MONITORING STATION
A place to observe, monitor, and explore the health of Country.
A place to observe, monitor, and explore the health of Country.
Situated within a richly biodiverse forest, the monitoring station supports the ongoing study of flora, fauna, water, and climatic systems - capturing changes to habitat and movement patterns, soil, water and air quality, and vegetation health.
Visitors are encouraged to engage with the process through workshops, a library and gallery. A central observation room offers a peek behind the scenes into the laboratory, and invites the public to form their own assessments through interative data displays. An onsite kitchen and cafe welcomes vistors to rest and revive, while a modest resisdence offers shelter and sanctuary fot the station’s custodians.
Sketchup + InDesign + Illustrator + Photoshop
“Resist the urge to straighten, flatten, organise.”
DANIELE HROMEK
DANIELE HROMEK
DESIGN INTENT
Echoing principles outlined by Hromek (2023), the design embraces light, movement, and reflection as ways of listening to Country.
Echoing principles outlined by Hromek (2023), the design embraces light, movement, and reflection as ways of listening to Country.
A series of structures work with the landscape rather than against it, carefully weaving around and over existing flora. Screw piles minimise impact on tree roots while raising the structures above a potential future floodline. A simple post and beam contruction, using a limited material palette of timber and polycarbonate, allows the architecture to sit lightly within its setting. The design seeks to offer spaces that are grounded, resilient, and enough.
REFERENCES
Hromek, Danièle. 2023. “Dossier: What can non-Indigenous designers do?” Architecture Australia July/August 2023: 10