Moat’s Corner House / Vibe Design Group

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Dromana, Australia
  • Architects: Vibe Design Group
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  796
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Jack Lovel
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Big Ass Fans, Focus, Miele, -, Caesarstone, Caroma, Carpetworld, Colorbond, Designer Doorware, Falmec, Franke, Keller, Mt Angus Sandstone, Multiform Stone, Poliform, ROGER SELLER, Signorino, VALVO, Viridian, +1
Moat’s Corner House / Vibe Design Group - Garden, Courtyard
© Jack Lovel

Text description provided by the designers. Moat’s Corner draws on an inspired vision and a commitment to an established setting. Refined to a point of tranquil precision, forming an interactive haven, with which to experience the life and energy that surrounds it. The site’s layered history began with a pioneering family, after whom Moat’s Corner was named. A gnarled cypress lined driveway is a historic cue to the first settlers on this rural property within the coastal town on Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula. Next came almost 70 years of a gardener’s cultivating and collecting, resulting in a rambling and diverse array of flora across 5 acres of the 53-acre stretch. 

Moat’s Corner House / Vibe Design Group - Facade, Garden, Courtyard
© Jack Lovel
Lower Floor Plan
Moat’s Corner House / Vibe Design Group - Stairs, Garden, Handrail, Courtyard
© Jack Lovel

A new phase now and the owners’ commitment to creating a home over the existing footprint set the tone for the design challenge - to respond to the integrity of its setting. The west wall and entry elevation are one of protection, intrigue, and interaction. From outside – insulated black panels spaced to a dual glass cladding guard for weather protection. But they are more appreciated at a sensory level, where on the approach they completely filled with the reflected silhouette of the established west gardens.

Moat’s Corner House / Vibe Design Group - Shelving, Table, Chair
© Jack Lovel

From inside – the panels take the form of bookshelves to the bedroom wing and bench top and storage to the kitchen, recessed and raised. They are framed with deep-set glass above, below and between ensuring nature’s moments are never missed. The elevated main level of the home observes the immediate gardens from a habitual perspective. Mid-canopy height, the glazed walls completely soak up the greenery that surrounds them. Raw galvanized steel appears as an offset frame to the intermittent reflective panels, while floor and roof structures adhere to the depth tolerances that the steel members prescribe.

Moat’s Corner House / Vibe Design Group - Image 17 of 29
© Jack Lovel
North and South Elevations
Moat’s Corner House / Vibe Design Group - Image 4 of 29
© Jack Lovel

A natural stack stone fin is the grounding element below a completely cantilevered bedroom wing, projecting the roots of the design inspiration - a mid-century modernist ethos encompassing honesty to materials, structural innovation, and minimal ornamentation. The elevated band provides a look through to the landscape poolside, allowing vegetation to nestle gently under and around with minimal disturbance. Private from the gym and golf room, a self-contained guest wing with its own outlook, to the pool level and to the east, opening up to rural paddocks where cattle graze at a pedestrian pace.

Moat’s Corner House / Vibe Design Group - Bathroom, Bathtub, Glass
© Jack Lovel

The stone wall motif returns to frame the pool at one side and separate from the recreational area on the other. A raised roof structure affords ventilation and easterly light to the entry space, rumpus room, and any centralized amenities. Moat’s Corner is as much functional as it is observational. By virtue of the house design, to live in the home is to co-exist with the garden. Perched respectfully, the modernist-inspired style opens itself up to the garden at every opportunity, equally important and equally celebrated. There is not a space within the home deemed principal or secondary that does not acknowledge the life that surrounds it, reflecting nature’s mood, unpredictable but always in a synchronized sway.

Moat’s Corner House / Vibe Design Group - Image 8 of 29
© Jack Lovel

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Cite: "Moat’s Corner House / Vibe Design Group" 14 May 2019. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/917024/moats-corner-house-vibe-design-group> ISSN 0719-8884

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