Spray Farm is a 60-hectare property on the Bellarine Peninsula that was initially in-built 1851. The current purchasers purchased it in 2014 and shortly engaged inside designers Watts Studio to collaborate with Amiconi Architect on an art work studio on the property.
Sooner than starting the plans, the designers educated themselves on the historic previous of the property – leafing rigorously by archival footage and paperwork, and salvaging discarded bluestone and bricks from an distinctive outbuilding to re-use inside the new design.
The final word home wanted to be reflective the positioning’s heritage standing, however moreover updated, with its private architectural perspective. ‘Proud nevertheless subservient to the homestead,’ describes inside designer and director of Watts Studio, Felicity Watts.
Barn-like in stature, the studio takes the type of a normal gabled outbuilding. A studio house for painting, a analysis house, kitchenette, powder room and a glasshouse are contained inside, the latter of which could open out to the kitchen yard. A big verandah wraps the facade and reaches to the distinctive homestead in a gesture of connection.
The within brick partitions are as a lot as three metres extreme, allowing for double prime ceilings and a pitched roof.
A muted colour and supplies palette was chosen for historic continuity – incorporating polished concrete flooring, uncovered brick partitions, stainless industrial worktops and steel-framed dwelling home windows.
The within joinery (along with the towering bookcase!) is comprised of American oak, whereas seen gum battens cladding the surface will local weather over time and ease the development into its pasture and Norfolk pines spherical it.
‘The intentionally minimal inside acts as a clear canvas for our shopper’s art work observe and emphasises the encircling outlook all through the countryside. We didn’t want to over-complicate the design, comparatively take care of top quality provides and refined particulars,’ says Felicity.
All in all, it’s a murals!
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