Dynamics in Impermanence

Finalists:

JR'S HUT - KIMO ESTATE by ANTHONY HUNT DESIGN & LUKE STANLEY ARCHITECTS

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY INNOVATION HUB by LIPMAN

PIRRAMIMMA GARDEN PAVILION by CAB CONSULTING

Winning Project Credits -

Photographer: Ben Guthrie

Architect: NLarkin Design

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Project description:

Produced for exhibition at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi this piece is a freestanding pavilion constructed from birch plywoood. It's iconic and distinctive form is a direct product of the versatile material properties of plywood and an unconventional approach towards design and fabrication. Fundamentally the piece aims to exploit the lithe properties and engineered strength of birch ply. This was coupled with precision digital fabrication to create a timber structure which acts as both robust exoskeleton and supple skin. Being otherwise seperate but parallel undertakings, design and fabrication were fused into one process to produce this piece. In this, the design moved fluidly between physical prototypes, sketches and documented designs. Detailing was also driven by this process, minimising mechanical fixings and allowing the plywood to act as a free standing shell. It is an exemplary project for it's pursuit and celebration of new frontiers in timber material performance.