architects In Charge: Anthony Clarke, Joseph Gauci-Seddon

Area: 148.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Peter Bennetts

Furniture: Mark Tuckey, Alex Earl, Ross Gardam

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From the architect. The outcome of this project manifests from an attempt to resolve the conflicting attributes of a complex brief: a desire to entertain and a need to retreat, for openness and enclosure, light and dark, sound without noise. 
© Peter Bennetts

How can a small piece of architecture address an individual?s personal neurotic condition juxtaposed with a highly activated and social environment" It was this challenging and specific brief established by the chronic sleeping disorder suffered by one of the clients, that underpinned the success of the ?Garden Pavilion?. 

Floor Plan

The explorative method of design was heavily anchored through in-depth collaborative discourse, to understand not only the condition itself but all the tendrils and consequences of it. 

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A curved footprint met the need for isolation without losing...