Lot 59,
Completed: 2025
Location: Branxton, NSW
Type: Exhibition, Hospitality, Alterations & Additions
Architect/Designer: Snohetta
Engineer: Northrop
Photography: Clinton Weaver
From the Architect:
“A design that is integrated with the surrounding rural landscape, this project aims to at once honour and revitalise the towns sense of community and wonder. The existing shed has been repurposed to accomodate a contemporary take on the cinema experience - a once loved past-time of the town.
Telescoping out from a gallery space showing moving image projections by some of Australias most well-known artists, a café acts as oculus - framing and acting as a welcoming foreground. The dark and atmospheric space is clad in stark industrial materials and accompanied by low-lighting accents to provide a sense of drama, whilst allowing the moving image artworks to be viewed at museum-standard quality.
The space is complimented by custom designed and crafted utilitarian seating. Providing a warmth, this is a space that invites one to sit and linger, to watch, converse and enjoy a unique art experience.”