Jury Citation
Sam Bresnehan’s mature and sensitive Atelier Spring Bay: maritime workshops + exhibition space, at Triabunna, Tasmania, was unanimously selected by the jury as the project that responded with a sound understanding of place, technology and culture.
Bresnehan has created a gentle yet industrial group of workshops and ancillary spaces well suited to the surrounding marine environment in which the project is sited.
His work displays a strong and clear resolution within its environment.
Readily available and suitable local timber is used widely, for both boat building and the construction of the workshops and exhibition spaces.
Using local timber for purposes other than felling and chipping the trees for pulp - enabling the region to forge a more sustainable identity - is a beautiful idea.
The jury appreciated that the scheme was imaginative, complex and relaxed without being “tricky”. This project stands out as well thought through, buildable and believable.
Commendations
Newcastle Abattoir + Beef Market – Lachlan Seegers, University of Newcastle.
Re:Generate Kinglake – Stephen Monahan, Deakin University.
Wired Lab – Nic Moore, University of Sydney.
Jury - Karl Fender (chair), Anthony Balsamo, Lindsay Orford.
