Bridgeman Downs
A new build luxury home for extended family entertaining, the Bridgeman Downs Residence is designed around a central tree. Interesting, generous spaces move from Public on the Ground Plane, Bedrooms on the First Floor, and is capped by a top-level Rooftop Deck.
The core idea of the home played with the idea of “light and shadow”. The Ground Floor was always going to be recessed in, and linked to the feeling of the underside of a tree’s canopy. Here are the family and entertaining spaces, centred around a “jhoola” seat - the seat of honour for grandparents to pass their wisdom onto their family. On the First Floor were generous bedrooms, the floating volume giving a sense of freedom and light. Privacy is mediated by a series of batten screens, angled and modulated to give the facade a sense of play. The house was then crowned with a Rooftop Deck, from which generous views to distant mountains can be enjoyed in the late afternoon.
Connecting everything was the central void - a bright and airy light well, with mesh stairs and a hammock floor providing dappled lighting and ventilation throughout the home.
We are a vibrant, creative and passionate architectural practice based in Brisbane, Australia.
First established in 2016, we see ourselves as the next link, inspired by - and walking in the footsteps of - generous, creative and selfless architects who have practiced before us.
Architects who may not necessarily be esteemed or celebrated, who may or may not be exhibited or featured in coffee table books,
but in pursuing great design they have quietly, unassumingly touched countless lives in their craft and service.
We are intentional and counter-cultural in our work - in how we serve our clients, in how we relate as a team, how we advocate for those in need, and how we gauge our success.
We are not satisfied with the status quo. We don’t need our name up in lights.
Our buildings are a physical outcome of our passion - to see people live well, to come home to an environment of peace and rest,
and thus empowered to demonstrate generous hospitality.