SOLD OUT Mori House Open Afternoon

As spring turns into summer join the Robin Boyd Foundation for an open afternoon at Mori House, Mount Martha, designed by Aires Mateus in collaboration with MA+Co Architects + Neometro.

The plot needed to be redrawn. Controlling the house and its exterior, the program created a division of four areas. These areas were imagined to be marked by voids, by light, both materialized in a cross-shaped lantern that organizes all spaces, like the foundation of a new place.

One patio serves as the entrance, another is social, and others more intimate; one for the youth and the other for the owners of the house. Each exterior space is shaped by limits; by the boundaries of the plot, by the vegetation, by the openings and canopies in each corner of the house.

Each space opens on one side to a garden extending the interior space to the exterior. Spaces are clear, regular, appropriate for a life that will give them meaning.

To the roof it is given the meaning of a belvedere overseeing the sea. With two accesses: one that marks the entrance and the other that connects to the social patio, designed with great freedom, seeking relationships between the terrace and the gardens of the house or with the sea in the background.

The materiality is coffered concrete following the rhythm of the vertical wood boards. This materiality combines with the natural wood boards, in the same position, and with the same rhythm.

A regular spatial structure was aimed at, a support of freedoms of use that, however, would not limit the mystery of this construction. This one so much needed in a poetic construction.

Manel Aires Mateus
Janeiro 2023, Lisboa

Mori House received a commendation in the 2023 Victorian Institute of Architects Awards for Residential Architecture – Houses (New).

Photograph: Sean Fennessy.

Our Open Days underpin our mission to further the legacy of Robin Boyd by offering access for the public to explore and understand architectural projects of outstanding merit.

Tickets:
General Admission: $65
RBF Friends / Boyd Circle Members: $50
Students: $40

All tickets include refreshments generously supported by Konpira Maru Wines + Yumbo Soda Co and a bite to eat.

We offer discounted tickets to RBF Friends and Boyd Circle members – support the Foundation and join today.

By purchasing a ticket you accept our Ticketing Terms & Conditions.

Before your visit, please note:

– Residence address will be circulated 72 hours prior to the event.
– Registration will take place at Mori House and open 5 minutes prior to each session.
– Access to Mori House is self-guided.
– Please embrace being at the beach and remove your shoes when indoors.
– Attendees are prohibited from using the trampoline or entering the gated pool area.
– Be aware there are chickens and bee hives on site.
– Attendees must be 16 years of age or over.
– Limited street parking is available – please carpool when possible.
– Refunds will only be granted for cancellations made before the deadline of midday Monday 24 November 2025.
– Late cancellations and no-shows are not eligible for refunds.
– Please contact information@robinboyd.org.au for tailored access support.
– By purchasing a ticket you accept our Ticketing Terms & Conditions.
– Security cameras operate at Mori House and filming will take place during the Mori House Open Afternoon.