Cumulus Studio, which has
offices in both Tasmania and Melbourne, designed the visitor
facilities named Devil’s Corner Lookout and Cellar Door for the Brown
Brothers winery in Apslawn.
Constricted primarily from timber-clad shipping containers, the two
structures provide a semi-sheltered space for wine and food sampling, as
well as an observation point overlooking the vines and the Freycinet
Peninsula on Tasmania’s eastern coast.
“The project for the wine company Brown Brothers seeks to amplify the
experience of this iconic view to create a new tourism experience on
the east coast of Tasmania,” said the studio, which previously
converted an Art Deco pump house into a hotel on Australia’s deepest lake.
The structures are located on a grassy hillside beside the rows of grape vines.
The viewpoint, made from projecting and intersecting shipping
containers, is set on the crest of the hill. It is designed to allow
visitors to hone in views of the landscape’s distinguishing features.
An angled box by the entrance point points to views of the sky, while
two metal balconies that jut from the timber-clad tower direct the gaze
towards the horizon and the bay.
On the lower part of the hill, a series of single-storey blocks clad
in wood make up the section of the building known as the Cellar Door.
They are arranged around a semi-sheltered courtyard where visitors
can enjoy views of The Hazards a range of granite peaks that loom over
the Freycinet Peninsula.
“The Cellar Door and Lookout were designed as a loose collection of
timber-clad buildings that, through similar aesthetic and material
treatment, form a modern interpretation of traditional farm or rural
settlements that gather over time,” explained the architects.
“The lookout element is a critical component of the design, not only
in providing a visual signifier for the settlement but also as a way of
interpreting the landscape from which the Devil’s Corner wines
originate.”
Low-cost shipping containers are increasingly making their way into permanent architecture. Recent examples including a
house in Northern Ireland by architect and farmer Patrick Bradley made from stacked shipping containers.
The industrial units have also been used by
Pedro Barata e Arquitetos Associados to create the “world’s biggest periscope” – a 12-metre-tall viewpoint in Brazil – and by Potash Architects for a
stairwell at an Israeli port.
via Dezeen | Photography is by Tanja Milbourne
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