The Calile Noosa - Peer Review Rev. B 17.08.22

       3.7 The View from Here

               “Protect vistas with good planning, including well placed and appropriately designed
               development and infrastructure.
               Acknowledge that views and vistas significantly enhance the visitor experience and thus
               benefit the local economy.
               Frame and filter views with trees.
               Exclude intrusive signage from vistas.
               Reduce street light spill by designing lighting to aim downward.
               Draw attention away from public utilities with a pleasing feature in preference to screening
               them with barriers.
               Design is a language and a powerful form of communication. People can be engaged
               through subtle design elements, attention to detail in colour, texture, form and finishes.”

               The most beautiful views from this site are those of the Reserve to the south, which
               contains some incredible mature trees and beautiful endemic plants. Most of the Resort
               Rooms face this view, which also affords privacy and quietness.

               The other views that will be enjoyed are those that will be created as part of the
               development, the pools, the gardens, the courtyards and the interesting spaces in between,
               which will provide vistas through to the surrounding streetscapes.


       3.8 Designs for Living

               “The idea that good architecture is in part a response to the landscape is
               particularly evident in a region such as Noosa where the landscape is
               revered.

               When describing architecture and the built environment, the ‘Noosa Style’ is one that puts
               great emphasis on ‘place’, the integration of built form to the natural environment …Placed
               in the natural environment of Noosa, these structures are inadvertently ‘thinned’ at their
               outer edges to create an effective shelter much like a tree canopy.” – D Majstorovic

               “The rich architectural vein left behind by local architects such as Gabriel Poole, John
               Mainwaring and Lindsay and Kerry Clare demonstrates varied responses to the unique
               regional and climatic variables found on the Sunshine Coast and Noosa in particular. In
               common however, their responses were equally respectful of, and gained inspiration, from
               the surrounding natural environment.

               Today this legacy continues to inspire generations of architects striving to explore new
               adaptations of what is loosely dubbed the ‘Noosa Style’.”

               There has been much debate over the years regarding how to define ‘Noosa Style’ and, as
               the more recent description of Noosa’s ‘look and feel’ suggests, it is more about the way
               great design evokes positive feelings and emotions, than the ‘style’ of the architecture.

               From the suggestions quoted above in Noosa’s Design Principles, it is clear that Noosa’s
               ‘look and feel’ has grown from design responses that integrate the built form with the
               natural environment. There are many ways to propose this integration but the simplest and
               most effective way is to bring the landscape into the built forms by allowing plants to coexist
               with structures.

               In order to do this successfully, it is necessary to make as many of the spaces as possible
               open, external environments which are robust enough to accommodate, not only the plants


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