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JOURNAL/ What inspires distinctive design and high quality architecture? It starts with years of research, innovation and creative development; behind which sits a body of work and a world of influences. A studio culture, its processes and people — designers, clients and users — are united in a story of evolution. Journal is a selection of Bates Smart’s projects from the recent past and some still in progress. Here we share our passion and commitment to delivering high quality, commercially astute, projects of excellence. Journal is for anyone who is intrigued by architecture and the discipline of design in our cities. Join us for a journey through the life of our practice.
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Canberra Airport Hotel, concept sketch Cover: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, ceiling detail
JOURNAL/ISSUE 07 02 GOLDEN GEOMETRY Canberra Airport Hotel Canberra
36 SUPER SKYLINE 8 Parramatta Square Parramatta
08 RAISING THE LUXURY BAR The Eastbourne East Melbourne
38 CREATIVE CHALLENGE Salvation Army Headquarters Redfern, Sydney
12 DEFINED BY CONTEXT Corrs Chambers Westgarth Perth & Melbourne
40 CHICAGO SCHOOL Wentworth Avenue Sydney
16 SUBLIME DINING Dinner By Heston Blumenthal Southbank, Melbourne
42 POISED ON THE WATER Convesso Convaco Victoria Harbour, Melbourne
18 PATTERN INTERPLAY Iglu Brisbane City Brisbane
44 INTERLOCKING FORMS Boomerang Tower Sydney Olympic Park
20 START-UP CITY Campaign Monitor Sydney
46 LIGHTING THE WAY 360 Collins Street Melbourne
21 WOODEN INCUBATOR 106 Flinders Street Melbourne
47 SENSORY STORE Bang & Olufsen Melbourne
22 GANDEL HOUSE Emmy Monash Aged Care Caulfield North, Melbourne
48 HERITAGE & HARBOUR Hyatt Regency Sydney Darling Harbour
26 PUBLIC OFFICE Constitution Place Canberra
50 RIVERBANK REVIVAL Festival Square Adelaide
28 COLLINS HOUSE 466 Collins House Melbourne
52 HEALING POWERS New Clinical Building – Cabrini Hospital Malvern, Melbourne
32 CLASSIC. EAST MELBOURNE 22 – 40 Clarendon Street & 178 Wellington Parade
54 BENEATH THE SKIN 70 Castlereagh Street Sydney 56 SCULPTURAL FORM Green Square Town Centre Sydney
CANBERRA AIRPORT HOTEL CANBERRA
GOLDEN GEOMETRY A uniquely Canberran hotel that responds to Griffin’s vision for the city
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Canberra Airport Hotel, reception Canberra Airport Hotel, fire pit lounge Opposite page: Canberra Airport Hotel, Helix Bar & Dining Previous page: Canberra Airport Hotel, exterior ISSUE 07/04
Griffin’s Canberra Plan
— “We studied Griffin’s plans for Canberra and decided to work with his geometry of circles and axes to create a uniquely Canberran hotel experience.” — PHILIP VIVIAN Director, Bates Smart ISSUE 07/05
CANBERRA AIRPORT HOTEL CANBERRA Situated at the entry to the new Canberra Airport, the Canberra Hotel centre is a dramatic circular atrium that draws inspiration from Griffins’ plan for Canberra and reinvents the atrium hotel concept made popular in the US in the 1970s and ‘80s by John Portman. Developed by Canberra Airport Corporation, the six level hotel includes 191 rooms, suites and apartments, conferencing facilities, a restaurant, bar and lounges. Appointed to the project after winning a design competition in 2013, Bates Smart were responsible for both the architecture and interiors, resulting in a design-driven hotel with a consistent aesthetic – from the floorplate to the bathroom tiles. The aim was to create a uniquely ‘Canberran’ destination with a timeless design combining circular and axial geometries. Its distinctive form is derived from both its context and referencing the geometry of Canberra. The circular geometries allow the building to be read in the round, responding to the site’s multiple approach and vantage points. The interiors echo the circular theme present in the building’s geometry. The atrium base contains the hotel social functions, while enclosed function spaces are contained within gold clad pods. White atrium balustrades contrast with darkened circulation spaces creating a heightened interior drama while allowing guests to access their rooms. A constellation of circular skylights cast defined beams of light; creating one of the most dramatic interior spaces in the national capital.
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THE EASTBOURNE EAST MELBOURNE The Mirvac development of 280 Albert Street in East Melbourne reads as an assembly of residences — like pavilions in the park — with the Fitzroy Gardens acting as a grand extension. The Eastbourne will feature approximately 250 apartments set across a classically terraced 14 level building, designed to connect with the verdant greenery of the gardens via generous outdoor areas and abundant planting. The Eastbourne substantially raises the bar in luxury living, delivering a wealth of resident amenities, custom-designed features and bespoke apartment appointments. The interior scheme focuses on formalised planning with axial views to the parkland beyond. The design celebrates and reinforces the proximity to nature, with subtle references linking inside and outside throughout the complex, delivering a sense of calm and wellbeing. A neutral interiors palette warmly welcomes residents, with soft tonal finishes and customised detailing, expressing a sense of subtle craftsmanship that reflects the hand crafted and personal character associated with previous inhabitants of the site, Freemasons Victoria. A series of club-like spaces and amenities akin to those of a luxury hotel will be serviced by a concierge. Residents can enjoy spaces for private dining, a lounge, business centre, and media room as well as a pool and gymnasium.
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ISSUE 07/08
The Eastbourne, lobby (artist’s impression) The Eastbourne, pool (artist’s impression) The Eastbourne, exterior (artist’s impression)
THE EASTBOURNE EAST MELBOURNE
RAISING THE LUXURY BAR A new residential complex nestles against expansive gardens for the ultimate in luxe city living
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ISSUE 07/10
— “What is remarkable about The Eastbourne is that it seamlessly integrates into the Fitzroy Gardens, creating a sanctuary for residents on the doorstep of the city.” — JOHN CARFI Head of Residential, Mirvac ISSUE 07/11
CORRS CHAMBERS WESTGARTH PERTH & MELBOURNE
DEFINED BY CONTEXT A common aesthetic and a contextual response
CORRS CHAMBERS WESTGARTH PERTH & MELBOURNE Four new offices, one design philosophy: this is not simply a design story but one of cultural change and adaptation. An integral part of independent law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s strategy was to transform each of its offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth into inspirational and innovative workspaces. A vision that would create open, flexible and collaborative working environments to foster knowledge sharing and mentoring, innovation, client connection, mobility and the use of leading technology. A national approach devised by the design team guided the concept for each office with a consistent look and feel, a common aesthetic and fine details shaped to respond to four different contexts.
ISSUE 07/12
The Sydney office set the tone across 10 floors of the 8 Chifley Square building, with vertical villages and a pioneering move to an open and flexible work environment. Brisbane followed, with a consistent look and feel and the interplay of soft materials to counterbalance the hard materiality of the architecture. Now with Melbourne and Perth, the national premises rollout is complete.
Corrs’ Melbourne office includes a sophisticated client floor linked to other levels with a striking and sculptural stair. An expansive void maintains a balance between the polished and deconstructed interior elements, dramatic ceiling heights and exposed architectural elements. A contrasting palette of hard and soft materials throughout references the vibrancy of Melbourne’s laneways and dynamic hospitality scene. The slipping planes and angular nature of the base building informed the geometry of the interior to provide a strong interior/exterior link. In Perth, the workplace presents a cool streamlined interior in reference to the clean lines and seamless architecture of the base building. Fine blades of soft champagne bronze and white aluminium wrap the ceiling and walls in a smooth plane. The vertical blades form screens that moderate the transparency of meeting spaces, while the overall look is a gentle geometric play, the chamfered edges appear to change when viewed from different angles.
— “75% of our people rate our new premises as an inspiring place to work.” — PETER CALOV Senior Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
ISSUE 07/14
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth Melbourne, breakout space Corrs Chambers Westgarth Melbourne, corridor to meeting room Corrs Chambers Westgarth Melbourne, reception stair Previous page: Corrs Chambers Westgarth Perth, reception Corrs Chambers Westgarth Perth, view from meeting room
ISSUE 07/15
DINNER BY HESTON BLUMENTHAL SOUTHBANK
SUBLIME DINING Feasting on history the Heston Blumenthal way at this experiential restaurant
DINNER BY HESTON BLUMENTHAL SOUTHBANK, MELBOURNE Dinner by Heston Blumenthal takes inspiration from historical British dishes from the 1300s through to the Victorian era. The restaurant design reinforces Heston’s theatricality and delight in the unexpected, fully immersing patrons in a spectacular dining experience. Upon entering, guests experience the signature aroma of damp moss, wood smoke and leather. A concealed sliding panel opens to reveal the restaurant, host desk and show kitchen. The cocktail bar takes dress circle position, overlooking the dining room, with views to the city and into the activity of the show kitchen.
The interior incorporates ‘Old Masters’ inspired photography of Romas Foord, from the book ‘Historic Heston Blumenthal’, which also inspired the deep, sumptuous, rich palette of the interiors. A mechanical moving art piece by UK artist Robert Higgs is located in the heart of the dining room. The open kitchen, seen through a wall of glass, features a spit roast pulley system modelled from the court of King Henry VIII. The chef’s table, located in the kitchen, is surrounded by an original illustration by English artist Dave McKean, depicting the history of Australian cuisine.
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“The design of both restaurants, The Fat Duck and Dinner, was always going to be complex. Bates Smart exceeded the brief; achieving a unique identity for both establishments that respected their origins and still managed to keep them both entirely individual within the same space.”
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ASHLEY PALMER-WATTS Executive Chef, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
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ISSUE 07/17
IGLU BRISBANE CITY BRISBANE
PATTERN INTERPLAY Clever planning to maximise a tight urban site
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IGLU BRISBANE CITY BRISBANE Iglu Brisbane City is a 414 bed student accommodation facility occupying a tight urban site. Through the interplay of pattern, texture and colour, the tower presents a distinctive and animated building façade that enriches the streetscape and skyline. The slender tower is setback over a two storey podium accommodating communal facilities. Residents enter into a lounge that opens onto a lush, vertical garden connected to the upper level via a generous double-height space and open stair. The upper level contains a range of internal and external communal spaces, including a north facing verandah overlooking Mary Street. Within the setbacks, sub-tropical planting creates a verdant garden environment that frames the spaces. Full-height, operable glazing blurs the boundary between interior and exterior and together with the double-height space provides ample cross-ventilation and natural light penetration deep into the building. A compact, rectilinear tower floor plan accommodates three, six bed cluster apartments, plus two studio apartments with living rooms positioned to capture the available views. Rectilinear window openings are arranged vertically and horizontally across the façade in an alternating pattern which reflects the variation in the organisation of study rooms. Sunshades are located on all windows exposed to direct sunlight and provide depth and texture to the façade. Coloured blinds contrast with the dark metallic cladding and provide privacy and control glare.
ISSUE 07/19
START-UP CITY Digital sector businesses use their workplace intensively and Campaign Monitor are no exception
CAMPAIGN MONITOR SYDNEY When online marketing company Campaign Monitor relocated from their start-up premises in Sutherland to the centre of Sydney, it was vital that nothing of the original office energy was lost. Bates Smart created a vibrant, collaborative and energetic workplace to emulate the feel of a start-up while responding to the evolution in the way Campaign Monitor now works. The best evidence of success has been how seamlessly the staff transitioned into using their new workplace from day one.
A clear trend in the digital sector is the intensity with which staff use their workspaces and Campaign Monitor is no exception. IT companies are increasingly using agile workflows, mobilising teams at speed; with each requiring a dedicated work space and breakout area. Highly collaborative workspaces need to be balanced with private spaces essential for heads down concentrated work. The design team ensured that no space was wasted, by testing the flexibility and adaptability of each space for both overcrowding and under-usage.
WOODEN INCUBATOR A timber-filled workspace provides an injection of nature for one physicist’s tech explorations
106 FLINDERS STREET MELBOURNE 106 Flinders Street was designed for a client whose work is focused on inventing and researching new sustainable technologies. Designed to replicate the environment and natural surrounds of the client’s usual workspace in scenic Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges, the space reflects the client’s timber framed and clad house in the country and brings a much needed respite for inner-city working – a veritable modern day haven. Working closely with a meticulous and passionate carpenter, the entire space of 106 Flinders Street was essentially crafted singlehandedly over many months.
Clad entirely in locally and sustainably sourced timber, minimal wastage was achieved by using leftover timber for furniture and functional elements such as door handles and other design details. By using a single, natural material for the floors, walls and ceilings, the design provokes clarity of space and materiality. The office space, a blend between lounge, laboratory, kitchen and study, doubles up as a conferencing hub for the client’s broader work collaborators, and offers an entertainment venue for business associates.
EMMY MONASH AGED CARE CAULFIELD NORTH
GANDEL HOUSE Celebrating the individual with high comfort in a new aged care facility
ISSUE 07/22
EMMY MONASH AGED CARE CAULFIELD NORTH, MELBOURNE Gandel House at Emmy Monash Aged Care draws upon Bates Smart’s extensive understanding of health, residential and hospitality environments to create the right balance of a quality lifestyle with the required level of care and medical support for residents.
Each level has its own dining room, some with a bookable private dining space for families to enjoy on special occasions. There are also a number of shared spaces throughout the building open to all residents, including a beauty salon and physiotherapist.
Providing high quality, superior residential care to the Jewish community of Melbourne, the $50M, 97 room development sets a new benchmark for aged care design.
The interiors are akin to a luxurious modern residential home, featuring custom carpets, hardwood floors and soft furnishings in four colourways for tonal theming by floor level. Emphasis is placed on increased personal storage and adequate guest seating in the resident suites, as well as accessibility to gardens, views and central amenity featuring a café.
The planning of Gandel House is designed as an assembly of individual living spaces grouped around two inviting courtyards. The courtyards allow natural light to penetrate deep into the plan, providing a sense of serenity and nurturing, further enhancing wellbeing for residents.
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The building features numerous communal spaces, activity sections, and lounges all with views to the internal courtyards.
The facility includes an integrated synagogue and multi-purpose space at ground level that directly connects to its own private courtyard. The 250sqm space can be used by both residents and the broader community.
ISSUE 07/23
— “For us it was fundamental that we de-institutionalised the clinical nature of aged care and concealed, where possible, all those essential pragmatic components that detract from the essence of a private home.” — JEFFERY COPOLOV Director, Bates Smart
CONSTITUTION PLACE CANBERRA
PUBLIC OFFICE New buildings and public spaces to revitalise Canberra’s city centre
ISSUE 07/26
CONSTITUTION PLACE CANBERRA This $300M mixed-use development, made up of a new head office and workplace for the ACT Government as well as a hotel and commercial office building, is set to revitalise Civic, the centre of local government in Canberra. Won in competitive tender by Bates Smart and Capital Property Group, the project will see the creation of new public squares, streets, laneways and buildings that will contribute amenity and vitality to the public life of Civic. The masterplan for the development crafts a fine-grained network of new streets and public spaces, including the civic scaled Legislative Plaza – which provides links to the surrounding streets – as well as an intimate Pocket Square on the corner of Constitution Avenue and London Circuit. These open spaces are connected by Theatre Lane, a covered pedestrianised laneway that will become a food and beverage hub.
These public spaces provide connections between the new buildings and existing urban structure, creating authentic new places for people to enjoy. The building forms have been sculpted to create a dynamic backdrop to the new public spaces. The ACT Government building is articulated as three volumes, each with distinct façade expressions that respond to their respective solar orientation and context. The commercial building is articulated as two stacked volumes – reducing its scale while revealing its functions. The project has a dynamic presence on the corner of London Circuit and the new Legislative Plaza, enhanced by coloured meeting pods expressing the transparency of the ACT Government workplace. The workplace floors are arranged around a dynamic curvaceous atrium creating three interconnected neighbourhoods and a centrally located social hub within the atrium.
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Constitution Place, office tower & ACT Government offices Constitution Place, ACT Government offices atrium Constitution Place, Legislation Plaza
ISSUE 07/27
COLLINS HOUSE An essay by Bates Smart Director, Kristen Whittle
Collins House, heritage façade & lobby, circa 1910 – 1920
— Collins House will be Australia’s slimmest tower. Seamlessly stitched into the historic fabric of Melbourne’s central business district, the project is a case study on the potential that can be unlocked when we challenge the way we develop our cities.
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THE ARCHITECT’S BRIEF
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
THE PROPOSITION
Melbourne’s CBD is a world renowned Victorian cityscape, featuring a diverse classical Palazzo, Neo-Gothic and Arts and Crafts building stock. Largely unified by a 40m height limit, the city has recently absorbed significant physical change through the construction innovations of the 20th century. Today, Melbourne is addressing the next generation of physical change, with increased urban density driving a quest for super tall buildings.
The site has an 11.5m Collins Street frontage and 480sqm footprint, with rear vehicle access from St. James Lane. The existing three storey Makers Mark building was built in 1908 to house a Victorian shipping company, Huddart Parker & Co, and is a well-liked heritage building loosely derived from Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts precedents.
The first design approach created an extruded form utilising an ‘H’-frame vertical cantilever structural strategy using four shear walls and a mass damper to provide structural integrity. The gross floor area created, however, fell short of financial viability. Negotiations then began with the adjoining heritage property owner to purchase air rights, allowing the built form to both cantilever over this property and gain permanently unencumbered views. The cantilever off-set from the vertical structure by four metres, which increased the developable yield significantly.
The development extends the lessons learned by Melbourne’s first completed slender tower, Phoenix apartments, built by Equiset Construction in 2013. This experience sparked an interest in Equiset to develop another small footprint site with a much taller proposition. Bates Smart found such a site and presented this opportunity to Equiset in an offmarket sale, leading to our engagement.
466 Collins Street, now Collins House, sits on a compact site between King and William Street, immediately adjacent to the CBD’s legal, financial and business services sector. This vicinity has a rich architectural pedigree, which has in recent times lost some of its energy and cultural appeal. However, there is now a renewed interest within the city in making this a relevant and highly attractive place to live and work, completing the connection between the ‘Paris end’ and Docklands.
Before the project could progress, however, there were a number of structural, planning, heritage and buildability challenges to overcome.
— The location presented an opportunity to deliver a highly contemporary and technologically innovative construction solution that would make inner city, small footprint sites viable for redevelopment.
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An important element in achieving planning approval was our approach to the existing heritage building. Bates Smart proposed a comprehensive retention strategy to take advantage of the unique interior. Rather than distinguishing the natural junction between old and new, a blurring strategy was instead chosen. Details such as internal columns, encasements, cornices and coffered ceilings are to be retained or rebuilt. The Arts and Crafts façade will be brought back to life, stripping off its black paint finish and returning it back to its original stone, clay tiled, masonry façade. Visual separation of the tower form to the three storey heritage building below was established after extensive street level view cone analysis. The ‘ziggurat’ stepping outline that was introduced from levels four to ten worked to separate the forms whilst maximising floor area.
Collins House, Melbourne skyline
— The building rises to a height of 195m, or 57 levels, from a base of just 11.5m across, widening to 14.5m as it cantilevers over the adjoining building.
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THE FINAL DESIGN The development consists of 263 luxury one, two and three bedroom apartments, including a 245sqm double storey penthouse on levels 56 and 57. The penthouse features inbuilt fireplaces and opulent materiality, with 180 degree views over Melbourne’s CBD. Four half floor sub-penthouses make up levels 54 and 55. Resident amenities in the building reinforce the sense of a private club, including an executive lounge and roof terrace with views up and down Collins Street. Additional private dining and entertainment zones can also be booked at the level 27 Club. The final façade design reflects its prominent and premium location on Collins Street. Three of the façades are almost entirely encased by a double glazed curtain wall system. To the windowless western façade, a large scale fret in a herringbone pattern was selected as inferring the historic patination of the existing building. The fret pattern will be a highly polished aluminium fascia element sitting flush with the surface of the glass and concrete, emulating an embossed finish. An important component of the planning strategy was to bring a unique visual activation quality to the laneway, verging on a public artwork. Here, the fret work evolves into an extruded form, pushing outward to form texture and grain.
THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING BRIEF 4D Workshop was introduced to the Collins House project to push the engineering of the prospective tower to its absolute engineering limit. A structural system was proposed that maximised the site footprint and building height, while being mindful of the limited site access and the construction constraints that necessarily entailed. THE ORIGINAL SCHEME The original scheme utilised concrete shear walls on each side boundary. The north and south elevations were column free and open to maximise available light and views. The side walls were connected by two transverse shear walls, creating a box for tensional rigidity and an overall ‘H’ section for maximum stiffness. A total building height of 225m above Collins Street ground level was deemed feasible, creating a slenderness ratio of 20. Inherent to tight building sites is a lack of access for construction activity, including deliveries and materials handling. The entire structure was therefore designed to be constructed as a jump form to enable the structure to be extruded from foundations to the top. Façade installation was to occur within the climbing screens below the jump system, in order to progressively close off the building.
Collins House, typical floor plan
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESIGN The purchasing of air rights created a development opportunity at the expense of structural efficiency. The floor system above level 14 now cantilevers beyond the eastern edge, shifting the building’s centre of mass off-centre. Openings in the east wall caused a reduction in building stiffness and shifted the centre of rigidity in the opposite direction. These combined effects contributed to a magnification of accelerations due to torsional effects. In response, stiff floors with reduced openings in the east wall were introduced at levels 27 and 47 to improve torsional rigidity. Planning restrictions subsequently limited the building height to 190m from the Collins Street level, resulting in a slenderness ratio of 16.5. With a reduction in floor to floor heights, the reconfigured scheme comprises 60 levels. The reduction in building height partly offset the structural compromises created by the introduction of cantilever floors over the east boundary. Two large liquid-tuned damper tanks are required, one operating in each direction. A 400 tonne damper tank is required to control accelerations in the north-south direction and a smaller damper tank is required to control accelerations in the east-west direction. These tanks are located at the plant room levels to the top of the tower.
Collins House, floorplates TRADITIONAL STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
COLLINS HOUSE – LOWER FLOORS
COLLINS HOUSE – TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL FLOORS
Central core Perimeter columns
H structural ‘backbone’ to perimeter of building Core centrally located (non-structural)
H shape structure Introduction of cantilever to east over adjoining property Floorplate opened up to light and views
— The design team developed the floor and façade as prefabricated modules using advanced parametric BIM tools. This process lead to a unique design to fabrication approach for the Collins House project.
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The Bates Smart team proceeded to a 40% design development level prior to the project entering an ECI (Early Contractor Involvement) process. This procurement methodology was pursued due to the project’s complexity, timeframe and constraints. Hickory Group was introduced to the project as the successful ECI contractor. Hickory identified opportunities for a prefabrication strategy to deliver the floor and façade components. The design team developed the floor and façade as prefabricated modules with Hickory Group, making use of parametric BIM tools. This process led to the generation of a unique design fabrication approach for the Collins House project, which now sets a precedent and exemplar for small footprint tower developments in Australia.
BIM WORKFLOW
CONCLUSION
The team designed, with Hickory Group, prefabricated floor components using a single parametric model (Revit family) capable of reflecting various design scenarios to a level of detail that directly translate into the fabrication process of the composite structure.
The success of the design and documentation stages of Collins House were achieved through seeking innovation across all aspects of project design and delivery. The unique circumstances of site size, innovative construction technology, economic viability, marketing strategy and town planning systems have efficiently synchronized to make this the most unique residential construction project being undertaken in Melbourne, if not Australia.
A critical aspect in the early stages was the crane/lifting capacity, which informed the size of prefabricated elements. A clearly structured, phased review process allowed for the prefabricated floor components to be coordinated against architectural, structural and service requirements. The level of detail in the Revit families was increased following each coordination/sign-off gate. The Revit families are issued to the Hickory Group for the fabrication process following the coordination/sign-off process.
The ultimate success of this project however, has been in resolving all these elements in such a way that the effort required to achieve the leading-edge outcome is not evident. Collins House will stand as a polished and sophisticated piece of architecture; a positive addition to the cityscape of Melbourne.
— Collins House delivers a high quality enhancement to the urban fabric of Melbourne and an iconic addition to its skyline. —
Collins House, design development
ECI STRATEGY AND DESIGN TO FABRICATION
22 – 40 CLARENDON STREET & 178 WELLINGTON PARADE
CLASSIC. EAST MELBOURNE Contemporary residential design for an historic East Melbourne site
CLASSIC. EAST MELBOURNE Classic East Melbourne is a collection of three luxury residential buildings by Brookfield and Cbus Property, which collectively comprise 64 large-format apartment residences. Located beside the Pullman Hotel, the Classic East Melbourne development sees the restoration of the historic ‘Mosspennoch House’, transforming the stately Clarendon Street manor into six prestige apartments. ‘22 Clarendon’, a new seven level building will be constructed next to ‘Mosspennoch House’, accommodating 14 half-floor apartments and a full-floor penthouse boasting a wrap-around balcony with 360 degree views. Complementing these residences, ‘Parade’ a new 14 level tower will be built on Wellington Parade, consisting of 49 luxurious apartments which include two generously-sized penthouses. With architecture and interior design by Bates Smart, 22 Clarendon and Parade will sit sensitively in the Fitzroy Gardens precinct and complement Mosspennoch, creating a new and exclusive enclave. The design is a rhythmic structure with a clear form delineated by a grid-like frame. Within this frame, deep balconies with glass balustrades visually correlate with the floor-to-ceiling glazing, creating a calm and restrained presence on each street. The interior design utilises a classic and sophisticated selection of high quality naturval materials that allow residents to tailor interiors to their personal preferences, while exuding the quintessential quality of refined and gracious living that makes East Melbourne one of the most desirable residential addresses in Australia.
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— “…the interiors exude the quintessential quality of refined and gracious living that makes East Melbourne one of the most desirable residential addresses in Australia.” — JEFFERY COPOLOV Director, Bates Smart
8 PARRAMATTA SQUARE PARRAMATTA
SUPER SKYLINE The articulation of this super tall tower balances urban presence with human scale
8 PARRAMATTA SQUARE PARRAMATTA 8 Parramatta Square combines monumental qualities with a clear expression of the building’s residential function. Bates Smart won Walker Corporation’s invited design competition for a super tall residential tower intended as the focal point for Parramatta City Council’s $2B urban renewal project, Parramatta Square. The singular form expression of the tower presents a soft curvilinear geometry distinct from the surrounding commercial buildings – the intention being to set the building apart, to form a visual landmark on the Parramatta skyline and define its civic heart. In contrast to the tower’s monumental height, projecting horizontal and vertical blades with angled reveals, provide effective sun shading and define a modular grid expression which gives the tower a human scale.
The low-rise accommodates serviced apartments with balconies while apartments in the mid and high-rise have wintergardens to provide protection from wind. Two swimming pools, gyms, lounge and conferencing facilities provide residents and visitors with high levels of amenity. At street level, the retail podium mediates between the scale of the tower and the surrounding heritage buildings; the datum for the podium is set by the nearby St Andrew’s Cathedral spire. The golden bronze toned grid of the tower responds to the history and legacy of Parramatta’s sandstone colonial buildings. The tower’s design demonstrates attention to detail, scale and proportion, in the same vein as many of the successful historic buildings in Parramatta.
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8 Parramatta Square, podium 8 Parramatta Square, concept sketches Opposite page: 8 Parramatta Square, tower
SALVATION ARMY HEADQUARTERS REDFERN
CREATIVE CHALLENGE A challenging building transformed into a nurturing space for a team on the front line
SALVATION ARMY HEADQUARTERS REDFERN, SYDNEY The former Rabbitohs Leagues Club in Redfern is now home to a very different occupant. The Salvation Army occupies three floors with 450 staff brought together from four different locations. For the 130 year old organisation this has meant considerable cultural change. Bates Smart recognised the Army’s vital social contribution and offered to help with the project being a focus of our pro-bono program for the past two years. The catch call for the project was “…how to care for the carers”. The design team worked out how best to unify a disparate range of Army Divisions, to reinforce their team identity and develop internal efficiencies within a challenging run-down building. The design focus centred on the health and wellbeing of the Army as they deal with the difficulties faced by some in our community.
Through access to fresh air, natural light and a connection to outside spaces, places of respite andreprieve have been crafted, allowing the Army workers to march on. Creating engaging and adaptable layouts supported this strategy along with a central stair and a breakout space capable of accommodating 700 people. In the Chapel a simple plywood cross is wallmounted and backlit signifying the beliefs of the people of the Army. This space also functions as a multi-purpose room for 300 people, opening onto a social space dominated by a 24m long wool rug in the Army red. A composition of plywood struts and laser-cut steel forms the double height reception wall inspired by the connection of the Army to the local and wider community. This is a low budget project built on good will and in good faith. PICTURED
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WENTWORTH AVENUE SYDNEY
CHICAGO SCHOOL The new tower draws on the heritage of the existing Federation warehouse
WENTWORTH AVENUE SYDNEY A new hotel and residential development on the border between Sydney’s city fringe and Surry Hills is an exercise in combining heritage and new architecture with a clear rational design language. An existing eight storey Federation warehouse will be restored, with a new infill building located alongside and a residential tower addition setback and located above. The existing heritage building’s rational framed construction expressed in heavy masonry reflects the influence of the 1880s Chicago School, the pioneers of modern steel frame architecture. The new tower’s expressed terracotta frame references and extends this language, forming a counterpoint to the more refined steel and glass infill building. All three distinct elements come together to form a unified composition. The ground level space will contain lobbies for both the 118 room hotel and 64 apartments as well as a restaurant, café and bar. These facilities span across both the existing and the new building, with arched openings in the existing brickwork connecting the new and the old. The vertical steel frame of the new hotel façade extends horizontally to form an illuminated ceiling extending from Wentworth Avenue to Foy Lane, which is activated by a new café. Six apartments per level have been planned to maximise solar access, natural ventilation and views, and all will have access to a lush landscaped communal roof terrace with district outlook.
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Wentworth Avenue, Foy Lane Wentworth Avenue, exterior Opposite page: Wentworth Avenue, façade composition
CONVESSO CONCAVO VICTORIA HARBOUR
POISED ON THE WATER Eco-luxe harbourside living that pays homage to maritime surrounds
CONVESSO CONCAVO VICTORIA HARBOUR, MELBOURNE Convesso and Concavo’s prominent, sinuous form and layered transparency are a direct design response to the movement of water against the wharf, amplifying the peaks and undulation of waves at this unique waterfront location. Both buildings are composed of three main articulated forms; the tower, the waterfront podium and the Bourke Street podium. The tower façade patterns relate directly to the rhythm and colouration of the waterfront podium, whilst the Bourke Street podium’s grid language relates to the urban fabric of the facing CBD. Convesso and Concavo feature a series of amenity and club-like spaces similar to a luxury hotel, which are serviced by a 24 hour concierge. At the heart of the two buildings is a shared porte cochère, forming a protected public thoroughfare and a sheltered square. Residents enjoy facilities that include private dining, a lounge, business centre and media room, as well as a pool and gymnasium. The pedestrian link bridge is expressive of a garden path in the sky, continuing the pergola-like structure with fins enclosing the pathway as it meanders across and connects the sky gardens of both Convesso and Concavo. It offers a viewing point for residents and visitors making the journey between Convesso and Concavo, while forming a strong visual connection with the activity in the building for those in the public realm. Convesso Concavo also showcases environmental initiatives, applying Green Star’s Multi Residential Rating Pilot Tool to achieve a 4 Star Green Star Rating. It pioneers the use of a smart metering display panels to all apartments that enables tenants to view live data on energy and water consumption, allowing them to make informed decisions about reducing energy consumption. Convesso Concavo was developed by Lendlease as part of the company’s Victoria Harbour urban regeneration project.
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Concavo, resident’s lounge Concavo, entry way Concavo, resident’s kitchen / lounge Opposite page: Convesso Concavo, exterior
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BOOMERANG TOWER SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK
INTERLOCKING FORMS A complex building with multiple uses expressed in simple form
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BOOMERANG TOWER SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK Boomerang Tower is an integrated mixed-use development undertaken for developer Ecove. A composition of three interlocking forms define the principal elements of the project: a residential tower; commercial offices; and a podium with parking and retail. The distinctive boomerang shaped tower form has been driven by a desire to achieve good solar access to 100% of the apartments throughout the year while curved corners minimise downdraft and wind impact to the public domain. Apartments enjoy panoramic views spanning from Homebush Bay to the Sydney CBD. The tower sits above a podium carpark with ground floor retail and a new two level workplace with a projected 6 Star Green Star Rating. Typical Floor Plan
The façade unifies the building composition through a combination of terracotta, glass and aluminium panels. These elements are used in a texture of staggered vertical fins, reinforcing the tower’s verticality. Set back from the leading edge of floors and fins is a skin of fixed and operable glazing, colour-back glass and open balconies. The slender fins span between expressed floor levels which increase in thickness where the apartment mix changes as a subtle expression of stacked multi-storey volumes. The podium design uses terracotta and glass in alternating panels of varying width, allowing the façade to seamlessly transition from an opaque, to visually disguise the car park, to an open façade, providing natural light and outlook to the office space.
LIGHTING THE WAY The reinvigoration of a Melbourne CBD tower brings life and connectivity to the banking district
360 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE In the heart of Melbourne’s historic banking district, 360 Collins Street represents a key opportunity to revitalise the Dexus-managed property. As one of the last remaining CBD sites with a north facing plaza, it provides a unique opportunity to relink Collins and Little Collins Street through a welcoming and vibrant lobby and retail plaza filled with natural light.
In the Collins Street lobby, the demolition of existing mezzanines will create an expansive, double height space. Improving the connectivity between Little Collins Street and Collins Street was a key design driver in creating a seamless working and social environment that benefits from a combination of indoor and outdoor spaces.
Provision of new retail pavilions wrapping around a grass lawn enhances the plaza, offering lunchtime crowd appeal. Emerging from the extended form of the tower’s podium levels, the two retail ‘arms’ extend out to meet Little Collins Street, providing a sheltered, human-scaled experience.
The Collins Street façade is rebuilt, with two centrally located revolving doors and a grand canopy denoting the building’s main entry points. This centralises the arrival sequence, providing an opportunity for differing tenancy identities to the east and west.
SENSORY STORE Next generation Bang & Olufsen retail experience
BANG & OLUFSEN MELBOURNE Bates Smart were pleased to once again partner with luxury retail client Emerald Group Investments, this time to design a next generation Bang & Olufsen flagship store within historic Cavendish House.
The design concept focused on expressing the beautiful heritage qualities of the interior shell, ensuring an elegant, refined environment providing a classical and elegant backdrop for Bang & Olufsen, a contemporary luxury brand.
The 381sqm store is situated at the ‘Paris end’ of Melbourne’s CBD, on the corner of Russell Street and Flinders Lane and is the fourth largest of its kind globally.
Bates Smart also refined finishes and furniture, selecting products that complimented the Bang & Olufsen brand, classic Danish design and the new interior of the flagship store.
Designed in collaboration with Bang & Olufsen’s designer, Lene Stenz-Schlünssen in Denmark, the global design directive was interpreted and refined to align with the local market.
The result is a unique and interactive space allowing customers to immerse themselves in the distinct world of Bang & Olufsen sound and design.
HYATT REGENCY SYDNEY DARLING HARBOUR
HERITAGE & HARBOUR The transformation of this hotel’s public spaces offers a grand nod to a nautical heritage
HYATT REGENCY SYDNEY DARLING HARBOUR Playing to the strengths of the historic and bustling Darling Harbour location, Bates Smart has transformed the public spaces of the Hyatt Regency Sydney. Encompassing the arrival lobby, lobby bar, meeting rooms and ballrooms, these interiors create the largest hotel conferencing facility in Australia. Providing a strong link between the sites’ significant sandstone heritage buildings and the marine harbour was key to the planning and design. Conceived as an expansive interior piazza, the interiors offer hospitable spaces to both conduct business and relax at this unique location.
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Hyatt Regency Sydney, ballroom Hyatt Regency Sydney, bar Opposite page: Hyatt Regency Sydney, reception / lobby
Liberating the existing structure to reveal a generous double height space has created an atmospheric volume through which rises the lobby’s grand sweeping stair.
Cascading chandeliers suspend dramatically above comfortable seating groups, accentuating the connectivity to function areas beyond, while providing a sculptural focal point to the lobby. Warm and welcoming, the tailored cocoon of the lobby bar forms an activated, complimentary backdrop to the theatre of the hotel lobby. A suspended, woven nautical rope screen creates a soft boundary to the adjacent lobby lounge. Conference facilities feature abundant natural light and unique, panoramic vistas of Darling Harbour. Bespoke carpet ‘runners’ visually echo the façade modulation and the extraordinary scale of these spaces. The innovative decorative ceiling is formed by gabled ‘canvases’, receiving coloured up-lighting and allowing the spaces to transition between commercial and hospitality modes.
FESTIVAL SQUARE ADELAIDE
RIVERBANK REVIVAL New public spaces and the revitalisation of the Riverbank Precinct
FESTIVAL SQUARE ADELAIDE Festival Square is set to deliver a new landmark public space to the City of Adelaide and revitalise the Riverbank Precinct. Working with long term client, Walker Corporation, Bates Smart has designed a new 26 storey commercial office tower and three storey retail building that frame the public space. The design responds to the rich character of the local setting, presenting simple and elegantly articulated buildings that provide a restrained backdrop and contextual scale relationship to the surrounding heritage buildings. A new pedestrian laneway maintains visual and physical connections with Old Parliament House and Parliament House while a four storey high entry lobby provides a dramatic framed view of the southern façade of Parliament House, defining a prominent entry along Station Road, the major thoroughfare into the precinct. Retail uses extend along the full length of the plaza, Station Road and Parliament Lane. The building has been designed as a series of connected pavilions, the footprint of which have been informed by the rhythm and articulation of Parliament House’s northern façade. A continuous canopy provides a sheltered pedestrian walkway along the southern edge of the plaza. The vertical tower volumes are expressed as a series of stacked volumes. The volumes are separated by recessed glazing accommodating large outdoor terraces. These volumes are further articulated on the lower levels by a series of horizontal masonry bands that increase in density as they get closer to the ground, to acknowledge the scale and materiality of the adjoining heritage buildings. The new side core tower will achieve a 5 Star Green Star Rating and create flexible, open and contiguous floor spaces, designed to maximise views of the River Torrens and surrounding parkland.
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Festival Square, Adelaide skyline Festival Square, public space Festival Square, lobby Opposite page: Festival Square, exterior
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NEW CLINICAL BUILDING – CABRINI HOSPITAL MALVERN
HEALING POWERS A new healthcare facility connects patients and staff with nature for wellness and recovery
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NEW CLINICAL BUILDING – CABRINI HOSPITAL MALVERN, MELBOURNE Research is proving what has long been intrinsically understood by the design profession – good design is a fundamental criterion for delivering good healthcare outcomes. A well considered and sensitive design solution can improve patient recovery times and provides an environment that promotes wellbeing for staff, patients and visitors alike. It is generally understood that access to natural light and views to nature are beneficial components of the healing process. However, it is also fundamental that internal lighting strategies are also understood in the creation of a caring atmosphere. The approach taken to the New Clinical Building (NCB) was derived from the patient’s perspective, working outwards from the bed, informing every detail of the project. The design carefully explored the creation of a building which treated the patient as a guest; an encouraging, safe and positive environment. Typical ward layouts were challenged to ensure that the best outcome was implemented for every detail, seamlessly blending clinical requirements with best practice design outcomes. This approach required a great deal of collaboration between the client and our design team, working together to question, explore, and test solutions, until a superior outcome was reached. Underpinning the design are strong yet simple planning principles. Corridors end on views to nature providing intuitive wayfinding, and storage areas are placed internally to ensure equipment is kept free from public circulation spaces. Sanctuaries are created outside the ward, with views onto the landscaped gardens, providing opportunities for retreat and reflection for all. Our design for the NCB is for people; it is a design that celebrates our connection with nature and creates a healing environment through understanding the human need for supportive, nurturing spaces for wellbeing.
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Cabrini Hospital, oncology room Cabrini Hospital, acute treatment area Cabrini Hospital, patient room Opposite page: Cabrini Hospital, exterior
70 CASTLEREAGH STREET SYDNEY
BENEATH THE SKIN A new identity was made possible through an innovative approach that overclad the existing façade
Located on a highly visible corner in the heart of Sydney’s luxury retail and legal precinct, this project has strategically repositioned an existing 14 storey commercial building. Bates Smart were initially commissioned by luxury retailer Chanel to prepare the design concept, which was then approved and funded by the Owners Corporation. Wrapping the building in a new glass skin addressed the existing façade leaks and poor thermal performance, while substantially raising the building’s presentation and reinforcing the identity of its high profile retail tenants. The design team worked closely with Arup to develop an innovative methodology for overcladding the existing façade. This innovation allowed the tenants to remain within the building during construction, and eliminated the potential relocation and fitout replacement costs. The entire project budget was then allocated to a high performance façade that reflected the building’s high calibre tenants. The new glass skin acts to unify the irregularity of the existing elevation’s disparate elements. It deftly steps in and out to accommodate the existing structure, while a series of frameless vertical glass fins provide a consistent alignment with the outer face of the building and creates depth, shadow and texture across the façade. The reuse of the structural elements of the existing façade system significantly reduced the materials required for construction and the amount of waste to be taken off site, while the new glazing skin substantially improves thermal performance and reduces the building’s energy consumption.
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GREEN SQUARE TOWN CENTRE SYDNEY
SCULPTURAL FORM Winning proposal redefines the building envelope
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GREEN SQUARE TOWN CENTRE SYDNEY Bates Smart’s winning design for a recent City of Sydney Design Excellence competition redefined the brief’s cantilevered building envelope and proposed a sculptural form which integrates structure, planning and formal expression. The 20 level residential building occupies a prominent location in the heart of Sydney’s rapidly developing Green Square Town Centre. The building delivers a distinctive form that acknowledges the site’s conspicuous location and provides enhanced public amenities at ground level. The team’s design approach steps the building form to open up the view corridor between the Library Plaza and the Drying Green, which are the two principal public open spaces in Green Square. The ground plane is treated as an extension of Neilson Square and provides a high quality pedestrian environment with retail on all frontages. The façade contrasts a lightweight glazed screen, addressing Neilson Square, with an ordered frame addressing the other three street frontages. In a bold urban gesture, the glazed screen steps outward incrementally to provide the required 10m setback over the lower ten levels, with the datum taken from surrounding buildings. On the other façades, the expressed frame is adjusted to reinforce the primary massing move. Within the frame, a family of infill elements are arranged to optimise internal amenity by responding to privacy and sun shading requirements.
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CREDITS EDITORS + DESIGNERS
Jeffery Copolov Belinda Cross Jane Foley Lorita Fachri Lauren Mifsud Amanda Rogers Suzie Watt Cornwell
PHOTOGRAPHERS AND VISUALISERS
Brett Boardman Peter Clarke Sean Fennessy John Gollings Grant Harvey Trevor Mein Nikolay Pechovski Ian Potter Jefferson Protomartir Mark Roper Anson Smart Jung Soo Kim Rodrigo Vargas Winston Wu FloodSlicer Scharp
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