Saltmarsh is an earthy and elegant architectural space that blends seamlessly into the lower reaches of the Merri River. Designed and built entirely by Glenistair, during 2004, environmental considerations came first at every stage of construction, particularly the use of recycled materials –‘found’ objects - with stories to tell.
Saltmarsh features a diversity of materials that we have sourced from all manner of unlikely places. These include every board, stump and rafter from a Port Fairy house, dismantled for the project in late 2003. Packing ply from shipping containers (used to line the studio walls) and old high bay lights that once illuminated Myers department store in Melbourne.
A walk through our building is a discovery in itself – large reclaimed barn doors, copper guttering used as panelling, reclaimed red pine for our café tables and stories of construction that can only be shared by the builder himself.
Come for a visit – and feel free to ask – what timber is that or where did that come from?