Bundeena Beach House

Fragile location requires sensitive architectural approach.

The house is sited on the dune fronting Horderns Beach, at Bundeena, on the northern edge of the Royal National Park, on Sydney’s southern edge. It is a fragile place, commanding a particular sensitivity in our architectural approach.

 

 

On the beach side a breezeway room sits protected from the morning glare of the water by operable timber louvred walls, and on the bush side, an open deck sits protected from a sometimes bracing breeze.

The main bedroom is perched above the living rooms, set well back from the beach for privacy, commanding 360 degree views of the beach, the bay, the bush and the hamlet of Bundeena. Another bedroom and an office on the ground floor are accessed via an open, roofed timber walkway, gently forcing visitors and occupants to experience the elements.

For the owner, a naturopath, it is at once a beach house, a home, a place of work, and a threshold to the surrounding environment.

Bundeena Beach House Gallery

Project info	Details
Team	Sam Crawford, Jonathan Moore, Jane Silcock, Jolyon Sykes
Builder	Premier Waterproofing
Consultants	Landscape Design – 360 Landscape Architects Structural Engineer – O’Hearn Consulting Geotechnical Engineer – GHD Stormwater Management – GHD Quantity Quantity Surveyor – Ralph Beattie Bosworth (NSW) Land Surveyers – Denny Linker & Co
Council	Sutherland
Photographer	Brett Boardman
Awards	2006 AIA NSW Colorbond Award 2005 AIA NSW Awards – Commendation 2005 Australian Timber Design Awards – Highly Commended 2005 Australian Timber Design Awards – Runner-Up
Published	Blueprint Asia (Malaysia) December 2007 Blueline Media Architecture Bulletin July/ August 2006 Houses Issue 51 – 2006 Architecture Media Timber Design Australasia First Quarter 2006 Neilson Publishing Sydney Morning Herald – Domain November 2005 100 Dream Houses from Downunder, Images Publishing 2008 Specifier Issue 75 Casas Magazine May 2011
Completion	2004

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