Crescent House by Andrew Burns
22/04/2013.
Fugitive Structures. SCAF Project 16 [Sydney] Australia. 22/03-14/09/2013
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'Crescent House' is the first in an annual series of temporary pavilions to be installed at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Paddington, Sydney. The aim of this 'Fugitive Structures' program is to engage a wide audience with architectural thought.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman. Click above to see larger image.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman. Click above to see larger image.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman. Click above to see larger image.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman. Click above to see larger image.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman. Click above to see larger image.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman. Click above to see larger image.
Ground floor plan. Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman. Click above to see larger image.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman.
Crescent House by Andrew Burns. Fugitive Structures at SCAF Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Photography © Brett Boardman
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. 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. 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." Andrew Burns (2013)
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.
Andrew Burns: Crescent House is the inaugural project in Fugitive Structures, a series of four annual invitation-only competitions aimed at emerging and mid-career architects who are asked to design a small-scale temporary pavilion for SCAF’s Zen garden.
Presented in collaboration with BVN Donovan Hill, the Fugitive Structures concept references London’s Serpentine Gallery’s highly successful Architectural Pavilion series in Kensington Gardens.
A catalogue published by SCAF accompanies the exhibition and includes a conversation between Andrew Burns and James Grose, Principal and National Director, BVN Donovan Hill.
Venue.- Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. 16–20 Goodhope Street, Paddington. Sydney NSW 2021 Australia.
Dates.- 22 March – 14 September 2013
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ANDREW BURNS
Andrew Burns is principal of Andrew Burns Architect, the practice he founded in Sydney in 2008. In 2011 he won the international design competition for Australia House, a gallery and atelier that forms part of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in Japan, selected by a jury chaired by Tadao Ando from a field of 154 entries. Andrew is currently Co-director of the Super Sydney Project and member of the Sydney Architecture Festival Committee. In that same year, Andrew was awarded the 60th Anniversary Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship to undertake an exchange programme at the Architecture Foundation, London. In 2012 the practice was a finalist in the National Worker’s Memorial competition Canberra, awarded first prize in an invited competition to transform a forgotten pocket at Gibbon’s Rent into London’s newest park and awarded the inaugural Fugitive Structures project at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation.
The principal Andrew Burns enjoys undertaking residential projects, working closely with the clients to create places well suited to their requirements, efficient yet inspiring.
