Boat Shack.

The Boat Shack has a footprint of just 8 x 8m and is a three-storey, summer shack for a Scuba Instructor couple. As they enter retirement, the brief for this home was for it to be modest in budget (just $180K), casual and ‘weathered’ with a boat shack vernacular.

The idea of the shack is that it is operable, and adapts over the seasons and with time. In the summer it opens up to the breezes; shutter windows, hatches, loft spaces, attic bunks and daybeds unfold for the inflow of family and friends. In winter the shack is bolted up and spaces separate to allow for a cosy retreat.