Source: https://www.reslu.com.au/work/hindmarsh-island

Exhibition № 05

# Hindmarsh Island

**Scope** Whole-home renovation, addition & courtyard

**Locale** Hindmarsh Island

**Year** Queued for construction

![Hindmarsh Island residence by RESLU, exterior](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/slky8wym/production/a7a0bb2774f9c9dd23ee2acb048879574d2b5e6f-800x640.webp)

Hindmarsh Island

Hindmarsh Island · Queued for construction

## Whole-home renovation, addition & courtyard in Hindmarsh Island

The brief arrived with a hotel reference — a specific kind of composed calm, a room that doesn’t try too hard. Our job was to find that feeling in material weight and restraint, not in imitation.

The answer is volume and restraint. Generous ceilings, a natural palette, and finishes chosen to patina rather than date: materials that will look better in twenty years than they do at handover.

Two moments anchor the home. The kitchen island, hand-packed concrete, formed as a single mass. And in the master bathroom, a bathtub carved from solid stone. Neither can be bought off a shelf; both will outlast everyone involved in making them.

The design is resolved and the project is queued for construction. The full story will be told at handover.

![Hindmarsh Island, Kitchen & living](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/slky8wym/production/95f37276bb289d8aee0702fdef623801af6d739f-991x796.png)

Kitchen & living

![Hindmarsh Island, Kitchen](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/slky8wym/production/ca7842be4a64438ea0fc008e96d76befc35c59fc-800x1000.png)

Kitchen

![Hindmarsh Island, Ensuite](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/slky8wym/production/a7a74129e93ee45a784997ff95e277e16645f080-800x1000.png)

Ensuite

![Hindmarsh Island, Bathing room](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/slky8wym/production/bf50ba3a282aa95d803fe2c7f59c20b8dda74efe-800x1000.png)

Bathing room

![Hindmarsh Island, Shower](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/slky8wym/production/5c9ca1f4a00d8384a894ed0ffda94ee12a625e81-800x1000.png)

Shower

![Hindmarsh Island, Hall](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/slky8wym/production/ac4fffacdd58182a9a5e2a71adfeabee881b46d3-540x675.png)

Hall

![Hindmarsh Island, External](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/slky8wym/production/076e32d5122700fcead1ecf2c27dacce410fccad-640x800.webp)

External

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