The brief for this project started out as an exercise in comparison and character. When we first spoke about their project, the clients weren’t sure whether they wanted to build a new addition to the existing residence or buy an old barn, move it to site and then renovate it. The clients own acreage tucked away in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, with lush rolling hills, a postcard view and a permanent creek. Their existing house is in it’s simplist form a small bessar block box, but it has had some earlier additions and internal character features that more than make up for it’s simple form and basic architecture. The clients wanted to reconfugure the internal layout of the existing house and create a new living pavilion to give their growing family room to move. The first decision that needed to made was that of old or new, character versus contemporary. After a couple of of design proposals were explored it was decided that a new structure would probably allow for a more tailored result as well as being able to compliment and intergrate with the existing house. The resulting pavilion ended up with a modern barn feel that ticked all the boxes.
