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Jetty Shelter, Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasmania: Sensitive to its context, the unassuming contemporary public amenity links land and sea, past and present, for tourists embarking and disembarking from the Hobart / Port Arthur ferry. Photo by Peter Whyte.
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Jetty Shelter, Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasmania: Flexible sliding timber screens open the timber lined interior to historic views and fine weather, or close to give protection from wind or adverse conditions. Photo by Peter Whyte.
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Jetty Shelter, Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasmania: Seen across the water against a backdrop of tall Tasmanian forest, the contemporary timber jetty shelter evokes the boatsheds of bygone eras that it interprets. Photo by Peter Whyte.
Evocative of a simple boatshed, the Jetty Shelter at Mason Cove, Port Arthur Historic Site, is an unassuming contemporary “threshold” building – a link and transitionary space between land and sea, past and present, for visitors using the Hobart / Port Arthur ferry. As a public amenity, its function is to manage safe access and to ensure waiting passengers a measure of comfort – shelter from the elements and the provision of public conveniences. The shelter is a place for pause on arrival, allowing orientation and contemplation of the historic setting to be explored and a place for reflection on the experience and its revelations prior to departure. Use of local timbers express the Tasmanian context.