Jenelle Gurung

Teascape is an adaptive reuse project part of Jacksons Hill cultural precinct in Sunbury. The proposal explores a tea manufacturing facility from an underutilised brick building and a series of tea-drinking pavilions found amongst a revegetated land of native plantings. Designed with respect for Country and First Nations heritage, the landscape celebrates native tea plants, offering spaces for visitors to connect with the curated environments and drink teas grown on site. Pathways weave through these spaces and highlight the harmony between architecture and landscape.

Encouraging community-build, the project supports and involves locals in construction, growing and nurturing tea plants and crafting their own tea cups in the pottery workshop space. This drawing is a collated diagram presents these ideas and concepts as a whole.

A view into one of the pavilions designed for gathering, relaxing and a space to also drink tea brewed locally.

This tea pavilion is designed as an open and flexible space that encourages social connection and tea drinking. Large openings, bi-fold doors and soft curtains allow the pavilion to expand and breathe, creating fluid boundaries between inside and outside. Capturing the natural light and framing views of the sky and the landscape, the pavilion fosters a calm setting for conversation and reflection.