The site is one which is repeatedly affected by the persistent salt-mist of a tidal beach at Cronulla.
In this ever-changing place the fortitude of a resistance determines many things; those things can be pre-determined by the prediction of known ‘weathering’ and endurance between extremes of the weather. The technical considerations of weathering are at the forefront of considerations from the outset; facades should enable weathering and resistance at once.
Within the plan, the issues are simply addressed. A long living room creates the ‘lung’ of the units and enables air to directly flow through from the ocean (in the east) to the street beyond (at the west); the unit being totally ‘held in air’. Another line of rooms beside the living spaces are bedrooms and service quarters; a simple arrangement of possibilities in the entire development is enabled by the universality of this plan.
The landscape treatment is respectful of the nature of the place by not repeating it. Rocks and concrete subsist meaningfully here as a reminder that the landscape abounds in the ocean ahead.