Presentation
			Peter Anthony Zellner, a young Australian architect, opened his offices in 1998 under the name of "Zellner Architecture Research". He considers the architectural object to be a product of the industrial world as exemplified in his Moto-House (1996) where the flow of interior volumes is assimilated to "protected turbulences" that are somehow "squared off". Space is determined by a heterogeneous disposition of varied elements and this assembly denies the very notion of a layout or ground plan. The construction can be so well fitted into the landscape that it melds into the terrain and defines a geodesic complex which is a fusion between ground and building (Terrain House, 1997). The architect plays with the interrelation between nature and artifice, between the various territorial limits, and the fusion point at which space is defined by its conflicts and interstices (Jetty House, 1993-95). Rather than the notion of topographical or geometrical extensions, he claims a hybrid space in which the building can arise from a landslide, or the folding and parting of the plaques and bands defining the framework and singularity of the building (Krist residence, 1998).
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	Exhibition
			TERRAIN HOUSE - Bacchus Marsh, Australie, 1995-97
			The house is composed of four elements: a glazed, above-ground, copper "wing"; a large grass covered, mat-like landscaped concrete roof surface; a glass and steel skylight and circulation core that divides the public (wing) and private (mat) areas of the house and finally the ground-line itself- which is cut and modeled to include the house in the landscape and to form an entry garden, and a pool area and terraced front garden. The contrived topography planned for site is carried literally into the house, constructing a circulation ring that loops back and forth between interior (private territory) and exterior (semi-public terrain). The major surface materials selected for the house, copper and grass ground-cover, will weather and "fuzz" blurring the boundaries between wilderness and man-made landscape. The intention of this project is to bring an architectural dialogue into play between nature and artifice.

			MOTO HOUSE - Melbourne, Australie, 1995
			The Moto House is envisioned as an insertion into a 3 m wide, 25 m long access corridor between two buildings in downtown Melbourne. It spans an entire city block. It is intended as the home and workshop of a motorcycle aficionado. The Moto House contains a bike workshop, an entertainment lounge/change area, and food preparation, ablution and sleeping areas. The Moto House explores and develops residential type for a dense urban space. This project attempts to create an environment in which the daily circulation patterns of the dweller (her/his daily "cycle") help determine a flexible and open living arrangement. Like the colourful, slick panels found on contemporary racing bikes, the Moto House derives its appearance from a fascination with pop culture, speed (turbulence), and spatial fluidity.

			KRIST RESIDENCE, Stella Maris, Long Island, Bahamas, 1998-99
			This commission in-progress is for a vacation house in the Bahamas will be situated on an insular crest between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The house will rest on a slightly sloping site facing a soccer field. The program calls for a guest house, entertainment areas, bedrooms, a garage and storage spaces. The surrounding landscape is composed of extremely white coral sand, very low scrub like vegetation and groves of small palms. The project began with the notion of treating the site as an inflecting surface or shell-like skin that could be manipulated, creased, and cracked open to take on the program of the house and to create a novel relationship between the house and a panoply of transient natural influences- wind, sun, and sea views. Its particular form was generated through the configuration of twenty-six self-similar plaques or bands, which form a "chromosomal" landscape/figure.

			JETTY HOUSE, Milang , Australie, 1993-95
			The Jetty House is a prototype model for living between land and water- conceived of as a line crossing two distinct conditions. This house reconstitutes the interface between a man-made body (architecture) and a natural body (water) along and within its attenuated form. By weaving the lake into the house and extending the landscape into the water, the project initiates an exchange or dialogue between structure and medium that moves beyond a binary opposition (and/or ; both/neither) The Jetty House is composed of three spatial types or elements: a concrete rectangular pier (circulation, living zones, deck, swimming area); floating metal containers (kitchen, bedrooms) and a marine plywood/aluminium shield structure (roof garden.) This project is specifically about the relationships between land (edge), water (body), light and architecture found in Australia.
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	Resources
	Biography
			Peter Anthony Zellner (1969) 1989/1993 - Bachelor of Architecture, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australie. 1997/1999 - Master of Architecture (juin 99) Graduate School of Design, Harward University, Cambridge, Massachussetts. Enseignement : 1998 - Boston Architectural Center, Boston ; Graduate School of Design, Harward University. 1994/1997 - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australie. Principaux projets et réalisations : 1998 - Krist Residence, Stella Maris, Long Island, Bahamas (en cours). 1997 - Terrain House, Bacchus March, Australie (projet). 1994 - Snow House, St Kilda, Victoria (réal.) ; Lawson House, Russell Island, Australie (projet) ; Architecture Australia Display Stand (projet). 1993 - Beach House, Rye, Australie (projet). 1992 - Showroom Lighting Fixture, Melbourne (projet). Expositions récentes : 1999 - " Pacific Edge " Hennessy & Ingalls, Santa Monica, Californie ; " Terraforms and interiorobjects " Graduate School of Design, Harward University. 1998 - " Terrain House : dwelling between nature and artifice " Boston Architectural Center. 1997 - " Twenty Young Architects " 8th World Triennal of Architecture, Sofia, Bulgarie.
	Bibliography
			Principales publications de Peter Anthony Zellner 1999 - " The City Disappears : Motorised Speed, Human Mobility and Electrical Communication in Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacre City " Daidalos, Berlin (à paraître) ; " Hybrid Space Generative Form and Digital Architectures " Thames and Hudson, Londres (à paraître). 1998 - " Pacific Edge : Contemporary Architecture on the Pacific Rim " Rizolli, New York et Thames and Hudson, Londres (auteur et éditeur) Bibliographie sélective 1998 - World Architecture n°72, Londres ; The Architectural Review n°1221, Londres ; Architecture Australia n°6, vol.87. 1997 - Architecture Profile n°1, vol.2 ; GA Houses, vol.52, Tokyo ; Monument n°18 et 19, Sydney ; Architecture Australia vol.86, n°4 ; " The lucky Country : Myth, Image and the Australian Suburb " avec Laurel Porcari, Edit. P. Lang/T. Miller, Storefront Books, Princeton Press, New York. 1996 - GA Houses, vol.48, Tokyo ; Monument 9 et 15, Sydney ; Transition n°52, Melbourne ; Tostem View n°59, Tokyo ; The Interior vol.1 n°9/10, Melbourne.
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