Unwavering Outpost - Matopos by Atelier Andy Carson

As a celebration of art and innovative sensibility, Matopos sees a considered restraint combine with a raw and expressive use of materiality. Atelier Andy Carson crafts a unique and sculptural addition to the streetscape that openly engages with the natural surrounds and the home’s elevated outpost.

Tightly nestled into its corner allotment, Matopos is an efficient use of space and volume and ensures a feeling of open connection is embedded throughout. Home to its philanthropist owner, the building captures the spirit of generosity and innovation through a curious undertaking of materiality and form. As the home sits looking out over the expansive surroundings, the sandstone base connects to the natural rock formation of the area and the history of the streetscape. A sculptural nod to local surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku, the upper level then sees a façade of cast bronze wrap around the form, echoing the fluidity and shape of a wave. Atelier Andy Carson ensures the contemporary home is a respectful nod to the past.

Tightly nestled into its corner allotment, Matopos is an efficient use of space and volume and ensures a feeling of open connection is embedded throughout.

The Freshwater-based home occupies a small footprint yet, through a minimalistic approach, feels expansive and generous beyond its volume. An attentive approach to detail has been embedded into each junction, ensuring joinery feels like a deliberate extension of the architecture and hides the amenity and storage of everyday life. The focus on light and connectedness forms an integral part of the experience of the home. It was important that the home captured a sense of place and open apertures remain a key conduit for that natural connection.

As an embodiment of its owner, an experimental spirit sets the tone for the home’s overall approach. Through materiality and form there is an understated elegance felt throughout that, together with an open generosity of scale, further increases the perception of volume. In choosing such weighted materiality, the home becomes a gesture of permanence – resistant to the elements and intended to age and patina over time.

The Freshwater-based home occupies a small footprint yet, through a minimalistic approach, feels expansive and generous beyond its volume.

Balancing old and new, Matopos is a considered insertion that actively engages with the surrounds. By responding to and becoming a receiver of light, Atelier Andy Carson proposes a home of continous animation.