Farmhouse // Precht

The modular building system investigates the connection of people with their food and creates a building that connects architecture with agriculture. The beginning of farming gave birth to the first permanent settlements and both grew, hand in hand, with the demand for more food and more liveable areas.

With the industrial revolution this changed, advances in transportation and preservation made it possible to deliver goods faster and store them longer. The process of growing food moved out of the sights and minds. Since then, agriculture and architecture battle for territory and resources. Therefore this is an opportunity to reconnect architecture and agriculture and change them to the progress of

Symmons Plains // Cumulus Studio

The Symmons Plains homestead was first established in 1839 by John Arndell Youl, a Tasmanian colonist known for introducing brown trout to Australia. The homestead itself comprises of a large limestone living quarters, lined by two

The new lightweight steel and glass attachments reflect this simplicity in form and proportion, while their transparency and reduced height allow the heritage structures to take prominence in the design. The new intervention is essentially a long forced out tube, that connects both outbuildings and the back wing if the

The central areas of gathering ( kitchen, living room, dining) have been relocated within the light-filled new insertions, with clear transitions to the extended outdoor social areas in the terrace, pool and back courtyards. Steel has been used to represent the transition between old and new which relates