What is this place?
Our goal was to create a space for young people where normal rules didn’t apply. We wanted a non-traditional space: a world away from the classic classroom, that would pluck kids out of their everyday lives. We wanted it to instantly prompt stories, ideas and freedom of thought. The final design turned an 1830s’ heritage-listed cottage – formerly a family home, lolly shop, and real estate office – into a fluid, continuous space called the Dream Lab.
What was the concept behind the design?
The architectural concept was to connect four separate rooms with a continuous blue splash or ribbon, so as to awaken imagination with non-linear design. Spatial continuity is realised with a series of free-flowing timber elements, which meander through the space and create…
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Interior (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2019 / February 2020