Point Perpendicular Lighthouse sits on the 80 metre high cliffs on the northern edge of Jervis Bay. Woodhead is commissioned to design a viewing platform and interpretive boardwalk on this site.
The design interprets three distinctly different experiences of the journey through the site; the ‘Bush’, ‘Lighthouse Precinct’, and ‘Cliff Edge’.
The boardwalk design and platform seeks to heighten the sensory experience of the place, as well as provide users with an understanding of the rich diversity of flora, fauna, cultural heritage and contemporary patterns of use. Subtle patterns, signs and indicators provide the visitor with information. Fragments of stories, suggestions of past histories, and directional indicators are incorporated into the physical fabric of the boardwalk and platform. Visitors are encouraged to explore, and use their imagination – providing a dynamic and engaging journey through this landscape.
The journey will culminate in the dramatic vistas from the viewing platform which projects beyond the edge of the 80 metre cliffs. Open mesh flooring at the end of the platform heightens the experience of suspension out over the edge of the sheer cliffs, and the vast drop to the ocean below.
