The place is called Crown Jewel because the location is sitting high up
off the building looking out into the lake. That always give us the inspiration
to do something that's a privilege and high-end.
My name is John Xu, I'm the lead architect of the Crown Jewel.
The initial brief for the penthouse project was driven by the idea from the clients,
that he wanted to build up a dream home for his own young family.
The Crown Jewel is situated on the foreshore of Lake Burley Griffin, the client came to us
on 2019, just right before the construction of the base build started their constructions.
From the brief we further developed our arrangement of the house, put up an unobscured
view from the lake and also trying to bring in the natural landscape into the house itself.
The idea of the layout planning of the penthouse, is trying to cater for different occasions.
On the ground floor, we have majority of the public space
that allows for privacy and entertaining at the same time.
On the level up, we have allocate the master bedrooms and the semi-master bedroom,
such to have a beautiful sunlight coming in from the morning, and a great outlook in the evening.
We took a lot of references from the basic architecture, and tried to use
the design language of the architecture to inspire what we're doing in this house.
We believe it is a strong and powerful design strategy in our philosophy.
Since it is the client's vision to create a kingdom for his daughter, we have used a
lot of classic materials and texture to assure the longevity of the home. We also use a lot
of luxury material to enhance every single spaces and down to the every single details.
Taking cues from the lake, we are also trying to embed the ripple of the lakes and use the pattern
to enhance the vertical fireplace, as a feature beacons of the living room space.
As you walk further into the formal dining area,
you will see a beautiful brass whiskey bars on the opposites, that picks up
the speckle of the suns, reflecting the natural elements that we brought in.
Our design strategy is always trying to bring the outside in, to create a sense of tranquillity,
and with this beautiful location of the penthouse, it is our commitment
to make sure our design is engaging the natural environments.
My favourite of this penthouse is the large living spaces that we have created
for this multi-generation family, that allowing them to utilise the space and enjoy themselves
throughout every single moment that we have created, and we have embedded into this design.
In this project we have full freedom to use our own hands to design every single details,
that encompassed us to do a lot of interesting details and employ
a lot of high-end technology to help and facilitate different generations of
residents to utilise the spaces well and also enjoy their everyday lives.