More than a decade since introducing its first striking guesthouse to the holiday market, Danish homewares designer Vipp has proven its talent for more than mere novelty showrooms for its custom kitchens, lighting, storage and, of course, bins. Its design-forward spaces orchestrate aesthetic experiences rooted to their geographical setting and facilitated by quality products — wonder within a framework of practicality. The brand calls them ‘one-room wonders’.

The latest, Vipp Tunnel, is its 11th in as many years, a cantilevered concrete guesthouse on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, an off-grid bushland location 20 minutes by ferry from Hobart. Designed by the local architectural practice Room11, it opens this week over a 300-metre stretch of sea where wallabies roam and birds patrol the skies.

A project three years in the making, the brutalist structure emphasises craftsmanship, attention to detail and bold materiality, dropped sensitively into the bush. The sculptural 30-metre volume is solid yet light, with uninterrupted panels of glass and light wells that bring the mountain landscape closer. At one end is a framed terrace floating above the sloping land. Behind it, an atrium yard separates the main living space from the primary bed and bathroom.

‘The dramatically elongated proportions of the structure respond to the landscape by purposely framing the D’Entrecasteaux Channel with a broad expanse of frameless glass,’ says Room11 director Thomas Bailey. ‘By this methodology the user is located in the extraordinary, natural landscape of Tasmania’s Bruny Island.’

Inspired by the Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights, the architects added chromatic glazing to the central skylights, reflected and enhanced by the building’s polished concrete floors and walls. As the sun shifts across the property, vivid sunset hues are cast across the interior.

A separate 35 sq m concrete cube studio has four-metre-high ceilings and a spartan design that highlights the architecture. Furnishing it is a sole Vipp swivel chair, integrated desk and hidden mezzanine double bed.

As in its other properties, Vipp has decorated with its own stand-out designs. Its aluminium V3 kitchen, fitted with fluted aluminium doors, is the centrepiece of the main space, accessorised by Vipp swivel chairs upholstered in Australian sheep skin and a bespoke sunken lounge. An outdoor sculpture series called Cosmic Dancers was contributed by Danish artist Lin Utzon, daughter of Jørn Utzon, the architect who designed the Sydney Opera House. Executed in black and white ceramic, the sculptures echo the elongated strokes on the red gum trees.

Fitted with west-facing solar panels, the structure is energy-sufficient and runs off-grid. ‘It’s a celebration of a new frontier in sustainable construction,’ says Bailey. ‘As far as we are aware, this is the first building to feature an entire façade created by solar technology, making the most of the location’s latitude.’ The property runs purely off rainwater. Heaps of local produce available on the island allow guests to live off the land.

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