Escarpment House in Gerringong
Escarpment House NSW, Contemporary Gerringong Property, Dairy Farm, Australian Residence Images
Escarpment House in Gerringong
Rural Guest Property in NSW, Australia – design by ATELIER ANDY CARSON
25 Apr 2018
Escarpment House
Architects: ATELIER ANDY CARSON
Location: Gerringong, Illawarra region, New South Wales, Australia
Escarpment House
This modest two bed guest house explores the vernacular farm shed, with a plan that?s charmingly simple yet highly considered in its detail. Located on a quintessentially NSW South Coast dairy farm. The design explores the vernacular steel portal frame typology in a highly refined and detailed way.
The response to the project, chiefly came from the clients brief to provide a modest two bed guest house that had a simple farm shed like appearance. The design explores the vernacular steel portal frame building typology in a highly refined and detailed way.
The local cultural significance of metal shed dairy structures (many of which in view of the project) and iconic green rolling pastures in a seaside setting, is honoured and further explored. The parcel of land has been worked by the same family of dairy farmers for 150 + years, with several of the nearby shed structures visited during the design phases.
The site positioning offered a significant view towards the aforementioned dairy with the setting sun over the escarpment potentially offering a unique user experience. The major innovation in this project is the bespoke ope...
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