2024-11-23T08:25:03-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150297120/a-new-museum-for-one-of-australia-s-most-serene-artistic-escapes Josh Niland 2022-02-05T09:00:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/89/8994b88c89e62e70167425805ea3199f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The art ecosystem of Australia&rsquo;s South Coast region got a significant boost over the weekend after the official unveiling of the new Bundanon Art Museum and Bridge for Creative Learning designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/27771/kerstin-thompson-architects" target="_blank">Kerstin Thompson Architects</a>.</p> <p>The Melbourne-based firm worked with landscape architects Wraight Associates, Craig Burton, and sustainable design engineers&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/1987/atelier-ten" target="_blank">Atelier Ten</a>&nbsp;to create a multifaceted arts destination on an important 1,100-hectare (2,718-acre) property located in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/78/78b7bd25ee5f2c1c98a5b85e6913f70b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/78/78b7bd25ee5f2c1c98a5b85e6913f70b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo by Zan Wimberley</figcaption></figure><p>Designed to be a weather-resilient education center as well as an art museum and retreat destination, the entire development consists of a 500-square-meter (5,382-square-foot) museum, paddock-to-plate caf&eacute;, an education center, and lodging for up to 64 people. All this is inspired by the art of landscape painter Arthur Boyd, who, together with his wife Yvonne, gifted the property to the Australian people in 1993.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/21/2152d65f86e20f36fd178b61a1490624.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/21/2152d65f86e20f36fd178b61a1490624.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo by Zan Wimberley</figcaption></figure><p>The museum is split into ...</p>