Crescent House

Crescent House
© Brett Boardman

CRESCENT HOUSE

Andrew Burns Architect

PHOTOGRAPHS
Brett Boardman

LOCATION
Sydney, AustraliA

PROJECT YEAR
2013

CATEGORY
Pavilion

'Crescent House' is the first in an annual series of temporary pavilions to be installed at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Paddington, Sydney.

Crescent House
© Brett Boardman
Crescent House
© Brett Boardman
Crescent House
© Brett Boardman

The aim of this 'Fugitive Structures' program is to engage a wide audience with architectural thought.

Two arcs are set within an apparently simple rectilinear form.

The arcs bisect, creating a pair of infinitely sharp points and a threshold to the space beyond.

Crescent House
© Brett Boardman
Crescent House
© Brett Boardman

This combination of fragility and robustness seeks to charge the conversations within the space with a particular quality.

The structure has an ambiguous presence; between architecture and art object. Through framing, it transforms an ordinary rose apple hedge into a landscape of beauty.

Crescent House
© Brett Boardman
Crescent House
© Brett Boardman
Crescent House
© Brett Boardman

The pavilion responds to elemental themes; darkness and light, the wonder offered by the night sky and the burnt quality of yaki-sugi (charred cedar) recalling the presence of bushfires on this continent.

The pavilion and has been initiated and supported by Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, BVN Donovan Hill, Andrew Cameron Family Foundation and the Nelson Meers Foundation.

Crescent House
© Brett Boardman


Crescent House
© Brett Boardman
Crescent House
© Brett Boardman
Crescent House
© Brett Boardman
Crescent House
© Brett Boardman
Crescent House
© Brett Boardman


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