Work & Playground
Work & Playground / 2017 / Commercial / All photos by Salt Studio
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Brother Nature’s home away from home, The Toaster (2017) is a testament to our personal design and build philosophy – evolving, environmentally conscious and built to enhance the life of its inhabitants: us.
Brother Nature’s own Brookvale-based habitat is a living testament to our design and build ethos. An open-plan team playground – featuring offices, a gym and soon-to-be-complete sauna – its construction harnesses as much recycled and upcycled material as we could get our hands on, with the space in a perpetual state of transformation to service our changing needs. Community plays a huge role in the Brother Nature experience, so we knew we needed a place for our team (and wider community) to come together and collaborate. As such, our hand-crafted timber skate-ramp has become the beating heart of The Toaster; a catalyst for numerous new friendships or lunchtime workouts.
It was a dream to take full creative control, and deliver for the many needs of our Residents. The Toaster is a place for deep work and close collaboration, as well as a sanctuary and the site of many good times. It continues to be a great creative outlet for all involved, especially for testing out our weirdest upcycling ideas. The Toaster is forever evolving and will always push the boundary between work and play.
— Andy Knight, Brother Nature