Two campsites along the Larapinta trail have been developed with World Expeditions to provide shelter and comfort to their trekking groups through a series of minimal impact structures. The carefully managed sites are located within indigenous owned National Park, west of Alice Springs. A sympathetic partnership between campsite and landscape maintains respect for country and a total environment experience. Each campsite comprises a communal tent, an ablutions tent, and two shower tents. Sleeping is in swags, under the stars or in off-the-shelf tents. Unoccupied throughout the hot summer, the camp is ‘packed down’ and remains as a series of enigmatic relics in the landscape. The ‘Y’ shaped communal tent is designed to embrace the campfire. One arm for dining, the other a lounge, with a kitchen at the tail. It has a raised hardwood platform to escape the dust and a dust-coloured orange stretch fabric canopy for shelter.
Featured in:
Indian Architect & Builder vol.28 no.8
Australian National Architecture Awards 2014 ed. Andreas Eggert
2014 NT Architecture Awards
Qantas Issue 244
Landscape Architecture Australia Issue 139
2016 Northern Territory Brolga – Ecotourism Award – World Expeditions
2014 AIA Architecture Award
2014 AIA NT Chapter Award