The project involved complete reorganization of an existing dwelling, and the addition of a new living room, verandah, courtyard and garage. Located at Trial Bay overlooking the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, the ‘Channel Room’ as it is now called is like an abstraction of a cinematographer's camera, whereby the apertures have been adjusted to subject, view, and light. The East Elevation recalls the landscape painter's cropping device. The new room is projected toward the Channel, in a manner and position that preserves the outlook from the house, and maximises direct sunlight to, and

outlook from both. The new architecture departs from the existing ‘holes in walls’ masonry character by achieving the duality of being extroverted and open to the landscape, yet being solid, strong and robust. Double glazed sliding timber windows and doors combine with tiled floors, solar collectors, integral hot water heating, cross ventilation and rainwater harvesting to achieve an acceptable level of environmental performance, without remote control. An embedded idea is the creation of a pattern of continuous space and circulation, as a metaphor for the landscape itself.