RESEMBLING A MODERN SCULPTURAL PINECONE, NORFOLK BURLEIGH HEADS IS SHAPED WITH OVER-LAPPING ORGANIC BALCONY FORMS THAT JUT OUT AND FORM A SOFT EDGE TO AN OTHERWISE UNANIMATED BUILDING.
A NEW ADDITION TO A PREVIOUSLY UNDE-VELOPED AREA, THE NEW MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH FEATURES INTERIOR DESIGN BY MIM DESIGN, SITS ALONGSIDE A PRESERVED STRIP OF AUSTRALIAN COASTLINE AND OPENS GENEROUSLY TO THE NEARBY BEACH. IN MUCH THE SAME WAY AS A PINE CONE OPENS AND CLOSES TO PROTECT ITS SEEDS, KOICHI TAKADA ARCHITECTS DESIGNED THE BUILDING TO OPEN AND CLOSE, ALLOWING IT TO BREATHE WITH OPERABLE ELEMENTS THAT ENABLE RESIDENTS TO TEMPER LIGHT, AIR AND SOLAR GAINS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.