GREG BURGESS....Uluru-kata tjuta cultural centre
Greg Burgess’s amazing creation sits in the Uluru National Park, Northern Territory. The building expresses aboriginal culture and interpretive themes.
Burgess’s complex was designed in collaboration with the Aboriginal community. Burgess spent a month with the aboriginal people of the area; together a brief was developed through sketches in the sand of two undulating buildings around a central courtyard.
The building celebrates the culture of the aboriginal Anangu culture through the powerful site in which it sits; the use of sustainable materials and the response to the people and environment.
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Greg Burgess’s amazing creation sits in the Uluru National Park, Northern Territory. The building expresses aboriginal culture and interpretive themes.Burgess’s complex was designed in collaboration with the Aboriginal community. Burgess spent a month with the aboriginal people of the area; together a brief was developed through sketches in the sand of two undulating buildings around a central courtyard.
The building celebrates the culture of the aboriginal Anangu culture through the powerful site in which it sits; the use of sustainable materials and the response to the people and environment.
http://www.gregoryburgessarchitects.com.au/index_home_pro.htmThe design is not a predictable design, but an intricate building with bumps and distortions coming from natural forms. The design further captures the qualities of the desert and the aboriginal people; however, the building challenges the experience of the tourist leaving them with an understanding of the place and its people.
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GLENN MURCUTT.....Marika-Alderton House
Designed for an Aboriginal woman, the Marika-Alderton House ingeniously adapts to the hot, tropical climate of Australia's Northern Territory.
Because the structure rests on stilts, air circulates underneath and helps cool the floor. Elevating the house also helps keep the living space safe from tidal surges.
There are no glass windows. Instead, Glenn Murcutt used plywood walls, tallow-wood shutters, and corrugated iron roofing. These simple materials, easily assembled from prefabricated units, helped contain construction costs.
Along the long central hall at the Marika-Alderton House, tilting plywood panels can be raised and lowered like awnings. Slatted shutters allow users to adjust the flow of sunlight into the interior space.
There are no glass windows. Instead, Glenn Murcutt used plywood walls, tallow-wood shutters, and corrugated iron roofing. These simple materials, easily assembled from prefabricated units, helped contain construction costs.
Along the long central hall at the Marika-Alderton House, tilting plywood panels can be raised and lowered like awnings. Slatted shutters allow users to adjust the flow of sunlight into the interior space.
Opening and closing like a plant, the house embodies Murcutt's concept of a flexible shelter that exists in harmony with nature's rhythms.OTHER......
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