Monthly Archives: February 2016

Swanbourne Sculpture for all Seasons

Award winning WA sculptor, Max Ball, has recently unveiled a stunning metal masterpiece.

His artistic design is currently gracing a vacant block earmarked for an environmentally and community sensitive residential village in Swanbourne.

Swanbourne Village Trust

Leading Perth architect, Garry Baverstock AM, approached Max, also an architect, in late 2015 to commission him to come up with an innovative and inspirational public artwork. The final work would reflect the spirit that lies at the heart of the new Swanbourne Village that is in the final planning process.

The Swanbourne Sculpture Design

Max’s design concepts immediately turned towards nature and natural forms. Polished stainless steel together with metal parts that will rust with time, provided a rich, tactile texture representing lemon tree leaves. This reflected the Mediterranean aesthetic that was Garry’s creative design concept for the village.

Max described his new work as having “Fluid curving lines with thin stemlike members and leaf forms. I wanted to achieve a visual sense of growth and a striving for height whilst maintaining a connection to the ground. I have used a rust staining steel for the lower leaves to visually anchor the piece to the ground and stainless steel for those reaching to the sky. A vine like support framework holds the leaves in place whilst allowing subtle wind movement with variations of colour and light reflection.”

The public can see and enjoy Max’s striking work of art on the corner of Congdon and Railway Streets, Swanbourne.

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Ten Years on, an Environmentally Friendly Design Endures

 Congdon carport

Energy Efficient Urban Design

Award winning eco-architect, Garry Baverstock and his team, are known for their innovative, energy efficient urban design and concepts.

Energy and Water Efficienct Home

These energy efficient designs embrace the ideal building combination of creative aesthetic form and structure that are also energy and water efficient.

It was inevitable that when the time came to build his own home to share with his wife, Julia; the same passion for environmentally and energy efficient urban design was foremost in his mind when he created his current home in Congdon Street, Swanbourne.

Indoor Temperature

Garry commented that the temperature from summer to winter didn’t change any more than 5-10 degrees. In Summer, the indoor house temperature was no more than 28 degrees 90% of the time and in mid-winter, it never got below 18 degrees.This is remarkable considering the house doesn’t have air-conditioning or heating installed.

Solar Provides Free Air Conditioning

In the future, a solar air conditioner and heater will be installed that will keep the temperature at 24 degrees all year round; free of charge. Ten years on, this innovative ‘Ecotect Architects’ design is still something that people aspire to when considering their new home.

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Photo Credits; Nick Melidonis, www.nickmelidonis.com