Ridge Quarters Opening
Event description
We're celebrating the opening of our funky new accommodation ' The Ridge Quarters’ in a very Spring Bay Mill way — with art, music, great food and engaging Mill tours.
Welcome and Smoking Ceremony
with NITA Education.
Art Installation
by Julia Drouhin.
TOURS
Environmentally responsible architecture
with architect Ross Brewin of Gilby + Brewin Architecture
Regenerative landscape design
with Spring Bay Mill head horticulturist Marcus Ragus.
Where a huge stockpile of woodchips covered the hill, we rejuvenated the soil and planted an extensive native garden to make way for the Ridge Quarters.
“The name both references the building’s location on the hill as well as a play on the typology a simple workers’ or shearers’ quarters, with common areas for cooking, eating and socialising,’ said architect Ross Brewin.
"Avoiding the generic nature of motels and hotels, they intentionally challenge the conventions of short-stay accommodation to frame a surprising and engaging experience of this unique post-industrial site."