African Design Magazine November 2015 | Page 47

M International project Moonlight Cabin ROJECT TEAM oonlight Cabin was designed by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects to be passively environmentally responsive, ultimately reducing energy use and running costs whilst maximising occupant amenity. The plan is conceived as one volume with kitchen, bathroom and utilities inserted within a central island pod, which effectively unlocks the corridor to become an important habitable space. The built form is fully screened in a spotted-gum rainscreen that acts like a ‘gore-tex jacket’ to protect the cabin from H[[Y[