Peter O'Gorman

ARCHITECTURAL INTENTIONS : “OCEAN VIEW FARMHOUSE” QUEENSLAND

The project for a new farmhouse at Ocean View presented an opportunity to continue to explore ideas about the experience of enclosure and its relationship with both the landscape and interior space. In addition to the climatic and other functional imperatives for shelter, the essence of human enclosure is the offer of some respite from the infinitely immense space of the world. Separating out a contained space from limitless space brings with it the questions inherent in making an ‘other’ world. The threshold is the place of transition and mediation between these worlds as well as a place with its own particular qualities. Landscape, the intermediary between infinite space and built enclosure, is also the source of sensory experience. Landscape is, in this way, a reference for both the occupant and the making of enclosure. Here, we reflect on our design process, and ideas and influences affecting the design.