House firehosepylon Every surface here was engineered

Every surface here was engineered to contain a worst-case event: double walls

It sits within one of the few surviving industrial sites in Victoria to retain material evidence of the complete production sequence

Merimbula Wharf at Australia and Japan

and explosives for the Royal Australian Navy

House firehosepylon Every surface here was engineeredA two storey timber house in Yubari, its upper storey wrapped in rusted corrugated steel and its lower walls shedding blue paint in long strips. Bare branches press against the facade; debris and broken timber collect at the front. The post war mining town vernacular that once housed tens of thousands across Hokkaido's Sorachi coalfields, now standing largely empty. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.