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Architects: Paul Wakelam Architect - A Workshop
- Area: 2850 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Luke Carter Wilton
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Manufacturers: Austim, Austral Bricks, Clearlite WA
Text description provided by the architects. The Toodyay Shack occupies a town site on the flood plains of the Avon River, an hour east from the city Perth in Western Australia. Views of the surrounding Toodyay hills penetrate into the upper and lower levels of the shack. The arrival onto timber decks surrounds the shack and eventually turns into a folly jetty. The threshold of what is inside to outside is continually played out with doors disappearing past their brick thresholds. The Toodyay Shack is a fusion of memory and design come together to create this climatic regressive building with its brick monolith base and tent inspired roof structure over, that bends to the subtle surrounding landscape.
