Gaze House

Located on the Wellstead Estuary in the townsite of Bremer Bay, the site of the Gaze house is constituted by a sedimentary fossilised ‘spongelite’ which is host to a number of indigenous plant species. The design was developed through questioning how a low cost construction technique might be employed to frame the flora and signal the geomorphology of the site. Scenographic views of the greater landscape are downplayed in favour of more localised site-specific conditions and daily habitation patterns of family and friends. The spatial planning of the house is configured in a ‘U’ shape, which embraces an all-seasons, wind-protected courtyard.