The Outpost

Collaborator

Challis Smedley Architect

Tanya Wood Landscape Architect

Scope

Build

Completed

2021

The brief at The Outpost focused on the substantial upgrade of the rear garden and pool area of a secluded property in Sydney’s Northbridge and included provision for a new pool pavilion.

The pool pavilion was designed to allow maximum flexibility of use. The open, breezy structure provides a summer shelter and entertainment space beside the pool, with a full bathroom and kitchenette.

The pavilion can be closed off as an entertainment room or guest accommodation, and also contains a private home office. The split level responds to the site contours and allows for visual connection to the main house, landscape and pool from the key spaces.

The architectural intent was to give an impression of a ‘floating’ structure in the landscape. There was a focus on robustness of materials given the proximity to the pool and predominant use by teenagers.

The project involved a close collaboration between the client who has a background in interior design, Challis Smedley Architect, Tanya Wood Landscape Architect and Robert Plumb Fix. The result is a highly crafted project, with an emphasis on the important functional and visual relationships between indoor and outdoor spaces.