Perfect Storm is an award-winning home designed as a concrete bunker that takes brutalist interior architecture to the next level. The concrete bunker in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Camperdown is an award-winning home, managing to transform a relatively small area into a spacious, modern-day apartment.
The building was once a biscuit factory that operated in the 1890s, the last remaining aspect of the original factory fit-out was the concrete floor. The warehouse became the perfect shell for interior designer Matt of Killing Matt Woods and builder Sam of Green Anvil Co. to convert into a contemporary residential space inspired by brutalist interior design and architecture.
Taking obvious constraints, such as the restricted loft apartment floorplan with fixed kitchen and bathroom locations and the home’s small interior footprint, Killing Matt Woods creatively conjures up an atmosphere reminiscent of a concrete bunker, without compromising on space, light, ambiance, and color within the interior and architect of the concrete bunker home.
With its double-height ceiling, the internal space and architecture feel larger and brings natural light into the interior of the award-winning home from the west-facing double-height glazed wall. This illusion of space is also emphasized by the two entries into the apartment home, as the street-level entry opens out into a central living area, where the eye naturally lifts up and out into the interior and its design. A considered level of attention to detail is also reflected in aspects such as the custom-built joinery, the monolithic and brutalist feel of the kitchen interior design and bench, and the custom-made LED halo light, all constructed, installed, and built by Green Anvil Co.
Sustainability is an integral facet of Perfect Storm’s award-winning home design, especially as the initial direction of the project was inspired by excessive use of concrete which is not a sustainable material.
Instead, Killing Matt Woods consciously chose to use a concrete colored paint for the interior design as a substitute for the award-winning home, knowing that clever use of finishes could achieve a similar moody look and feel, without the environmental and economic impact of concrete within the concrete bunker.
Enjoy this The Local Project house tour of an award-winning home designed as a concrete bunker, Perfect Storm by Killing Matt Woods and Green Anvil Co.
