QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT STAGE 2 (CIP2) Expression of Interest
Contact Mark Damant Woods Bagot Level 13, Waterfront Place Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia Telephone +61 7 3221 3122 Fax + 61 7 3221 3022 mark.damant@woodsbagot.com
Scott Chapple Suters Level 3, 140 Ann Street Brisbane 4000 Australia Telephone +617 3229 9883 Fax +617 3229 0250 S.Chapple@sutersarchitects.com.au
Š Woods Bagot Australia: Woods Bagot Pty Ltd ABN 41 007 762 174 / ACN 007 762 174 Cover Image: University of Western Australia
Š Woods Bagot 2010
01 02 03 Designing to Promote Industry Partnership
Design Leadership
Loose Fit & Collaboration
04 05 06 Sustainable Design
Value Proposition & Design Methodology
Our People
07 08 09 Relevant Experience
Awards
Detailed Project Examples
Image: University of Western Australia, Business School
Executive Summary We are delighted to submit our Expression of Interest for the completion of Principal Consultancy & Architecture services for QUT’s Creative Industries Precinct (Stage 2). Woods Bagot will work in partnership with Suters to establish an extraordinary vision and implementation strategy that will allow execution of truly imaginative and integrated design solution that will be distinctive and uniquely desirable to the QUT staff and students as well as the wider community. Our project team has the advantage of being keenly attuned to QUT’s immediate and long-term future needs and vision. Woods Bagot’s key involvement in the 2033 Master Planning project provides us with an intimate understanding of the key issues and objectives that this landmark development will need to ultimately achieve. We look forward to continuing to develop a strong working relationship with QUT on this exciting and innovative project and assure you of our utmost commitment to the project objectives and project time frame. Drawing on our experience, we have identified the following key points as pivotal considerations in the precinct planning and detail design for this site: Designing to promote industry partnerships; Design Leadership; Loose Fit and Collaborative Learning Spaces; and Sustainable Design.
Image: University of Hong Kong, Woods Bagot
Designing to Promote Industry Partnership Knowledge Terrains Traditionally academic institutions have operated in defined and isolated areas of study or “fields” of knowledge. The concept of knowledge “terrains” focuses on a connected, open and integrated approach to learning that breaks down the barriers between faculties and blurs the boundaries between disciplines. We believe that by engaging with the community of this industry it could be possible to increase the sphere of influence of the building and precinct way beyond the site and campus boundaries, moving educational ideas into industry and industry into education. Collaborative Space - Advanced Study Centre, Hong Kong Woods Bagot has successfully designed the Advanced Study Centre and new Business School for the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. This building stimulates collaboration between individual researchers and the business world; it combines a research environment with a luxury hotel. Our design for the building and overall project encourages interaction in a very natural way. For example, open, public spaces have been designed to be shared by both the research institute and business school, thus promoting collaboration in an unforced manner. Our experienced designers will use this understanding to develop a cohesive Master plan in which the Creative industry Precinct 2 is fully integrated with the community.
Image: Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, Woods Bagot
Design Leadership Woods Bagot and Suters Architects are both awarded architects and designers both in Australia and Internationally. We are excited at the prospect of bringing together the combined knowledge and expertise of both firms to this project. Suters have a rich built history with QUT and other national university and civic buildings, Woods Bagot have additionally achieved some significant national and major international awards. We understand that designing and delivering great buildings always starts with great briefing and knowledge gathering. Part of this phase is often access to the best minds. We propose a two pronged approach to ensure the project yields the maximum potential, two advisory panels:
External industry Advisory Panel We will bring together some of Queensland’s most recognised leaders in the field to form an ‘industry advisory panel.’ We propose to run design and briefing workshops with the QUT, stakeholders, and the industry panel to enhance the vision for what the precinct and building could be and how it could help QUT, Queensland, Brisbane City, further establish itself as a authentic design and designed city. Internal Advisory Panel Both firms have specialist educational architects that can significantly add to the design process. Both Georgia Singleton (Woods Bagot) and Mark van Den Enden (Suters) have complementing skills and experience that will be invaluable to the design process. Georgia leads the Woods Bagot design group in Australia and has a wealth of education experience. Mark leads the Suters Design in Australian and brings a vast range of complex and civic architectural experience to the overall design team We believe that this approach will enable a optimised building, both for QUT but also for the community of Brisbane.
Image: University of South Australia, Woods Bagot
Loose Fit & Collaborative Learning Spaces Workflows There is a way of looking at new types of learning spaces based around activities rather than around traditional teaching spaces. Activities such as Research, Absorbing information, Development of Ideas, Production and Communication require distinctive types of spaces and capabilities. These activities can be best described as flows or energies of work = WORKFLOWS. These energy areas are “zoned” and not necessarily separate; they describe a fluid sense of learning, one which is not linear or chronological. Ideas of ‘apparent randomness’, or ‘planned’ accident, roughness and unplanned are often appealing to creative types. These spaces are open to the imagination and open up the imagination to create and respond to. What these types of concepts allow for is a freedom of learning and new Andragogy, the teacher’s role is changing and depending on the “workflow” zone the teacher becomes a director, facilitator, peer or mentor. The concept assists in developing a “Community of Learning” and working relationships and therefore space which ENCOURAGES COLLABORATIVE WORK to create new knowledge. These types of concepts require spaces that are not traditional learning spaces.
Enabling Current Best Practice Educational facilities are areas where change is both rapid and substantial. A number of our key personnel are at the forefront in knowledge of these fields. This knowledge is reviewed by a number of means. Attendance and presentations at Education Conferences, visits to internationally recognised leading edge institutions and utilising the most current standards in education facility guidelines. Key designers attend the Tertiary Education Management Conference (TEMC). Woods Bagot spoke at the 2008 conference and we attended the 2009 conference. Our education leaders attended the annual AFR Higher Education Summit in 2008 and 2009, the Council for Education Facility Planners International (CEFPI) Sandiago World Conference in 2008 and the Association of University Directors Estates (AUDE) annual conference in Liverpool in 2008. We will also be attending the 2009 conference.
Image: Qatar Science & Technology Park, Woods Bagot
Sustainable Design Our design method includes a commitment to sustainability. Our strategy is to develop sustainability objectives in the earliest part of the project, including ESD workshops We believe that the building should be rich with ‘future adaptability ’ potential. Our team is committed to Environmentally Sustainable Design. There are currently over 100 Accredited Green Star Professionals in Woods Bagot, 15 in the Brisbane Studio. By training all staff we ensure that Green principles are applied through the whole design process, from master planning and schematic design, through design development and documentation. Our commitment to the environment is not only evident in our projects, but in our internal studio practices. Woods Bagot is 100% Climate Neutral. We offset the environmental (CO2) impact of all aspects of the firm’s business through the purchase of Kyoto compliant “Gold Standard” carbon credits. These credits fund clean or renewable energy projects, offsetting our impact on the environment. We have recently completed the first 6 star convention centre in the world in which the building set a new benchmark of research and industry. Woods Bagot + Suters are committed to the preservation and enhancement of the natural and built environments, ensuring our operations are constantly monitored and impacts mitigated. The firm also offers sustainability consulting for a range of projects as well as sustainability and change management services to assist client organizations in understanding and implanting sustainable management practices.
Future Flexibility as a Sustainability Strategy The building we would propose, although intended to operate in a highly flexible manner will be further tested and improved to ensure it is endlessly flexible in terms of future expansion opportunities. Circulation systems should anticipate growth in a direction consistent with the central planning concepts. Hard and soft functional spaces are arranged to minimise hard-to-hard adjacency. Hard spaces are those with functions, and associated services that are inflexible in nature and do not easily lend themselves to change or relocation. Soft spaces, on the other hand, are comparatively flexible and open to change without significant consequences. Allowing hard to push into soft extends the life of a facility and mitigates the upheaval of change. Generally, strategies for expansion include: ––expansion into soft space that will not affect functionality; ––dispersed shell space for localised expansion; and ––larger shell space for incremental expansion zones; ––consideration of noisy and quiet zones and how they would be adaptable
Image: Caroline Springs Library, Suters
Value Proposition and Design Methodology Research/ Define Task We form a ‘RESEARCH ‘ phase, here the team identify the specific issues, understand the background information, the resources needed, outline and agree all objectives and start pulling together project teams. Committed Research We are committed to a continuous process of advancing our knowledge through RESEARCH programmes with industry partners. We currently have a published series of papers called “Education Futures” by Ross Donaldson. We are also currently working on research partnered with UTS looking at “Research in the context of an Educational Environment”. We have just been awarded a $120,000 ARC grant for this partnered research. Our goal is to understand what physically makes an environment the most conducive space for research breakthroughs. Understanding QUT The first stage of our process will be to examine and understand the organisation’s strategic plan along with conducting high level workshops with senior decision makers to understand the University’s core values and objectives.
Absorb We form an “ABSORBING” phase, we do this by listening, looking and communicating, sharing ideas, workshopping with client and stakeholders. Space Assessment Through application of specialist space scheduling and software we usually find at the beginning of projects can bring a rationalising regime to space scheduling. We will also take the rigorous approach of conducting staff workshops and analysis of timetables and the reassessment of spatial requirements to examine for potential space saving. This will involve examining current workflows, work, pedagogy and andragogy styles and may result in value add hybrid educational environments such as break out spaces and technologically enabled flexible learning spaces. Site Assessment In defining the tasks we would undergo a thorough site assessment, examining the unique features of the site and its surrounding context. We understand the strategic intent of the Campus Master plan, and will seek to revisit that document it and fully develop those outcomes.
Ideas Development The next phase we develop is the “IDEAS” development. This is the brainstorming phase where creative thinking takes place. Everyone is accessible and all ideas are put forward and tested. During this stage there will be facilitated workshops and free creative space to define and develop ideas. The ideas will be tested and communicated back to the stakeholders at regular meetings. This is an important stage for the stakeholders to fully engage in the creative process with the consultants, to test and facilitate feedback. This process will be done concurrently with the PDP of the Abercrombie Precinct and with the PDP of the Economics and Business Development. Production The next phase is the “PRODUCTION” phase. Ideas are realised and the project report is developed with clarity. We will define and use all the skills necessary to develop this communication tool with required media. During this phase the direction is refined and endorsed. Communicate During the “PRESENTATION” phase the completed proposal is communicated back to the client and stakeholders. (PRESENTATION OF FINAL DRAFT and Submission of final report to PCG)
Maximising Value For Money Our team will investigate options at both design and documentation phases to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of proposals. Whilst governed by operational efficiency and whole-of-life comparisons, our design team will also undertake analysis of capital costs with respect to both planning and construction alternatives. As principal consultant, this will also include assistance in the evaluation of other consultants’ design solutions such as in structural, façade and environmental systems and services alternatives. At all times, our team will provide upto-date and comprehensive information to the Cost Planner to enable accurate cost planning and cost monitoring. Where appropriate, standardisation across all major capital projects will be investigated to facilitate cost effective solutions. Providing Sustainable Design Solutions Our design method includes a commitment to sustainability. Our strategy is to develop sustainability objectives in the earliest part of the project, including ESD workshops as shown in the program and to embark on detailed, project-specific research to deliver innovative solutions for design, construction and whole-of-life sustainability.
Group Managing Director Ross Donaldson
Company Structure Chart
CEO Robert Macindoe
Company Structure Chart
National Managing Director Rodger Dalling
Queensland Principals Mark Damant Simon Dick
Admin Team Prue Brigham Tamara Holstein
Studio Manager Renae Whiteside
Senior Associates Anna Bahnson Barry Paterson David Lee Fred Cehak Gordana Ticak John Flynn Philip Blake Thomas Bloch
Associates Andrew Vikstrom Kel Dennis Liza Skaria
Finance Officer Mary Dolan
Team Manager/Major Projects Manager Paul Anthony
Director of Strategic Projects Gunther De Graeve
Administration Desley Jones Zeljko Ticak Rebeccah Dixon Kylie O’Flynn Joanne Wood Mary Ann Bossom Olivia Mathisen
Practice Manager Geoff Street
Cairns Team Project Leaders Alanna Diprose Rhys Williams
Interiors Catherine De Nino Karin Colville Rachel Lunn Eliisa Staff
Project Professionals Adrian Tan Carl Mitchell Cath Lewin Danielle Currie Edmund Check Gergely Szabo Glenn Sinclair Keith Gilbert Luke Hurdman Nick Veneman Patrick Nispel Qui Lu Roussos Alexopoulos Samantha McCabe Temo Raravula Wei Loh
Team Members Architectural Helen Bolton (L2)
Office Manager/ Team Manager Scott Chapple
Project Leader David Brian
Team Members Architectural See Kheng Ong (L3) Gordon Lee (L4) Bronwyn Nymeyer (L2) Samantha Perera (L2) Fay Weng (L2) Michelle Duval (L1) Clare Kennedy (L1) Technical Andrew Elliot (L3) C Simon Norton (L3) William Ord (L2)
Design Leader Tom Kanchanasinth
Project Leader Jason Ross
Team Members Architectural Carina Schutte (L2) C Michael Fraser (L2) C Diana Bojicic (L3) Maria Nguyen (L1) Technical Brent Ford (L3)
Project Leader Jason Partel
Team Members Architectural Howard Liu (L4) Pauline Tam (L3) Sagar Chowdhury (L3) Angela Chen (L2) Soudeh Farzmahdi (L2) Technical Alan Savage (L3) Interiors Jolenta Jarman (L3) Pippa Lyons (L1) Shirley Shen (L1)
Our People... A Constellation of Experts We believe that QUT is on an exciting academic journey that sees it at the very forefront of research and innovation. As the university develops its built space, the opportunity to represent that ambition in a physical environment is one challenge that our team would love to participate in.
Mike McGowan is the Head of the ABC in Queensland and is leading the redevelopment of the ABC headquarters in Brisbane at the moment. We believe that this experience will make an invaluable contribution to our team of architects and interior designers.
Designing and building projects for universities are unique opportunities. We have brought together two architectural firms to combine the global ambition of Woods Bagot with the technical and considered approach of Suters Architects. We have also included specialist advisors, Michael McGowan (Head of ABC Queensland) who will interrogate and inform the design team leaving no stone unturned in a search to make it as good as it can be.
Peter Fearnside has been and still remains the Managing Director of Marshall Day Acoustics for the past 22 years. His firm is a leading acoustic design consultancy, and has specialised in architectural acoustics since its formation providing consulting services on a large number of theatres and cultural centres throughout the world. Peter is collaborating in the team as a key stakeholder and contributor to conceptual and technical design solutions.
Woods Bagot will assume the role of Principal Consultant and Design Leader, building on the formidable international reputation for architectural design excellence. Woods Bagot has extensive experience in the Principal Consultant/Architectural Role which specifically includes leading multi-firm consultant teams to efficiently deliver large, highly technical projects such as the current Princess Alexandra Hospital Redevelopment and Mackay Base Hospital.
We believe we have brought together a passionate, creative and highly skilled team of professionals with a reputation for design and delivery excellence. Our team is committed to delivering exceptional outcomes through a transparent and inclusive process that will involve the client and stakeholder groups in an interactive, informed and hands on approach.
Suters Architects brings to the team a technical and design rigor of an nationally recognised architectural firm with an extensive range of local experience.
CIP2 Project Organisation Chart
QUT
Vice Chancellor’s Office Disciplines Faculties
University Community Alumni Student Body
Property & Facilites
Technical Review Panel Mike McGowan Peter Fearnside
Project Principals Mark Damant Scott Chapple
Design Review Panel Georgia Singleton Mark Van den Enden
Project Leaders David Lee Jason Partel
Heritage Architect Ed Clode
Technical Input Gunther De Graeve
Architectural Team Woods Bagot Suters
Interiors Team Woods Bagot Suters
Mark Damant and Scott Chapple will undertake a joint Project Principal role and will steer the Project Directorate and undertake the day to day contact with the Client’s representative.
Support Staff
Our collaboration allows us to combine each company’s key strengths with a clear backup strategy in place for all stages of the project.
Sub Consultants
Scott Chapple Principal / Design Manager
Mark Damant Principal / Design Director Role on Project: Project Principal
Role on Project: Project Principal
Mark has considerable experience with high profile civic buildings having worked on the Melbourne Museum (from initiation to completion) and more recently, as senior team leader and overall site architect for the Brisbane Square. Mark is a design architect who has the added experience of managing complex stakeholder requirements and often competing demands.
Scott has the ability to provide a complete service to meet the client’s needs. His skill lies in establishing a good rapport with the client, to listen and understand their needs, balancing all parameters to create an optimum solution. Scott’s skills include client liaison and communication, design, documentation and administration roles. He has a special interest in integrating ecologically sustainable development across all facets of a project to provide socially responsible architecture. Scott is also the Design Manager of the Brisbane studio.
Mark provided key urban design input and direction to Phase 2 of the QUT 2033 master plan and therefore understands the aspirations and direction of QUT intimately. Qualifications
Education & Health
Commercial
Qualifications
Education & Health
––3698 – Registered Architect (QLD) ––5367 – Registered Architect (VIC) ––B. Arch(1988) University of Natal, Durban, South Africa ––M. Arch (Urban Design), Completed 3 of 4 semesters Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Melbourne, Australia
––QUT Strategic Masterplan, encompassing all campuses. ––Monash University, Stage 2, Melbourne VIC ––Vocational Education and Training Building, Springfield, Qld ––Mackay Base Hospital Redevelopment, Qld
––2007 – Registered Architect Queensland (Architects Registration Board Number 4045) ––1995 – B.Arch, Newcastle ––1991 – B.Sc.[Arch], Newcastle
Awards
Urban Design
––Regent Tower Design Competition, Brisbane ––Robina Central Commercial Building, Qld ––Brisbane Square, Qld ––Arthur Andersen HQ, Melbourne (now Sensis Building) ––AXA Headquarters, Melbourne ––Comtech Port. Melbourne Docklands ––Rutherglen Estate (winery), VIC
––Bronze Medal, Guilietta Tomb Lapidarium, Verona
––Victoria Harbour Development, VIC ––Nundah Village Masterplan, Qld ––Robina Stadium Village Masterplan, Qld ––Robina Central Masterplan, Qld ––Rochedale Commercial Park, Qld ––Durrat Al Bahrain Masterplan
––QUT S Block refurbishment ($11m) ––QUT Z Block refurbishment ($3m) ––QUT Confucius Institute office fitout ($0.5m) ––QUT Wetlabs ($3m) ––QUT U Block Level 2 office fit out ––QUT U Block office alterations ––QUT L Block student resource facility ––QUT Student services fit out D,S and L Block Gardens PT Campus ––QUT O Block Level 4 post graduate accommodation Gardens Point ––QUT B Block KG Level 3 office fit out, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane ––QUT M Block office fit out ––Indigenous Student Hostel, Weipa Cape College ––Innisfail Learning Campus, TAFE, High School, Special School, and Community Facilities ––North Lakes College - Master Planning, Stage 4 Middle School and Stage 5a Urban Learning Centre ––Rissalah College Primary School, Rossmore ––Childcare Centre, Wahroonga ––Childcare Centres, Mackay ––Chronic Disease Centre, Renal & Community Health Facility, Thursday Island ––Liverpool Public Hospital, 90 bed Emergency Department, NSW ––St Vincents Private, Patient Services, Darlinghurst
Civic ––Eastern Busway Concept Design and Impact Management Plan ––Museum of Victoria, Melbourne ––Green Bridge, Brisbane, Qld ––State Library of Queensland redevelopment ––Queensland Rail, Cleveland and South Brisbane Stations ––Queensland Rail, Branding and generic station design ––South Bank, Brisbane, Southern Entry Works ––New Grollo Fountain, Melbourne Museum
Lifestyle ––Yeppoon Residential Development, Qld ––Ardmore View, Singapore ––House Murtagh, Rutherglen, Victoria ––Renovations to Newburn - 30 Queens Road, Melbourne (Fredrick Romberg) ––St Leonard’s Walk, Singapore ––Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Expansion Design Competition ––Unity Dance Centre, Brisbane.
––Sydney Adventist Hospital, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound Radiology, Pharmacy & MRI, Wahroonga ––Wallsgrave Hospital, Radiotherapy, Renal, Rheumatology, Pharmacy, Coventry, England Civic ––Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Drama Theatre, Conservatorium, & Concert Theatre, Penrith ––Community Meeting and Sports Recreation Hall, Tully ––Warringah Library Fitout, Warringah Mall ––Library, Warringah Council, Belrose ––Juvenile Justice Centre Masterplan, Cobham, St Marys Commercial ––‘Vantage’ Office Tower, Indooroopilly ––Westpac branch fitout, Mt Gravatt ––Boral Regional Office Building, Pinkenba ––Cromwell Office Refurbishment, Brisbane
Jason Partel Associate
David Lee Senior Associate Role on Project: Project Leader, Woods Bagot
Role on Project: Project Leader, Suters
David has been predominantly involved in the Master Planning and Schematic Design stage of major International Hospital Projects. He masters the key elements to hospital design and demonstrates ability to rationalise complex design problems.
Jason is a registered architect and an invaluable member of the Brisbane team, capable of adapting to new environments and challenges. Jason works predominantly in the Education sector in Queensland. Jason brings a hands-on attitude for the successful delivery of projects. His strength is in negotiating and facilitating with multiple stakeholders and encouraging them to look beyond the immediate for value added solutions.
David has experience leading the design of multi-story Hospital projects and has an expert understanding of vertical and horizontal inter-departmental relationships, clean and dirty flow, and accessibility and security issues in Hospital design. Qualifications Qualifications
Education & Health
–––Masters of (QLD)––Princess Alexandra Hospital –3698 of – Architecture, RegisteredUniversity Architect –Melbourne –5367 – Registered Architect (VIC) Redevelopment, Qld, Project Leader ––Bachelor of Architecture, Unversity of ––Southport Medical Precinct, Qld –Melbourne –B. Arch(1988) University of Natal, ––Lingard Private Hospital, NSW: $12M, Durban, SouthStudies, Africa University ––Bachelor of Design Project Professional Queensland ––Townsville Hospice, Qld: $7M, –of–M. Arch (Urban Design), Completed 3 of 4 semesters Royal Melbourne Support Architect ––Garden City Nursing Home, Qld: Institute of Technology Melbourne, $8M, Project Professional
Australia
Awards ––Bronze Medal, Guilietta Tomb Lapidarium, Verona
––St Paul’s Hospice, Hong Kong: $300M, Health Facility Planning Professional ––Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong: $270M, Health Facility Planning Professional ––Sunway Medical Centre, Malaysia: $30M, Support Designer ––Perak Community Special Hospital: Support Designer
Qualifications
Education & Health
––Registered Architect Queensland [Architects Registration Board Number - 3839] ––B.Arch [University of Queensland] ––BAS [University of Auckland] ––Advanced Certificate in Construction Studies [Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin] ––New Zealand Certificate Architectural Draughting
––QUT S Block refurbishment ($11m) ––QUT Z Block refurbishment ($3m) ––QUT Confucius Institute office fitout ($0.5m) ––QUT Wetlabs ($3m) ––QUT U Block Level 2 office fit out ––QUT U Block office alterations ––QUT L Block student resource facility ––QUT Student services fit out D,S and L Block Gardens PT Campus ––QUT O Block Level 4 post graduate accommodation Gardens Point ––QUT B Block KG Level 3 office fit out, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane ––QUT M Block office fit out ––UQ Social Sciences Level 2 office fit out ––UQ Colin Clark roof extension and servery upgrade ––UQ Therapies building re-roof ––UQ MacGregor Building PC2 Laboratory upgrade ––UQ JD Storey office fit out ––UQ Skerman Building PC2 Laboratory upgrade ––UQ Goddard Building PC2 Laboratory upgrade ––UQ McElwain building office fit outs ––UQ Social Science Level 3 and 6 post graduate fit out ––UQ Gatton relocatable sketch design ––UQ Frank White Building laboratory fit out ––UQ GPN3 office alterations
––UQ Molecular Biosciences PC2 Laboratory upgrade ––UQ McElwain entry upgrades and signage ––UQ Gatton Plant Industries new roof ––UQ Property and Facilities Blg 87 offices upgrade ––UQ Property and Facilities Blg 97 and therapies building office and plant room upgrade Commercial ––Chesney office and warehouse development Brendale, Brisbane ––Amart entry roof Oxenford ––Woolworths Beaudesert new building and specialty shops, Beaudesert ––Master Plan commercial development, Karalee ––Inchcape Motors new car showroom and service centre, Lawnton ––Coles Highfield new building with specialty shops, Highfield, QLD ––Coles Agnes Waters new building and specialty shops
Mike McGowan State Director, ABC Qld
Peter Fearnside MD, Marshall Day Acoustics
Role on Project: Technical Review
Role on Project: Technical Review
Mike brings over 30 years experience with the ABC in radio operations, production, presentation and management roles. He has the ability to manage and coordinate complex projects from concept to fully operational status and a proven ability to create and work in a team environment with staff and senior managers.
Peter has a love and passion for the performing arts, especially opera and theatre. After graduating from City University, London, Peter has worked as an acoustic consultant and theatre planner in Australia, Asia, England, New Zealand and USA.
He is currently Project Coordinator for the ABC Brisbane Accommodation Project and will bring an enormous amount of enthusiasm and experience to the QUT CIP2 project.
PETER FEARNSIDE ––Delivered training workshops to Indigenous media students in both MARSHALL DAY ACOUSTICS ––Project Coordinator for the ABC
Marshall Day Acoustics has extensive experience in the acoustic design of university projects, and is also experienced in the design of buildings incorporating Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD).
Management / Supervisory Roles
Education
NT and Nth Queensland; Brisbane Accommodation Project; – – Developed and managed a Local ––Regional Program Manager and Local Radio Internship Program adopted by Radio Manager; Peter Fearnside isRegional thestations; managing director of both Metro and ––In QLD, Editorial, financial, – – State Director QLD; Marshall Day Acoustics. administrative and people Manager ––A/Territory Director, NT; of 11 Radio stations, 100 plus staff, ––A/Hd Local Radio; program and online strategies, marketing and externalPeter public Radio,passion NSW; and has––A/Manager a loveLocaland for the performing relations; ––A/Mgr Regional Stations SA especially ––Restructured program arts, teams in 612 ABC Brisbane to make it more Employment History After graduating from City opera relevant to the changing Brisbane and theatre. ––2007 to Present: Project Coordinator, Radio market; University, London, Peter Brisbane Accommodation Project,has worked as an ––Restructured QLD Management State Director ABC Queensland acoustic consultant and theatre planner in team to increase effectiveness and ––2002 - 2007: Manager ABC Local productivity; and Online, QLD Australia,Radio Asia, England, New Zealand and USA. ––Achieved number 1 rating Breakfast – – 1995 2002: Manager Local Radio, program in Brisbane over a numberestablished Marshall Day Acoustics in Peter Northern Territory (Responsible for of rating periods since 2006; ABC Local Radio across Central and Melbourne, Australia, approximately 22 years ago, ––Trained, supervised, mentored Top End Northern Territory) and evaluated staff, coached and has seen a leader in its field. ––1990 - it 1995: become Trainee ABC Regional improvement management skills; Program Manager, WA and Nth QLD; ––Successfully managed regional Regional Program Manager, Cairns; station refit project in QLD; Regional Program Manager, Mt project experience ––Successfully managedRelevant stage 1 of Gambier Toowong Radio evacuation and relocation in 2006 with no loss of local programs and a united team Guangzhou Opera House, China environment across departments and Xian Concert Hall, China divisions in less than ideal working conditions; Beijing Television Theatre, China ––Trained Radio Managers in South Africa as part of AusaidQueensland program; Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane
––UNSW New Faculty Law Building, Sydney: –– Acoustic design of lecture theatres and moot court. –– Assessment of speech privacy between offices and meeting rooms. –– Detailed assessment of noise emissions. –– Noise impact assessment for the project development application
Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth Civic Place Concert Hall and Theatre Project, Sydney.
––University Square, Melbourne –– Room acoustics, sound insulation and noise control design of a complete new campus at the University of Melbourne ––Monash Science Technology Research and Innovation Precinct Stages 2 & 3 –– The Monash STRIP Stages 2 & 3 project is an extension to the existing STRIP 1 facility. –– Extensive ESD elements are incorporated into the design including exposed slabs, chilled beams and displacement airconditioning systems ––Swinburne National Centre for Sustainability –– Extension to the Wantirna “green” campus of Swinburne University, the Centre for Sustainability and Environment is a teaching centre for ESD initiatives, with the building incorporating a number of these principles in its design
––Deakin University, International Centre and Business Buildings, Burwood Campus –– Room acoustics, noise control, privacy, ESD considerations for 2 new buildings at the Burwood Campus
Marshall Day Acoustics operates a broad-based acoustic and theatre design consulting practice with expertise and experience in: ––Auditorium and Studio Acoustics ––Building Noise Control ––Industrial Noise Control ––Planning and Environmental Noise ––Electro-Acoustics and Audio Visual ––Vibration Assessment and Control ––Theatre Planning and Technical Systems Design.
Mark Van den Enden Practice Design Manager
Georgia Singleton Principal / Education Leader Role on Project: Design Review
Role on Project: Design Review
Georgia is a Principal of Woods Bagot and is one of the company’s leading education specialists in architecture, interiors and masterplanning. She provides a strong commitment to innovative design and quality of product from conception through to construction.
As the practice design manager Mark is an integral part of our highly skilled team with extensive experience in strategic analysis, briefing, design and development of complex projects. Mark is able to draw upon his local and international architectural expertise of how successful public spaces are designed and integrated into projects. His inter-disciplinary skills and project experience ensures a comprehensive understanding of the forces that drive projects, in particular, the integration of site infrastructure, urban design architecture and landscape.
Georgia’s commitment to design quality, innovation and education has led her to be actively involved in architecture education at UTS, UWA & Curtin University.
Qualifications Qualifications
Education & Health
–––Bachelor Architecture (hons) 1995(QLD)Recent education projects include: –3698 –ofRegistered Architect HEEF Funding concept for UNSW Western Australia –University –5367 – ofRegistered Architect (VIC) Energy Technologies Building. Design ––Registered Architect, WA –B. Arch(1988) University of Natal, of the new $43 million Business –––Registered Architect, NSW School, UWA, and design of the Durban, ––AIA MemberSouth Africa Education College in Doha, Qatar ––M. Arch (Urban Design), Completed (catering for 3000 students with a 3 of 4 semesters Royal Melbourneproject value of $200 million).
Institute of Technology Melbourne, ––UNSW Engineering Masterplan Australia
Awards ––Bronze Medal, Guilietta Tomb Lapidarium, Verona
––UNSW Design Lab ––UNSW Photovoltaic Pilot Line ––Western Campus Feasability Study, UNSW ––University of Sydney Engineering Masterplan ––University of Sydney Engineering Faculty Student Hub ––University of Sydney Health Sciences Masterplan ––UTS Accommodation Masterplan ––Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Business School and Institute for Advanced Studies ––United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain Urban Design & Masterplanning ––United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain ––East Perth Gateway-Metrobus Precinct Design Guidelines ––Belmont Park Redevelopment, WA ––Eastern Gateway Project
––East Coast Park Masterplan, Singapore ––Mandurah Ocean Marina, Mandurah ––Mindarie Keys –Design Criteria Brighton ––Perth Esplanade Park ––Stirling Masterplanning Academic Appointments Curtin University ––Design tutor –4th year Interior Design (semester 1) ––Design tutor - 2nd year Architecture, UWA
Qualifications
Education
––Registered Architect Victoria [Architects Registration Board Number 16441] ––Registered Architect South Australia [Architects Registration Board Number 2809] ––Registered Architect NSW [Architects Registration Board Number 7593] ––2001 – M.Arch. [Urban Design] ––1998 – B.Arch. [RMIT] ––1994 – B.Landscape Architecture [Hons] [RMIT]
––Maribyrnong Secondary College Sporting Centre of Excellence ––Yuille Park Community College, Ballarat ––UAE University, Al Ain, UAE ––Gordon Tafe, Buildings G & H ––Tech Estate Melbourne (re-branded to University Hill, Bundoora) ––RMIT International Vietnam (in association with the World Bank IFC)
Professional Affiliations University of Western Australia ––Design tutor –1st year Architecture (semester 1) ––Design tutor – 1st year Architecture (semester 2) ––Design tutor –2nd level Architecture (semester 1 & 2) ––History tutor- level 1 Architecture, Landscape Architecture ––Design tutor –2nd level Architecture (semester 1 & 2) University of Technology, Sydney ––Design Tutor - 5th year (semester 1 & 2)
––Member – Australia Institute of Architects
Commercial ––Optus Headquarters, Feasibility Study Melbourne, Docklands ––36 + 37 Squadron Buildings, Richmond Airbase (5 Star Green Star, Design, AS built) ––Jones Lang Lasalle office refurbishment ––Watergardens Town Centre Masterplan
Civic ––Melbourne Convention Centre (6 Star Greenstar) [Woods Bagot] ––Caroline Springs Town Centre Masterplan ––Bacchus Marsh Community Precinct Masterplan ––SurfCoast Shire Civic Centre Masterplan ––The World Islands, Dubai ––Frankston Arts Centre Masterplan ––City of Glen Eira Recreation Centre Feasibility Study ––Karingal Family & Children’s Hub
––Caroline Springs Library and Civic Centre ––Blacktown Library, Stanhope Gardens
Industrial ––Qatar Science and Technology Park, DOHA, UAE ––Meons Workshop Facility, Richmond Airbase
Image: QUT Confucius Institute, Suters
Gunther De Graeve Director of Strategic Projects
Ed Clode Major Projects Manager
Role on Project: Technical Input
Role on Project: Heritage Architect
Gunther’s project experience brings a capability that exceeds design skills, specialising in project management, construction and business management with great capability to liaise with all members of a project team allowing him to efficiently manage the project from planning through to completion.
Edward Clode has demonstrated his ability to manage major complex projects from client inception through the design, documentation and construction phases. His experience includes a wide range of cultural, commercial, institutional, conservation and rehabilitation projects. The Newcastle City Hall, the Conservatorium of Music, the Newcastle Regional Museum the Earp Gillam Bond Store, the Civic Theatre and the Clydesdale Pavilion have received Royal Australian Institute of Architects Awards.
Gunther currently leads the Global Health Sector for Woods Bagot and is an integral part of the leadership within the Brisbane Studio.
Qualifications
Education & Health
Other Large Scale Projects
Qualifications
Education & Health
––Architect (Specialising in Structural Design), Advanced Institute for Architecture, Ghent, Belgium.
––Sheihk Zayed University, U.A.E ––Al Maqam University, U.A.E ––K.A.G.O.H Catholic Higher Education Campus, Ghent, Belgium ––Vlerick International Management School, Belgium ––Mackay Hospital Redevelopment, Qld, Project Principal. Whole of Site Masterplan and Future Proofing to 2021, $405m ––Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Project Principal. ED Expansion, Helipad and Oncology Expansion, $130m ––Tawam Hospital Design Review, UAE ––South Glasgow Hospital Design Review, UK, $1b ––Southport Medical Precinct, Queensland ––Proposed Gold Coast Private Hospital, Qld ––Logan Hospital Redevelopment, Qld, Senior Architect. Redevelopment of existing campus, $80m ––Hospital “Maria Ziekenhuis Noord” Limburg, Belgium, Project Director. New 340 bed regional hospital on greenfield site, $100m ––Hospital “UZ Sint”, Ghent, Belgium. 10 year staged redevelopment of tertiary hospital (850 beds),$240m ––“Koren Bloem” Aged Care Facility, Belgium ––Caritas Psychiatric Institution, Melle, Belgium ––P.V.T Psychiatric Aged Car Facility, Lanaken, Belgium
––Dubai Rail Project, Design and Construction bid of 42 stations for Siemens and Bin Laden bid (PPP Bid) US$8.4b ––Skilled Stadium, Gold Coast Queensland ––Singapore Sports Hub (Design Competition for PPP), Singapore ––Saida Stadium, Lebanon ––Sharjah Expo Centre, U.A.E ––Singapore Mega Exhibition Centre
––1981 - Registered Architect NSW [Architects Registration Board number - 4100] ––1979 - B.Arch [Hons1] [Newcastle] ––1975 - B.Sc [Arch] [Newcastle]
––Mount Druitt College of TAFE - Stage 9 ––Kurri Kurri College of TAFE - Stage 3 ––Cessnock College of TAFE - Stage 3 ––Georges River Senior College - Oatley ––Dubbo Senior Campus - Dubbo NSW ––Camden High School - Camden NSW ––Muswellbrook South Public School Masterplan ––Kariong Public School Stages 1, 2 and 3 ––Port Macquarie High School Stage 2 ––Port Macquarie TAFE Stage 3 ––Boggabilla Educational Central School Stage 2 ––Hamilton TAFE College Stage 2 ––Bateau Bay Primary School ––Tenterfield High School Stage 2 ––Nambucca Heads Primary School
Speaking Engagements ––2008 Green Hospitals Conference, Brisbane, “Adopting a sustainable building design to achieve a reduction in operating costs”. ––2009 IPFA Australia: Trends and Pressures in Australasian Healthcare Projects, Sydney, “Design Trends in Australasian Health: Case Study”. ––
Professional Affiliations ––Member - Royal Australian Institute of Architects [RAIA Registration number - 1659] ––Member - Association of Preservation Technology
Heritage ––North Wing Development Newcastle heritage input ––St Thomas Church of England Port Macquarie - conservation management and restoration works ––Fort Scratchley - scoping studies and restoration works ––Fort Wallace Stockton - conservation management plan and adaptive re-use ––Cardiff Locomotive Depot conservation management plan and adaptive re-use
––Wesley Properties Hamilton restoration and adaptive re-use ––St Andrew’s Church - Cooks Hill restoration and adaptive re-use ––Conservation management plans, plans of management and heritage impact assessments for numerous projects and heritage items throughout NSW Civic ––Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre and Q Theatre, Penrith ––Theatre Royal, MLC, Sydney ––Wyong Council Civic Centre Masterplan and the development of Stage 1 of the Masterplan ––Civic Theatre Refurbishment Newcastle ––Maitland City Council Civic Centre ––Great Lakes Council - Administration centre restoration, library, arts and crafts centre, community centre ––Conservatorium of Music Newcastle ––Newcastle Regional Museum ––Newcastle City Hall Commercial ––Restoration of Earp Gillam Bond Store - Newcastle ––Hamilton Municipal Chambers Redevelopment for commercial facilities ––NAB Branches - Kincumber, East Maitland, Hamilton, Mayfield, Grafton, Taree, Raymond Terrace ––Commonwealth Bank Branches Belmont, Raymond Terrace, Hamilton
Education Experience Woods Bagot Woods Bagot has acquired a history of significant commercial, institutional, government and industrial projects. These illustrate our diversity and specialisation under all conditions which has made us a unique design force. We have applied the knowledge and experience accumulated over many years to award-winning buildings for commercial offices, corporate fitouts, mixed use developments, retail and hospitality architecture, science and health facilities and to strategic advice and masterplans aimed at helping our clients gain the best use from their facilities over a long period of time.
Project
Description
Role/Scope
Completion
QUT 2033 Master Plan
Woods Bagot in collaboration with Urbis were appointed as the lead consultants of a consortium commissioned to prepare a 25-year visionary Master Plan for QUT and all its landholdings. The study was broken into two phases of work with the objective of providing QUT with a clear platform to enable development decision over the coming 25-years. The project included a significant level of consultation throughout the process with the institution and various stakeholders. This engagement ensured that the project was directly informed by the institution and captured all of the university’s objectives in terms of future positioning and growth ambitions.
Master Plan
September 2008
QUT Science & Technology Precinct Competition
The project will deliver world-class facilities that demonstrate cutting edge design, the highest standards of environmental responsiveness and a commitment to the creation of a variety of student spaces that reinforces a unique and enduring “campus experience”.
Competition Stage Only
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Master Plan $150m
The new precinct (58ha) at the existing university campus has been created and will include the new school of Business Management as well as a new Institute for Advanced Study. The new campus has an orderly series of courtyard spaces which generate a lively, activated street system culminating in the IAS building to the top of the hill.
Master Plan
University of Western Australia $42.5m
WB was commissioned to design the new 9,000m2 Business School for UWA. Located at the southern end of the Crawley campus, the project brought special challenges regarding the long term masterplan of the campus. Consideration of the University’s major north-south axes, the open space network, landscape amenity, carparking and general way-finding were all important elements of the early studies.
Masterplan Review and Architecture
2008
University of South Australia Future Engineering Learning Space
The Future Learning Space at the Engineering Faculty at the University of SA is an experimental project which is designed to test new ideas in course delivery and learning styles, the creation of learning communities and ways of attracting and retaining students.
Briefing and Interior Design
2007
Resources and Chemistry Precinct AUD $100m
Woods Bagot was commissioned to masterplan the Resource and Chemistry Precinct on Curtin University Campus to encourage cooperation between various academic, research & commercial bodies in the fields of chemistry and mineral resources. WB also designed the first new buildings on site with S2F providing laboratory planning and engineering expertise for over 13,000m2 of laboratory space over 4 levels.
Campus Master Plan + Architecture + Specialist Lab Architecture
Oct 2009
Qatar Science and Technology Park $400m
Qatar’s Science and Technology Park (QSTP) is a key initiative of the Qatar Foundation to establish Qatar as a knowledge economy in the Middle East. The Masterplan encompasses 123ha of land which is integrated with the facilities of the Qatar Foundation, its new teaching hospital and its new convention centre. Phase One construction of the STP comprises 115,000m2 of development. This building is flanked by the first two Tenant Buildings,each 20,000m2.
Masterplan, Architecture, Interior Design & Landscape design
2008
Southbank Education and Training Precinct (HUB X)
The Queensland Government called for Public Private Partnership (PPP) proposals to redevelop the Southbank Education and Training Precinct. WB, in conjunction with Darryl Jacksons and EDAW Gillespies, was selected as architects on the HUB X consortium, formed by Leighton Contractors, Macquarie Bank and OTIS.
Master Plan
2008
University of Melbourne - Faculty of Engineering Student Learning Centre
The redevelopment of the existing Engineering Library into a student learning centre was key to the Faculty of Engineering embracing the new Melbourne Model of teaching. Combined informal lounge and study spaces were designed to stimulate and inspire. Winner Refurbishment Category CEFPI Awards 2008
Interior Design
2008
University of Sydney, Abercrombie Precinct $210m
The Abercrombie Precinct is a new typology in teaching, learning and research building for the University of Sydney. It’s unique site off campus has created a response which respects the surrounding heritage precincts while still maintaining a identifiable and memorable building form. The floor plate is large, enabling a variety of teaching, learning and social space to be accessed over 2 floors allowing maximum collaboration and visual accessibility.
Conceptual Design
2013
JCU Mackay University Centre (Design Phase), Mackay Base Hospital
The Mackay University Centre will comprise JCU’s Mackay Rural Clinical School for the training of medical and dentistry students, and facilities to support students from other health related disciplines in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Science who are undertaking placement at Mackay Base Hospital.
Full Architectural Services
2011
UNSW Solar Industrial Research Facility (SIRF) Building $10m
This new facility will revitalise UNSW’s overall first generation processing facilities and will benefit staff retention rates whilst attracting top students and researchers. It will also provide a unique training opportunity for other students who would otherwise have little opportunity for research on industry scale equipment.
Conceptual Design
End 2010
ACU Centre for Health and Wellbeing $75m
The proposed research and teaching facility is set to be a positive development in healthy architecture as it will create new standards in energy efficient design without compromising the attractiveness of social or faculty workplace environments.
Masterplan Review and Architecture
End 2011
Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) Exeter University, Cornwall Campus GBP £12.5m
In 2009, Woods Bagot was invited to a limited design competition for 3,000m2 of laboratories, collaborative work spaces, workshops and ancillary facilities as part of Exeter University’s Environment and Sustainability Institute in Cornwall.
Interior Design
N/A
June 2009
2010
Education Experience Suters Suters’ buildings have been praised for their innovation, aesthetics and functionality, and projects with values up to $130m have been successfully completed by various procurement methods. Suters has a long association with tertiary institutions, and not just in the provision of architectural services. In addition to the 50+ projects completed on campuses around Australia, the company has sponsored numerous student awards, exhibitions and publications, and in 2006 Suters contributed funding for the establishment of a Chair in Design at the University of Newcastle. Our staff can regularly be found tutoring at uni and participating in student mentoring programs. Our commitment to excellence in university facility design, therefore, comes from an inherent belief in the value of education and the role that architecture can play in the facilitation of learning.
Project
Description
Role/Scope
Completion
QUT S Block Refurbishment $16m
The project comprises the space planning and refurbishment of 8 levels within S Block. In the 20 years since S Block was built, the needs of the faculties have evolved dramatically and the new planning solutions will open up the floors and bring more natural light in to the centre of the floors, whilst creating a more collaborative and contemporary workplace solution for both students and faculty staff.
Full Architecture Services
Mid 2010
QUT Sciences Building $3.6m
QUT required the replacement of four laboratories in E Block for forensic, polymer, electronic and private commercial purposes. As well as associated offices, new lift and support facilities, the project also included the addition of a new 300m2 biotechnology lab in Q Block, meeting Australian Standards for PC2. The new work was carried out on budget and within programme in a fully occupied building. This required close consultation with all departments, and the division of the project in 13 separable contract portions. Project specific issues included strict application of equity of access requirements and work within a heritage listed building.
Design, Documentation & Construction (DD&C)
2002
QUT Confuscius Institute $0.4m
The 150m2 space consists of a generous entry and reception area, meeting room with kitchen facilities, utility area, open workstation area and 2 offices.We developed the conceptual framework strategy around the idea of a Chinese lantern as the basis of the project. The lantern shapes the space as a beacon of light within the sombre encompassing fabric of the existing environment in which it is located; a space within a space. IDEA Awards Shortlist – Institutional Section, 2009
DD&C
2009
North Sydney TAFE Film & Television Refurbishment $5m
The design for this project focused around the evolution from analogue to digital equipment systems and media. Areas of refurbishment included a new main entry lobby and reception space, open plan edit suits, improved prop and scenery stores and a full refurbishment of Studios and associated control rooms and a complete refurbishment of the main digital hub.
DD&C
2007
Qld Microtech Facility $4.4m
The Microtechnology Facility Building at the Nathan Campus of Griffith University is a purpose-built research and production facility for waferfab and silicon carbide technology. It is the only campus based facility of its kind in Australia and its construction presented a number of challenges relating to air pressure and temperature.
DD&C
2006
UQ Boilerhouse $1.3m
The UQ Boilerhouse Community Engagement Centre on the University’s Ipswich Campus facilitates a range of services as well as training and research activities. The building is a notable landmark within a state heritage-listed precinct and our adaptive reuse of the former Boilerhouse follows conservation best practice methodology and techniques. This unique Centre strengthens ties at all levels of the local community by providing access and interaction between federal, state and local government, individuals and community groups in an educational environment. Space planning on the lower level includes the research centre, Community Training Room, with adjacent lounge, Post Graduate Room, Rest Rooms, Kitchenette and breakout foyer to the adjacent community centre. Owing to the various groups visiting the Centre, spaces were designed to be adaptable in order to cater to their various needs. The community centre is strategically located in 0the original switchboard room and provides convenient access both internally and externally from a northern orientated breakout space. The foyer and adjacent kitchenette provide an extensive area for informal gathering during community workshops and meetings between participants, the public and centre staff. Qld National Trust’s Heritage Awards - 2nd Place 2006
DD&C
2006
National Art School $0.8m
Located in the historic former Darlinghurst Gaol site, the National Arts School project incorporates the refurbishment of existing heritage buildings on the campus, including surrounding site landscape works
DD&C
2007
JCU School of Dentistry $20m
The 4500m2 building is intended to be the core of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences activities in Cairns; promote the expansion of the health and medical activities; be environmentally sustainable; and reflect the regional nature of the area. Functionally, the building is to be a technology enriched space possessing state of the art dental facility infrastructure. The learning environment is to incorporate a variety of teaching and learning tasks from laboratory training to large and small group interaction.
DD&C
Late 2010
UWS Climate Change Facility $9m
The refurbishment of buildings L9 and L8 at the University of Western Sydney’s Hawkesbury Campus presents any exciting opportunity to deliver excellence in both the pragmatic needs of PC2 Laboratories and reflect the ideals of the facility through innovative ESD initiatives. Utilising the inner functions of the building to influence the design, the entry and common areas will reveal a content rich and enticing statement of the inner workings of the Climate Change Facility. Mindful of budget constraints, the client had specified a minimum of environmental initiatives but, upon review, Suters identified further opportunities to improve sustainability without adding to the overall capital cost of the building. This was achieved by introducing in various passive systems, most notably via the thermal chimney and thermal labyrinth.
DD&C
Late 2010
UoN Exercise Science Facility $5.6m
The concept for this multi-purpose building draws from the sprint testing track included as part of the brief and was combined with the site concept. The idea of motion is expressed in a dynamic form climbing over a regular form which provides a baseline of time. The start accelerates to a constant which projects to the finish on the other side of the campus – the University’s centre.
DD&C
Late 2010
UoN ID Building $2m
The 800m2 ID Building at the Callaghan campus will house practical spaces for the Industrial Design School, including general workshop and teaching areas, spray booths, welding booths, compressor area, offices, tools/ machinery storage areas and associated amenities. Given the plethora of activities to be undertaken in the building, significant efforts were made to address planning efficiencies and functionality for the various users.
DD&C
Mid 2010
Commercial Experience Woods Bagot + Suters Project
Description
Role/Scope
Completion
City Central Towers 1, Adelaide (WOODS BAGOT)
Tower 1 has 31,000m2 NLA of ‘A’ grade office space. It comprise basement car parking, ground floor retail and twenty commercial office levels. The building has been designed to be South Australia’s first 5 Green Star development featuring cutting edge ESD technology including chilled beams for cooling, efficient reuse of water and a healthier environment with increased utilisation of fresh air.
Architecture and Interior Design
2008
City Central Tower 2 (WOODS BAGOT)
Tower 2 has 12,000m2 NLA over 13 levels of ‘A’ grade commercial office space. The building is also designed to achieve a 5 Star Green Star Rating as well as a 5 Star ABGR rating.
Architecture and Interior Design
2008
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre $1billion (WOODS BAGOT)
This is only the 6th building in Australia to achieve a 6 star rating. The accreditation is underpinned by a design investment in black water treatment and water conservation. The Melbourne Convention Centre, and integrated Hilton Hotel, have been designed by Joint Venture Architects Woods Bagot and NH Architecture.
Architecture and Interior Design
2009
Eversheds London (WOODS BAGOT)
International law firm Eversheds has set Woods Bagot the challenge of creating a leading edge law firm to attract and retain the best fee earners in London. The terms ‘leading edge’ and ‘law firm’ rarely go hand in hand, but Woods Bagot is looking forward to introducing the legal market to high-end style finance floors, luxurious business lounges, service driven support facilities and lifestyle inspired team spaces. The new 15,000 m2 London headquarters will act as an international hub for its regional offices, with a large number of regional lawyers visiting on a daily basis. To accommodate this, there is a requirement for 4,000 m2 of meeting, dining and training suites as well as deal rooms and mediation suites for opposing council.
Architecture and Interior Design
2008
Southern Cross Melbourne Office West Tower - 45 000 m2 Office East Tower - 75 000m2 Retail - 5000 m2 (WOODS BAGOT)
The Southern Cross commercial development, in the heart of the City of Melbourne provides an opportunity to express ESD design objectives within the context of contemporary office accommodation. Essentially it is composed of two large transparent glass office towers known as the East and West towers known as the East and West towers, separated by a central tapering civic lane way space that maintains pedestrian connectivity at ground level and provides light amenity to both the ground and office towers. The development provides a total of 144,000 GFA of quality commercial office space, over 5,000 m2 of retail space and secure parking for 950 cars, 450 bicycles and 100 motor bikes.
Architecture
2009
The Vantage $10m (SUTERS)
The Vantage is a 6 storey, 2365m2 commercial project in Indooroopilly located within a short distance of rail and bus networks. With market prices increasing, traffic congestion rising and parking at a premium in the Brisbane CBD, this development in the western suburbs provides a ‘CBD’ quality address without the hassles of the inner city. The office is greenstar rated and parking is provided over two basement levels. Each commercial level features individually zoned air conditioning systems, male and female amenities, extensive glass providing views with excellent natural light and high quality finishes. Levels two and four feature private balconies ideal for staff breakout or entertaining.
DD&C
2009
Graph Head Office $1.3m (SUTERS)
Graph Building’s new Head Office is a 1260m² small commercial project, which has adaptively re-used the original light industrial building on the site. In consists of a generous reception area, boardroom, meeting rooms, offices, amenities, storage areas and warehousing for building equipment.
DD&C
2009
Sky Central, Newcastle $35m (SUTERS)
Sky Central is a mixed use development on two linked sites in the major commercial centre for the City of Lake Macquarie. It provides three levels of retail, a single level of offices and four to five stories of residential over both sites linked by a bridge. The development capitalises on the natural attributes of its location and orientation and wherever possible the building aspect has been used to provide residential, commercial and retail spaces with open areas and energy efficient orientation.
Masterplanning, DD&C
2009
Taringa Transit Oriented Development $180m (SUTERS)
Suters was engaged by Reading Property Partners in June 2008 to provide concept and schematic design services for a Transit Orientated Development in Brisbane. The engagement followed two successful entries in an independently judged competition involving reputable local and international firms. The development contains 3,000m2 of retail over 3 levels of terraced ground plane, 26,000m2 commercial space within a podium network and two towers above, 10,000m2 of community use and linked to Taringa Railway Station.
DD&C
2011
City Exchange, Newcastle $6m (SUTERS)
Having developed over a 90 year period, the 5300m2 site of ‘City Exchange’ represents one of the largest single ownership lots in inner city Newcastle, and is therefore as much an urban design project as it is a commercial project. A number of sustainability measures were introduced on the project: louvres applied to King Street façade to minimize summer sun penetration; second skin of cladding to western wall to insulate façade and reduce heat gain; new and more efficient AC ductwork; mixed mode ventilation via operable windows (user operated not automated).
DD&C
2009
Greater Building Society Business Continuity Centre, Brisbane $5m (SUTERS)
Suters was approached by the Greater Building Society, a leading local financial institution, to develop and document the design of a commercial building incorporating a business recovery centre and a range of ancillary items. The building includes a number of technical initiatives that are a direct response to the intended uses; a backup computer facility, storage, printing and stationery production and distribution, commercial office space for training facilities and ‘disaster recovery centre’ for the GBS Head Office in Hamilton.
DD&C
2007
670 Hunter $30m (SUTERS)
670 Hunter is a 5 storey commercial development in the Honeysuckle Precinctwith a strong commitment to sustainability and a conscientious integration of vital community and social services, 670 Hunter was designed to respond to the current urban environment while simultaneously influencing the modern forms of the Honeysuckle Drive developments and the more historic facades of Hunter Street through its appropriate and innovative use of form, scale and materiality.
DD&C
2008
Awards
2009
2009 FUTURE LEARNING SPACE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA Design Institute of Australia ––Laminex Group Award ––Commendation, Built Category Interior Design Awards, Australia ––Best of State - Commercial Design, South Australia ––Public Interior Design Commendation
18 MARCUS CLARKE STREET, CANBERRA
WESFARMERS, PERTH, WESTERN Australian Institute of Architects (WA) Interior Architecture: The Mondoluce Architecture Award
Property Council of Australia Award Innovation & Excellence in Office Development
QATAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK Construction Week Awards Best Regional Project Australian Institute of Architects National Awards International Category Winner Cityscape Awards for Architecture in Emerging Markets Commercial/Mixed-Use Built Project Award Emirates Glass LEAF Award ––Commercial Building of the Year ––2009 Overall LEAF Award
Australian Timber Design Awards Western Region Winners
2007
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA BUSINESS SCHOOL Australian Institute of Architects (WA) Public Architecture Award
2009 International Practice of the Year, Woods Bagot The Architects’ Journal
SUTERS
WOODS BAGOT
MAJID AL FUTTAIM (MAF), GROUP OFFICE FITOUT Middle East Commercial Interior Design Awards Interior Design of the Year, Office 2009 7 LONDON CIRCUIT, CANBERRA Property Council of Australia Rider Levett Bucknall Awards Highly Commended, Office Developments UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA BUSINESS SCHOOL Australian Institute of Architects (WA) Public Architecture Award API (Australian Property Institute) Bradley Allen Property Development Award
Property Council of Australia Rider Levett Bucknall Awards - Finalist
AUSTEREO, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA Interior Design Awards, Australia Colour in Commercial Interiors Commendation EVERSHEDS LLP, ONE WOOD STREET, LONDON Business Week/Architectural Record “Good Design is Good Business” Award Corenet Global Sustainable Leadership Award Achievement in Design for Profit Organisations British Council for Offices London/ South East Awards Corporate Workplace
2008 QATAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK Architect Awards Best Completed Project THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, ENGINEERING FACULTY STUDENT LEARNING CENTRE Victorian Chapter Council for Educational and Facilities Planners International (CEFPI) Winner, Renovation/Modernisation of School/Major Facility FORESTRYSA HEADQUARTERS, ADELAIDE RAIA - South Australia Chapter Commendation, Commercial Architecture
CITY CENTRAL TOWER 1, ADELAIDE RAIA - South Australia Chapter Commendation, Sustainable Architecture
AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS SCHOOL Council for Educational and Facilities Planners International (CEFPI) Winner, School Planning Award CITY CENTRAL TOWER 1, ADELAIDE Adelaide City Council/RAIA South Australia The Adelaide Prize Glass LEAF Award Judges Commendation - Best Environmental Sustainable Project of the Year WOODS BAGOT PERTH STUDIO FITOUT RAIA Commercial Interior Award The Mondoluce Architecture Award
SACRED HEART LIBRARY Dulux Colour Awards Commended – Interior/Commercial Category
UQ BOILERHOUSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CENTRE National Trust Queensland John Herbert Award - Silver Medal
CITY EXCHANGE Lower Hunter Urban Design Awards Joint Winner Large Scale Commercial
UQ BOILERHOUSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CENTRE Ipswich Council Award For Conservation Gold Medal
GRAPH HEAD OFFICE Lower Hunter Urban Design Awards Small Scale Commercial Merit Award
2008 Caroline Springs Civic Centre Keep Australia Beautiful, Vic Community Pride Award
2007 ROSEBUD SECONDARY COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE Council for Educational and Facilities Planners (VIC) Commendation – Best Renovated/ Modernised Facility (over $1million) BENTLEIGH SECONDARY COLLEGE Council for Educational and Facilities Planners (VIC) Commendation – Best Renovated/ Modernised Facility (over $1million) LAKESIDE CHILDREN’S CENTRE South East Development Awards Best Public Project BOILERHOUSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CENTRE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, IPSWICH CAMPUS RAIA Regional Commendation Award
2006 Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre IDEA Awards Eco Award – Runner Up
JOAN SUTHERLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE IDEA Awards Eco Award – Runner Up
University of Western Australia Business School, Perth The University of Western Australia (UWA) Business School is a fusion of the University’s specific requirements and the latest education pedagogy and workplace design concepts. Woods Bagot undertook a rigorous consultative approach throughout the design process which resulted in opportunities for innovation and added value. Rigorous education specific space auditing combined with the consultative process resulted in a 10% saving in space from the original brief which were reinvested in a number of ways, such as: the creation of a new collaborative and collegiate workplace model for academics, new learning environments such as collaborative social spaces and breakout spaces and chilled beam climate control. The building is orientated so as to optimise natural heating and cooling throughout the year. The form of the building allows for maximum natural light penetration. This is combined with an intelligent daylight compensation lighting system. The UWA Business School site is located at the southern end of the campus, the opposite end to the sandstone Winthrop buildings which define the campus identity. This provides the opportunity to announce a new era in the history of the university and a 21st century model for campus architecture.
Area 6,000m2 Approximate Value AUD $50 million (2008) Sustainability Aiming for 4 Star ABGR (not yet credited) Aiming for 4 Star Greenstar (not yet registered) Awards Australian Institute of Architects (WA) Public Architecture Award (2009)
Australian Catholic University Centre for Health & Wellbeing, Melbourne Designed to reflect its primary purpose of operation, the Australian Catholic University’s new Centre for Health and Wellbeing is Woods Bagot’s latest energy efficient building concept. The Melbourne studio team are incorporating active mass cooling concrete slabs, rainwater harvesting, solar hot water heating panels, six wind turbines and a roof top garden terrace. The Centre is due to be completed at the end of 2011, at a cost of AU$75 million, and is the second major project for the University, a longterm client of Woods Bagot. The proposed research and teaching facility is set to be a positive development in healthy architecture as it will create new standards in energy efficient design without compromising the attractiveness of social or faculty workplace environments. Seeking to enhance collaboration and creativity, the workspaces for general teaching and high-level research staff are well-integrated in the southern component of the Centre. “The ecoconscious spirit of the design also extends to level 6, where a landscaped rooftop terrace overlooks picturesque Fitzroy to the North. The roof’s stark jagged profile pays homage to the Melbourne suburb’s industrial past, whilst creating a weather-protected amenity for staff, students and friends to enjoy,” Mark said.
Well embedded within its urban context, the project site informs the design: mediating between the contrasting urban conditions to create a strong visual connection between the Centre and its surrounds. The building mass and height interprets the qualities inherent in both the brief and the location as staggered volumes step up toward the south to reveal a changing asymmetric silhouette when viewed from differing street vantage points. The Centre’s architectural presence is further defined by a natural palette of materials including concrete, brick, zinc and glass. The simplicity and direct usage of these materials reference the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy’s historic and modern fabric as they are articulated in an honest and authentic manner. The ground and mezzanine floors will be occupied by a cafe bookshop and lecture theatre, whilst the Chapel and Centre clinics will face Brunswick Street, a major retail hub in Fitzroy. The building entry will enage with the pedestrian community with access links to other main streets and suburbs located nearby.
Area 6,000m2 Approximate Value AUD $75 million Completion Date End 2011
Melbourne University, School of Engineering Student Learning Centre The redevelopment of the existing Engineering Library into a Student Learning Centre (SLC) embraces the new Melbourne Model of teaching; facilitating collaborative learning while acting as a point for interaction and social activity. Learning is about discovery and change - Learning spaces must support this process. The SLC provides a number of formal and informal spaces that respond to the pedagogical shift, creating an innovative adaptable environment. The SLC is for first year Engineering students with two new adaptable classrooms as key attractors to the centre, while the varied supporting group study areas provide students with a place to gather, share knowledge and ideas beyond the formal teaching hours or to simply chill out. The aim was to avoid typical institutional design and instead draw inspiration from place students often study or hang out - kitchen table, lounge room, study, library, cafes and bars. The interiors are formed by the elegant existing Old Engineering Building; the faรงade is of heritage significance. The interiors have been stripped back to its original envelope and linings. The quirky and antiquated character has been retained and celebrated as a home away from home for students.
Area 1154 m2 Approximate Cost AUD $1.8 million (2008) Completion Date February 2008 Awards Victorian Chapter Council for Educational and Facilities Planners International (CEFPI) Winner, Renovation/Modernisation of School/Major Facility
Qatar Science & Technology Park Doha Qatar’s Science and Technology Park (QSTP) is a key initiative of the Qatar Foundation to establish Qatar as a knowledge economy in the Middle East. Woods Bagot were responsible for the Masterplan, Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape design through all design and construction phases. The Masterplan encompasses 123ha of land which is integrated with the facilities of the Qatar Foundation, its new teaching hospital and its new convention centre. Phase One construction of the STP comprises 115,000m2 of development. This building is flanked by the first two Tenant Buildings, each 20,000m2. The architectural aesthetic is striking and contemporary and designed for the desert climate. The design features the separation of motor vehicles from pedestrians. The podium provides a pedestrian-only landscaped environment, under the ‘veil’ shade structure that links the buildings. People are encouraged to move freely between the activity hubs in the tenant building atrium spaces and the Incubator Centre’s retail outlets and service facilities.
Area 115,000 m2 Approximate cost AUD 400 million (2002) Awards Overall Winner, LEAF Awards 2009 Commercial Building of the Year, LEAF Awards 2009 Supreme Judges Award, Construction Week Awards 2009 Commercial / Mixed Use Project of the Year, Cityscape Dubai Awards 2009 International Category Winner, Australian Institute of Architects National Awards 2009 Completed Project of the Year, Middle East Architect Awards 2008
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre Melbourne Part of a $1 billion integrated mixed–use development, Melbourne’s new Convention Centre is pivotal to the evolving growth of the city. Strategically located at the bend in the Yarra River, the development completes the vision of Southbank established 20 years ago. Triangular shaped to reflect Melbourne’s three primary urban axis, the building through it’s shimmering northern glass wall publicly reveals the activity and life of the building inside. At the hub is a large flexible multifunction Plenary Hall with seating for 5000 patrons. Surrounding this hall is a 6500m2 Main Foyer with integrated links to the existing Exhibition Centre. Through it’s grand use of volume and quality is a focal point for public gathering. Other key features include: A subdividable Banquet Hall of 2,500m2 6,500m2 of meeting rooms with 10m wide pre-function foyers working as further exhibition spaces when required. A 2, 400m2 commercial kitchen serving both the Convention Centre and the Hotel. The Melbourne Convention Centre Development has been awarded a 6 Star Green Star – Convention Centre Design PILOT Certified Rating, which recognised the project as a ‘World Leader’ in sustainable design. This precinct development also includes Hilton Melbourne South Wharf hotel, a Hilton rated 5 star 19 storey building with nominal 1, 600m2 floor plates, comprising 364 rooms and 32 serviced apartments, with ground floor retail, an executive lounge and gym among may other world class facilities.
Approximate Value Part of AUD $1 billion mixed-use development Completion Date April 2009 Area Convention Centre - 66, 000m2 Retail and Lifestyle- 60, 000m2 Sustainabillity Certified to 6 star GreenStar Convention Centre Design PILOT rating Collaborative Partners Joint Venture Architects Woods Bagot and NH Architecture, for the Plenary Group Consortium
Macquarie Group One Shelley Street Sydney Woods Bagot is working in collaboration with LA based designers Clive Wilkinson architects on the new headquarters for the Macquarie Group at One Shelley Street, Sydney. The building (designed by James Fitzpatrick) comprises 33,000m2 of office space, across two low scale buildings: with a central atrium, public, retail and commercial space within the base floor. Shelley Street accommodates 3, 300 people in an activity based working environment. The work concept (as developed in collaboration with Veldhoen, Clive Wilkinson and Macquarie Group), aimed to change the culture of the Macquarie team from a command control model to a team of collaboration and trust, in addition to providing the bank with considerable property cost savings. In this new environment, no occupant has an assigned desk: rather the work space provides employees with a variety of settings that allow them to do specific tasks in tailored work settings. This design philosophy encourages increased collaboration and a more productive mode of working. An employee has an anchor point, which is allocated as their ‘home base’ and it is here that their locker and storage resides. The design embraces the changing needs of Macquarie staff (and other users) through the employment of technology (laptops, touch screens, USB ports, WiFi etc.) to enable completely mobile and flexible ‘real time’ work with colleagues.
Area 33,000 m2 Approximate Cost $80 million Completion Date November 2009
ivy
Sydney Unlike anything Sydney has ever seen before, ivy offers a dazzling constellation of bars, dining facilities, shops, lounge areas and lifestyle indulgences. It’s a night out, a meeting place, function venue, an escape from reality. Located in the heart of Sydney’s tight urban fabric of George Street, the 20 000m2 building offers a public landscaped oasis within a predominantly commercial domain. The integrated precinct comprises of: ––12 boutique retail spaces, which utilises a central alley way ––20 dedicated hospitality venues including; –– 2 bars which offer extensive outdoor space –– 3 specialist restaurants including a New York style grill with a Peter Doyle designed menu –– A specialist venue dedicated to live music performances –– An ulitmate function room which can hold 1000 people on one level. It also includes state of the art audio visual facilities and internet technology ––A two level office facility exclusively for the Merivale Group - Two 500 sqm penthouses, and ––A lifestyle complex comprising of the rooftop pool club and day spa. Woods Bagot formed a collaboration with Merivale, Hecker Phelan Guthrie, and Cornwell Design for all components of the design. A highly integrated outcome of architectural interiors, signage and hospitality.
Area 20 000 m2 Approximate Value AUD $150 million (2008) Collaborative Partners Merivale, Hecker Phelan Guthrie and Cornwell Design Completion Date 2008 Awards Australian Institute of Architects National Awards ––Harry Seidler Award for Commercial Architecture ––National Award (Urban Design) Interior Design Awards, Australia ––Best of State - Commercial Design, New South Wales ––Hospitality Design Award Australian Institute of Architects (NSW) ––Lloyd Rees Award for Outstanding Urban Design ––Commercial Architecture Award
Austereo Melbourne Characterised by the contrasting themes of ‘Glamour’ and ‘Grit’, the fit-outs for Fox FM and Triple M co-exist in the new Austereo premises without any dilution of their iconic brand identities. Diametrically opposite in their musical selection and listening audiences, each station is uniquely ‘Melbourne-centric’ in the cultural scene it represents. The design evokes the intrigue of discovering a glamorous venue, tucked above a grimy laneway. This sense of irony illustrates the inexplicable cultural linkage between Melbourne’s glamorous face and gritty underbelly. The interior design approach was to represent the two stations through a stark juxtaposition of black and white punctuated by surprising ‘reveals’ of each station’s brand colour. The elongated floor plate which runs the length of a full South Melbourne block is further exaggerated by a 70 metre long ‘street’ that connects the various work areas. The studio spaces, designed by studio design specialist Peter Harvey, are key destination points along each station’s ‘street’, and sit alongside secondary meeting ‘venues’ brought alive with evocative graphic montages. In a workplace that must embody the constant flux of Melbourne trends, staff are encouraged to continue to ‘design’ their environment by utilising flexible display systems, graffiti walls and workspaces conducive to a high level of creative collaboration – all set to music. The effect is unashamedly theatrical and surreal, but deeply connected to the mantras of each station and the music and audience they represent.
Approximate Value $15 million (2008) Completion Date 2008 Area 3,000m2 Collaborative Partners Peter Harvey - Specialist Studio Designer Awards Interior Design Awards, Australia Colour in Commercial Interiors Commendation
University of South Australia Mawson Lakes Campus, SA The School of Engineering at the University of South Australia came to Woods Bagot with the ambition of creating a learning environment for the newly created combined ‘Foundation Studies’ in engineering, where 4 streams of 1st year students are introduced to the breadth of the field of Engineering through a range of collaborative, cross-disciplinary and sometimes competitive projects. Whilst the school had not developed a brief of what this space might look like, they were convinced that if they were to attract and retain the right students, it would have to be a space where students were able to explore, discuss, search, study and socialise and where they would feel valued as Engineering students. Woods Bagot worked with the School of Engineering to articulate the ambitions for the project in a ‘project vision’ which then, in effect, became the design brief. The space we have designed in response to that brief is an exciting, flexible work space made up of a number of zones, each enabling different learning modes, the whole facilitating the new pedagogies the school wishes to explore. The next step is working with the University to develop the future learning environment concept to meet the needs of other schools and campuses.
Approximate Value $1.25 million (2008) Completion Date 2008 Area 520m2 Awards Interior Design Awards 2009 Public Interior Design Commendation Interior Design Awards 2009 Best of State - Commercial Design
Confucius Institute QUT Suters were engaged by the Queensland University of Technology to develop a new facility for the Confucius Institute. The Institute is an organisation (external to QUT) set up to develop cultural awareness, understanding and teach the Chinese language in Universities outside of China. For QUT this was another important step in promoting their Campus facilities as high end quality environments for external groups. The 150m2 space consists of a generous entry and reception area, meeting room with kitchen facilities, utility area, open workstation area and 2 offices.We developed the conceptual framework strategy around the idea of a Chinese lantern as the basis of the project. The lantern shapes the space as a beacon of light within the sombre encompassing fabric of the existing environment in which it is located; a space within a space. Internal walls were kept off the external envelope to emphasise the space within a space quality we identified within our conceptual framework. White walls and joinery contrast with the dark bamboo flooring and reception counter top. Splashes of red within seating, tile splash back and the display cabinet allude to the ownership of the space without being overtly ‘Chinese’. Key successes within the project were the revitalisation of not only the existing building fabric but the adjacent unused courtyard space. Our attention to the spaces outside of the original scope of work has engaged QUT to the point where they have commenced the redevelopment of surrounding garden beds to complete the project. They have also welcomed a similar approach to looking outside the scope of works on other projects where possible.
670 Hunter
Newcastle 670 Hunter, a 5 storey commercial development in the Honeysuckle Precinct, is a powerful and dynamic building designed to enhance and energise the existing urban fabric of Newcastle’s West End and act as a catalyst for further quality development in the area. With a strong commitment to sustainability and a conscientious integration of vital community and social services, 670 Hunter was designed to respond to the current urban environment while simultaneously influencing the modern forms of the Honeysuckle Drive developments and the more historic facades of Hunter Street through its appropriate and innovative use of form, scale and materiality. On the Northern and Southern facades, breakout spaces have been provided for staff, with those to the North acting as sun-filled wintergardens and those on the south providing a cooler environment for use in the warmer months. Combined with terraces on three sides of the building staff are able to engage in the external environment without having to travel to ground level to do so.
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Sydney The environmental strategy for the Drama Theatre involved taking advantage of the local climate being at the base of the Blue Mountains, and incorporates a Thermal Labyrinth coupled with an Air Displacement System. Air is drawn through an underground Labyrinth filled with rock to regulate the temperature. Before entering the theatre the temperature of the air is tested to ensure comfort levels and if necessary adjusted. The air is then passed by the occupants at low level, then through natural buoyancy and assisted by the high heat load of Theatre lighting, is drawn to the high level of the space to be exhausted. A heat recovery process captures the heated air and re-circulates it through the system if conditions are appropriate. In the foyer, carefully positioned shading louvres on the facade and high performance glazing provide full shading in the Summer months up until the equinox. During winter the low sun penetrates the lobby glazing to provide free heating and to take advantage of the thermal mass that is provided by the polished concrete floor. The teaching studios all have natural ventilation strategies with an independent VRV heating/cooling system to each space. The independent operation provides flexibility for acoustic isolation when required and for efficient energy consumption when studios are not in use.
Awards Runner up, ESD category, IDEA Awards 2006
Climate Change Research Facility University of Western Sydney The refurbishment of buildings L9 and L8 at the University of Western Sydney’s Hawkesbury Campus presents any exciting opportunity to deliver excellence in both the pragmatic needs of PC2 Laboratories and reflect the ideals of the facility through innovative ESD initiatives. Utilising the inner functions of the building to influence the design, the entry and common areas will reveal a content rich and enticing statement of the inner workings of the Climate Change Facility. The existing buildings are approximately 80 years old and are comprised of double brick walls and trussed Dutch gable roofs. The challenge will be to adaptively re-use the buildings to integrate the new brief requirements. The design intent for this adaptation is to clearly distinguish the old from the new through distinct material choices and detailing whilst maintaining the integrity of the original structure. Contemporary materials including glass and steel will be employed to contrast and compliment the predominant existing brick facades. A double storey glass façade presents to the entry of L9 exposing the ‘environmental atrium’ that incorporates plants, pedestrian activity and multi-purpose zones to activate the building. The ESD Strategy for the UWS Climate Change Facility is to reflect the inherent ideology of the Facility by incorporating a number of Ecological Sustainable Development (ESD) initiatives. Whilst a large portion of the facility is occupied by environmentally sealed PC2 Laboratories there are a number of measures that have been introduced to enhance the building’s environmental performance.
First and foremost the existing building has been retained as much as possible to utilise the existing embodied energy by maintaining the existing structure and materials. Additionally the large amount of thermal mass will provide sufficient benefits in passively cooling the building. Externally the new north-western double glazed façade with exterior aluminium louvers allows ambient light to fill the main communal areas and improve thermal insulation. The façade will also include operable glass louvers to support a mixed mode system by allowing the building to be naturally ventilated. The entry atrium includes four thermal chimneys that aid natural ventilation by means of a stack effect. They are supported by a cooling labyrinth that cools and stimulates incoming airflow. The chimneys provide an iconic statement to the facilities objectives. All windows located in the façades that receive the majority of sun exposure have been fitted with a secondary layer of performance glass to reduce heat transmission gains. Other items include a major upgrade to the air conditioning through the introduction of a VRV system that allows for greater flexibility in its operation; roof insulation; energy efficient lighting; rainwater harvesting and re-use; and environmentally sustainable materials. This project was originally tendered and won by the Sydney office with design and documentation out of Newcastle. The project budget is approximately $8m build cost. Tender design / documentation has just been completed within an 8 week program.
Approximate Value $8 million
© Woods Bagot 2010