Brooke Beniston
BLUES POINT APARTMENT
Location of building/project:
Blues Point Rd, McMahons Point NSW 2060
Pre-design condition of interior/building:
This is a new apartment building with 80 storeys, all focused around a double helix design with a 5 degree twist. Entry to each apartment is located in the second twist of the floor plan from a bridge within the centre of the hollow tower allowing for services to each apartment.
Client brief/ client requirements:
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Colour palette to reflect surroundings.
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The view towards the harbour is to be made into the main feature.
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Open plan for the downstairs public area.
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Journey to upstairs private realm.
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Needs to be a place for relaxing and winding down after a day at work.
Software and Skills:
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SketchUp
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Enscape
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Photoshop
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Lightroom
Concept and Features:
Within levels 63 and 64, housed blue and green tones that were chosen by the client in order to reflect the expansive panoramic views of Sydney Harbour beyond the open plan public area. Arriving in the apartment meant that your eyesight was casted on 3.5m wood panel screen, allowing you to take a deep breath and reset before directing your attention to the seascape. Naturally, this became a key feature for the design direction of placing emphasis on the outlook allowing us to assure the client that every room will be focused around it, both in form and colour.
Hues inspired by the water below were specified throughout the design on both levels, with a green and white terrazzo draped kitchen, it’s colours being reflected in the outstretched parallel wall and the curved dining wall. The idea of the materials throughout both levels was to be soft yet striking allowing for an intimate and relaxing experience. In contrast, however, the floor plan offers up powerful angles, made evident with a double-storey void above the living space. This allows for expansive volumes highlighted by light and shadows bouncing off the mirror cloaked walls.
Heightening the sense of proportion and scale, ignites a gallery-feeling for the clients, this ‘moment’ then offers a sense of luxury.