- LocationFlinders, VIC
- StatusComplete
- TypeResidential
- Size490sqm
- Internal Area230sqm
- TeamRob Kennon, Jack Leishman, Emlyn Olaver
- CollaboratorsRJ & SM Partnership, Robyn Barlow Design - Landscape Architect, Panoramic Pools, KWA Building Permits and Inspections, Perrett Simpson Stanton
- PhotographerDerek Swalwell
- AwardsAIA Victoria Architecture Awards - Bluff House (Commendation)
- PublicationsBluff House by Rob Kennon Architects, Bluff House
- TagsHousing, Coastal, Landscape
Cutting through the centre of the site is the meeting point of two geologies, resulting in a land slip affected zone that cannot be built on. The design of this beach house hovers above the fault line, founded on deep bored piers that anchor the house into the escarpment [1]. An occupied basement is embedded into the terrain, submerged three quarters of its height into the ground. The exposed quarter allows for natural light, views and ventilation. This basement acts like a large occupied footing, anchoring the house deep into the escarpment. Above, two parallel plates cantilever off the reinforced blockwork structure to extend the building out over the land slip terrain, maximising views to the coastline and the panorama of the ocean.
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