Rossaveel SCH Amenity Building provides facilities for boats staying at the harbour, as well as an office for the Harbour Master, who oversees the traffic in and out of the harbour. The project is located at the edge of a man-made pier, on an extremely exposed site and deals with the threshold between sky, land and sea. The roof is a simple inverted planar surface which is detailed to allow for a waterfall feature pouring rainwater back into the sea. The roof volume rises on the corner to create a small office, allowing the Harbour Master’s to look out over the harbour entrance. The material concept is that the ground plane, which is made of natural stone, folds up onto the building and the reinforced concrete roof folds down the facade, creating an interlocking of materiality and texture. Rectangular openings are formed where these two materials meet, giving an undulating materiality reflecting the landscape beyond the project.

The project was designed in collaboration with Stephen Foley Architects.