At night, it becomes a light source and a signal to attract people and when it descends it creates a space where people can gather around its warm glow. For this project, Moonshine won an award in 2009 from the AJ Small Projects Award. Juan Carlos Eugene Soler : Glenn Murcutt Master Class 2001, 54th Central Glass International Design Competition, Tokyo, Japan, ‘Architecture That Generates New Sakariba’ - 2019.

mentor, Glenn Murcutt, but in other ways it is also a very personal manifesto. Seven were shortlisted and Eugene’s entry was placed second. when the site had no car access, and physically manhandled the materials and Moonshine is a kind of self-build and also a direct homage to Taylor’s mentor named Glenn Murcutt.

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Incredibly cheap and raw, the building is designed to translate the site conditions into a building – with areas of transparency/solidity fitting around sunlight and shade, eaves designed to shelter parts of the building from the prevailing wind, clerestory designed to capture first rays of morning light and a foundation system designed to leave the water table and highly shrinkable clay intact.

of dated now, too derivatively Murcuttian, a bit battered by 4 growing We gather around the warmth and wonder of campfire under the stars and share memories and stories. Piers Taylor hosts The World's Most Extraordinary Homes Credit: YouTube Piers Taylor is a renowned local award-winning RIBA architect and presenter.

A film with Piers Taylor and family describing the recent refurbishment and environmental upgrade of their self built house. materials, and the poetic sense of dwelling in a woodland. Moreover, in a world where we have Internet connection but seem to be ‘disconnected’- the ‘Moon Landing’ can be a benefit to existing ‘Sakariba’ not only to reduce the abundant energy we are drowning in, but also to remind us to look up and realize our place in the Universe and encourage real connection with each other. The purpose design of Moonshine is about translating the condition of the site into a building. Moonshine. the building is designed to translate the site conditions into a building – Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. also reminded that there are some things I really did get right, and I’ve

March 27, 2012 // 0. Makes the house is simple but also the best as a living place.

Realising I’ve nothing much left to say, this will be my last tweet for a good while and this account will be dorma…. started Piers Taylor’s practice. In a way, it’s kind of worked, but could be a bit more robust. The owner has fixed some parts of Moonshine and she also did the same things with other projects as well.

The foundation system is also designed to leave the shrinkable clay intact and the water table.

It’s kind of dated now, too derivatively Murcuttian, a bit battered by 4 growing children, and my thinking has moved on a great deal – but I still love being able to feel like you’re living outside. ( Log Out /  things work well when they’re naive because there’s a youthful optimism. Springtime, Moonshine. It’s a naive building in some ways, but naive like your first record – some