Inspirations

The site is quite barren with minimal shrubs with minimal topography, hence we decided to look elsewhere for inspiration. The site of Djilimbardi is located in Western Australia which has a strong aboriginal cultural background. The aboriginals are very closely connected to the land following the philosophical views of "genus loci", translated into "spirit of place", meaning that the land and the people are as one. we wanted to come up with a design that reflected the beliefs and incorporate the symbols of the aborigional culture, creating a dwelling that was not alien from the land and complimented the landscape.




After some research we found out that the circle represents the meeting place, eg. the watering hole, with lines representing a journey or a path. The idea that our dwelling could itself be an artwork, became an idea, where the importance of arial perspective became a priority. The use of a circle as the communal areas ie. kitchen living joined by lines reflecting of these circles became an idea we were very interested in.

Greg Burgess

Greg Burgess' architecture found all over Australia, including desert locations, and reflected many of the ideas that we were interested in.


Architecture like Uluru-kata Tjuta Cultural Centre and The World of the Platypus really intrigued us due to their spectacular arial perspective and also their roof designed. The layering found on both roofs gave the architecture a scale like, animalistic appearance, which helped to reinforce nature which we liked the idea of.

Glen Murcutt

Glen Murcutt's Marika-Alderton House designed for an Aboriginal artist and located in the NT is very similar in its locations climatic conditions. His design reflects the ideas of naturally heating and cooling, hence these ideas were taken into consideration.

• raised for circulation of air underneath to assist with cooling
• wide eaves to shelter from the sun
• no glass, instead wooden shutters to aid with cyclone conditions
  
• prefabricated units
• "to touch the earth lightly'
• steel lightweight frames
• roof made of corugated metal to intensify the sound of rain and hence connect to nature