RACV Cape Schanck Resort / Wood Marsh

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Cape Schanck, Australia
RACV Cape Schanck Resort  / Wood Marsh - Exterior Photography, Cityscape
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Text description provided by the architects. Positioned within a natural saddle adjacent to the Bass Strait, RACV Cape Schanck Resort rests amongst Mornington Peninsula’s rugged landscape, offering a robust architectural outcome that celebrates the rolling dunes and untamed nature of its site. Wood Marsh has drawn from both the topography and the corrosive nature of the coastline to inform the sculptural geometry and material selection. The brief called for an architectural landmark that was to entice guests and accommodate a diverse range of existing and new user groups whilst delivering significant social, economic, and environmental benefits to the region. RACV offers a world-class 120 room hotel, gym, luxury day spa, restaurants, golf club, and golf course.

RACV Cape Schanck Resort  / Wood Marsh - Exterior Photography, Facade
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Plan - Ground floor
RACV Cape Schanck Resort  / Wood Marsh - Exterior Photography, Garden
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The design offers an elegant and functional response whilst catering to larger conferencing and events previously lacking from the region. Carefully positioned on a previously disturbed site, the design team endeavoured to regenerate the setting, an initiative that underpinned the entire design process. Sitting sensitively within the dune system as to not disturb the surrounding landscape, the development was carefully managed to preserve the habitat of the local lizard and orchard species indigenous to the area. From afar, the building presents as a monolith, a landform eroded from the coast over time.

RACV Cape Schanck Resort  / Wood Marsh - Exterior Photography, Windows
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The cellular grid of the curvaceous weathering steel-clad upper levels, reminiscent of pockmarked sea cliffs is secondary to the building's anchor, a robust hand-built locally sourced stone plinth, symbolic of the project’s focus on craftsmanship. With an entire floor partially buried within the site, the scale of the structure is reduced, remaining sensitive to surrounding residences. The geometry itself plays with perspective, extending to form a three-lobed figure reaching North from Port Phillip Bay to the Bass Strait in the south, with the full scale of the building never revealed. Internally, the layout creates a series of impressive public and private spaces oriented to key views.

RACV Cape Schanck Resort  / Wood Marsh - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Chair
© Peter Bennetts
RACV Cape Schanck Resort  / Wood Marsh - Interior Photography, Dining room, Table, Chair
© Peter Bennetts

Recreation, golf and café facilities at ground open directly to the outdoor recreation area, whilst the 25-metre indoor pool, sauna, gymnasium, and luxury day spa with treatment rooms and plunge baths cater to both guests and private members. Directly above sits the entry-level, a structurally glazed podium that reflects the landscape, creating a visual break between the plinth’s solidity and the sweeping weathering steel arcs.

RACV Cape Schanck Resort  / Wood Marsh - Interior Photography, Lighting
© Peter Bennetts
RACV Cape Schanck Resort  / Wood Marsh - Interior Photography, Bedroom, Bed, Windows
© Peter Bennetts

This level is set back with a large protective overhang, surrounded by terraces with conference facilities, restaurants, lounges, and generous accommodation above, all capitalizing on the panoramic views. The public benefits of RACV Cape Schanck, particularly to the local community, are abundant. The development provides state-of-the-art facilities, with the project filling the current gap in the tourism offer in the region.

RACV Cape Schanck Resort  / Wood Marsh - Exterior Photography, Facade, Windows
© Peter Bennetts

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Address:Trent Jones Drive (via, Boneo Rd, Cape Schanck VIC 3939, Australia

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Cite: "RACV Cape Schanck Resort / Wood Marsh" 25 Mar 2021. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/959141/racv-cape-schanck-resort-wood-marsh> ISSN 0719-8884

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