FOR SUVA CITY FORESHORE PRECINCT COMPETITION
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Email: mikatoa@flodesign.com.au
Vision and Mission: add meaning to design
Knowledge
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Risk Management / Insurances And Quality Control Systems
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST IntroductionResources AndMethodologyExperience
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RELEVANT PROJECTS
Project: Flinders Street Station Competition for Trinity + One
Hospitality and Tourism
Thank you for the opportunity to submit our capability statement for your consideration This submission illustrates the substantial knowledge, experience, skills and resources that FloDesign is able to contribute to this project.
The advantage of our company is that we can give personal service from the top level of the company. The firm with offices in Melbourne and Vietnam is capable of delivering high quality design for complex public and private projects.
Cultural building Office building
Our track record in providing valuable, high quality design and project management services to our clients is clearly demonstrated by the long term relationships we maintain with them and the number of clients who re commission our services for further projects.
Although we are a young international design firm, our past experience demonstrates that we are more than capable of handling projects up to the value of approx. $100 million. Paul have also worked for other architects who have been involved in their major public projects, education and cultural projects.
Project: Cyclone Shelter Bangladesh. Shortlisted
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As the principal architect of this firm Paul Mikatoa has had over 15 years experience in the field of design and construction spanning a broad spectrum of building types:
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Public Infrastructure
Urban Design
Residential renovation and extension
Our offices have a strong 4 people team and has the capacity to draw in as many people as required to suit the size of the project. We are able to do this because we operate mainly as a remote office. We are equipped with advanced workstations running the latest 3D modelling software that enables us to provide an accurate and efficient service to our clients. This enables 3D modelling of the project designs that can incorporate Building Information Modelling (BIM) providing valuable information that can be used for energy and daylight modelling as well as fully rendered animated “walkthroughs” and photo realistic presentations. BIM can also provide a powerful data base that can be shared by Contractors during construction as well as our Clients post construction.
Multi residential and mixed use
I n t r o d u c t i o n
Paul is a registered architect in Australia, having relocated here in 2005 from Auckland, NZ. Born in Suva, Fiji, he was awarded a scholarship to study in New Zealand. He completed his bachelor of architecture in Auckland, and is a registered member of the Architects Registration Victoria Board. with experience in high end residential, civic, educational and commercial projects, he later joined Gregory burgess architects, as a project architect leading teams on residential, education and performance projects.
Established a Vietnam FloDesign branch in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2018
Worked for Murray Cockburn Partnership, Gregory Burgess Architects and Lyons Architects
His skills in coordinating documentation packages for complex building types and his sharp eye for construction detailing with his proven technical knowledge has proved effective in high quality project
Responsible for design, design development, production and co ordination of contract documentation, co ordination of secondary consultants. Proficient in Autodesk (Revit, Cad), Adobe Photoshop, Sketch Up.
Pham Dong Kha (Kha Pham), B.Arch (Ho Chi Minh City) - Graduate of Architecture
Trent Van Elewoud, Advanced Diploma Building Design Senior Documentor
Established FloDesign in Melbourne, 2015
Graduated from Ton Duc Thang University in April 2019
Expertise and responsibilities: Concept Design, Design Development, 3D Rendering, Interior Design. Proficient in Autodesk (Revit, Cad), Adobe Photoshop, Sketch Up, Enscape, Lumion.
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Resources
Maintains project program and allocates resources in order to meet time frames.
Studied at University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Paul Mikatoa, B.Arch (Auckland NZ) Design Director
Dallas Chung, B.Arch Studies (Auckland NZ) Senior Designer
Established Trinity Plus One in Melbourne, 2012
Studying Bachelor of Architecture at Monash University, Caufield Campus, Melbourne
Responsible for client liaison, concept design, design development, production and co ordination of contract documentation, co ordination of secondary consultants, contract administration and office administration.
strong interest in social and environmental sustainable design, innovative building technology, and construction procurement. His expertise lie in developing high end designs through to completion, and are based on his skills in client liaison, design, documentation and construction procurement.
Director of Company and ARBV registered architect
Graduated from University of Auckland, New Zealand in 2002
Responsible for client liaison, concept design, interior design, design development, production and co ordination of contract documentation, co ordination of secondary consultants, contract administration. Proficient in Vectorworks software.
Project: Townshift Semiahmoo Competition for Trinity + One. Shortlisted
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Burrinja Cultural Community Centre, Upwey, VIC (Design Contract Admin)
3 Unit Residential Development, Mt Waverley, VIC (Construction)
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Refurbishment and Alteration, Derby Street, Kew, VIC (Complete)
Design for the Children Competition
VSBA Inclusive Kinder Facilities Program, VIC (Design Contract Admin)
Situate Sculpture Project Competition
The Grand Concourse Competition
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Residential Redevelopment, Frankston South, VIC (Planning)
Residential Development, Blackrock, VIC (Construction)
Project: Tarneit Towers, 575 Derrimut Road, Tarneit, Vic
Frankston Yacht Club Redevelopment, Frankston, VIC (Design Contract Admin)
GREGORY BURGESS ARCHITECTS:
Flinders Street Station Competition
3 Unit Development, Bayswater North, VIC (Feasibility Study)
3 Storey Office Development, Collingwood, VIC (Planning)
Rakvere Vabaduse Square Compettion
VSBA Inclusive School Funding Projects, Various Schools, VIC (Design Contract Admin)
Residential Development, Hawthorn East, VIC (Sketch Design)
Cyclone Shelter in Bangladesh Competition
14 Apartment Development, Malvern East, VIC (Planning)
Scope of work/Role/Level of responsibility: Graduate Architect to Senior Architect.
List of Projects
Paul Mikatoa has been involved in design and delivery
8 Unit Residential Development, Hallam Discontinued (Planning)
3 Unit Development, Oakleigh East, VIC (Building Permit)
Town Shift Semiahmoo Town Centre
Al Iman College Master Plan, Melton, VIC (Feasibility Study)
Kaohsiung Maritime Culture and Popular Music Centre Competition
VSBA Accessible Buildings Program, Various Schools, VIC (Design Contract Admin)
We collaborate closely with our clients, councils and experienced consultant team to ensure prompt services and excellent design outcomes. We don’t seek awards as our clients are our only fans.
Dual Occupancy Development, Springvale South, VIC (Sketch Design)
VSBA Emergency Maintenance Projects, Various Schools, VIC (Design Contract Admin)
Knowledge And Experience
Designing in Teheran Competition
Garden Office, Carlton, VIC (Contract Documentation)
3 Unit Development, Ivanhoe, VIC (Contract Documentation)
Re Growth Pod Competition
Tarneit Towers Development, Tarneit, VIC (Planning) A Commercial Office, Education & Childcare, Health & Aged Care, High Density, Master Planning, Residential, Retail, Urban Design, Urban Planning
We are an international architectural practice with the headquarter office in Melbourne, Australia since 2015 and a branch office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2018.
Residential Apartment Development, Doncaster, VIC (Feasibility Study)
Carey Baptist Grammar Performing Arts Facility, Kew, VIC (Design Contract Admin)
5 Unit Residential Development, Glen Waverly, VIC (Sketch Design)
Residential Addition, Port Melbourne, VIC (Planning)
Scope of work/Role/Level of responsibility: Architect
Location
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Dual Occupancy Development, Mt. Waverley, VIC (Planning)
3 Storey Office Development, Collingwood, VIC (Planning)
We are a design focused practice with extensive experience in urban design, residential, mixed use, hospitality, community and cultural projects. We create sustainable and bold contemporary architectural and interior design for our clients in Australia and Asia.
We carefully assess the site, the brief and the budget to create cutting edge design solutions that are cost effective to build and contributing to a sustainable future. Our services range from concept design, town planning, documentation, to construction administration.
Institute Of Koorie Education, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC (Design Contract Admin)
Darul Ulum College of Victoria Stage 13 & 14, Fawkner, VIC (Design Contract Admin)
Victoria Street Gateway, Richmond, VIC (Design Contract Admin)
Sun Zero Development, Sunbury, VIC (Planning) A Retirement Living, Club house, Self Contained Living, Health & Aged Care, Child Care Centre Development, South Morang, VIC (Building Permit)
DESIGN CORE ARCHITECTS:
51 Apartment Development (10 Story with 3 Basement Carpark), St. Kilda, VIC (Feasibility Study and Pre Planning)
Healesville Memorial Hall Refurbishment, Healesville, VIC (Design Contract Admin)
work/Role/Level of responsibility: Design Manager.
RFI’s are dealt with quickly to promptly transfer time critical information.
Completion of the project within the desired time frame.
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We do not have a certified Quality Management System. We rely on an in house process developed and reviewed over many years in the industry and involves the production of data sheets for all aspects of the project. These are used as a live reference for the client, all staff and consultants; milestone reviews of the project documentation against the brief, regulations and standards.
Risk management strategies during construction include:
The services delivery approach is one that integrates all team members, including Clients, to utilize their abilities and insights to reduce wasteful practices and optimize the workflow efficiency. This includes reducing complexity through the identification and elimination of work processes that do not add any perceived value for the Client.
Construction costs within budget.
Construction related O H & S issues reviewed at each site meeting.
The process we take with our projects starts with selection of people with the right skills for the job. Since one of the important aspects our design philosophy is creative collaboration this stage is crucial for us. we try to vary our design set by drawing upon the FloDesign network, that way we don’t always use the same set of techniques. This makes our designs more specific and unique.
Risk Management / Insurances And Quality Control Systems
Critical to the methodology and process is listening to our Clients and learning what they want, what they value, and what they are willing to pay for. Wherever possible we seek input from the owners, users and operators of a facility at pre design and as the design is developed and reviewed. Stakeholder consultation is included in the following management strategy for the project:
FloDesign implements a methodology that aims to achieve the desired outcomes for the project, namely:
Methodology
We encourage an “in house” attitude amongst all who contribute to the project that our service is all about what is best for the project. In a wider context, this extends to all sub consultants on the team.
Consultation
To provide creative design solutions for our client that responds to their brief.
Project: K Pop Development Competiton for Trinity + One
Our design process relies on accurate and effective consultation with our client.
Specific risk management strategies during design and documentation include:
Prepare project detail schedules
Monthly summaries of project cost status are maintained.
Project: Guggenheim Helsinki Competiton for Trinity + One
Construction program / performance reviews carried out at each site meeting.
Potential delays or increased workload are contained by engaging contract staff where required.
A design solution that spatial, functional and aesthetic needs of the project.
Potential variations are reviewed regularly at site meetings and cost effective solutions identified early where required.
Development of a Risk Management Plan including periodic reviews
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RELEVANT PROJECTS
Vision and Mission: add design to meaning
Suva is a vibrant city that has evolved and endured for years. From an idea in 1877, to a reality in 1953. Along the way, Suva City has developed a unique character, a multicultural and tolerant, liveable and affordable, sporting and creative city.
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Cities are defined by its people. They are defined by the ways in which we live and work, move from place to place, and interact with each other. That is why, as the people change, our cities need to adapt to these
are those that evolve and endure, evolve by keeping up with the chang ing and growing needs of the people they serve, and endure by retaining the characteristics that attracted people in the first place.
This ‘full life cycle’ approach will result in positive outcomes for the Suva Foreshore and the wider Suva Community with the development to be a community, health, transport, and jobs orientated destination, achieving the proposed planning goals of mid densities, affordable housing, sustainable development and mixed use living.
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SUVA CITY FORESHORE PRECINCT COMPETITION STAGE 1 [SHORTLISTED]
This competition submission has been prepared for Suva City Council. It show cases the opportunites for the foreshore but also addresses the need for the forefront areas to be developed to support the creation and the maintenance of the foreshore.
Client Name: Suva City Council Date: 20 20 2022
In the decades ahead, Suva City must evolve again in order to address the changing world environment but at the same time improving its liveability, and show casing its culture while becoming a city of the future.
I N T R O D U C T I O N
LEGEND COMMUNITY CENTRE PLAYGROUNDINCLUSIVE ANDPARKWALK PARK/SQUAREEVENTS KIDS PLAY PARKPOLICE EXERCISE POINTS RETAIL KIOSK RUGBY PARK FAMILY PARK LOVE (FEATURE)BRIDGE HARBOUR BATH FOOD OUTLETS (MARITIME)MUSEUM OUTDOOR THEATRE
Role: Architect|Urban Design|Landscape Program: Competition. Mixed Use Development
The vision of the proposal is to provide services that meet the daily needs of the community and range of life stages within a 5 10 minute walk. This will be achieved by delivering increased housing diversity and affordability, short and long stay accommodation, retail offerings, medical and aged care and business spaces to facilitate local employment opportunities, bringing services and amenities closer to its residents and wider community.
WHY RETHINK SUVA
Zone A 4 Suva Convention & Exibition Centre Precinct
A COMPACT CITY
Zone A 1 Village 6 & Nabukalou Estuary Precinct
To evolve into a distinct and thriving integrated inner-city neighbourhood, Suva City needs to showcase quality, affordable housing and workspaces, integrated into a network of open spaces and adaptable community facilities, with connections to the waterfront and recreation corridor.
Zone A 6 South Marina Precinct
ATTRACTING INNOVATION AND INVESTMENTS
Client Name: Suva City Council Date: 2022 Ongoing Role: Architect|Urban Design|Landscape Program: Competition. Mixed Use Development
Zone A 2 Civic Central Precinct
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Aerial View Master Plan
Zone A 3 Central Park Suva Music And Arts Precinct
STAGE 2
Aerial View towards Civic Central Mall View Towards Central Park Aerial View of Suva Business Park
The Sub precincts are proposed to facilitate the creation and commercialisation of new ideas and support the inner city economies. Each sub precint is to be developed as an employment and innovation precinct and a hub for life sciences, health, digital technology, and education.
SUVA CITY FORESHORE PRECINCT COMPETITION
Zone A 7 Parliament Precinct
is to organise the Suva City Foreshore into seven sub precints.
The compact city or city of short distances is an urban planning and urban design concept, which promotes relatively high residential density with mixed land uses. It is based on an efficient public transport system and has an urban layout which encourages walking and cycling, low energy consumption and reduced
Zone A 5 Tech Business & Education Precinct
Jobs growth and opportunities for greater economic output will leverage these distinct economic and strategic attributes. Land use planning controls will foster this innovation ecosystem and encourage clustering together of small and large organisations with contribution to public amenities and free flowing access to the waterfont edge.
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For Stage 2 submission proposal, we have opted to focus on Zone A. We have come up with 7 sub precints which we believe will provide Suva a viable and resilient blueprint to move to the future This should then complement Zone B and Zone C proposed in Stage 1 of this competition.
Reinforcing the train station precinct as a highly significant local commercial, retail and community centre;
Supporting resident population growth in medium to high density apartments in Tarneit. This population will
Providing a new commercial accommodation opportunity through a 175 room hotel with an addition 20 serviced apartments;
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o Creation of 750 construction jobs;
This development has been named Tarneit Junction, referencing its strategic location and landmark development scale. It is a substantial mixed use development in the growing area of Tarneit and Wyndham municipality. It is to consist of six multi storey buildings of varying height across the site. The development will be a significant addition to the growing Tarneit area and provide many benefits to community. These include numerous employment and commercial opportunities to be supported by a large population in higher density residential apartments and accommodation. This aids in creating a vibrant mixed use development surrounded by complementary uses (including schools, reserves, transport, retail and community services) in line with the ’20 minute neighbourhood’ concept outlined in Plan Melbourne and supported by State planning policy.
Generating over $14,000 of sales per day in local shops, such as those in Tarneit Central, assuming an average daily worker spend of $12;
Promoting aging in place, including various retirement living options, such as limited care retirement apartments and higher care aged care living;
A significant increase in local job opportunities:
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Providing greater housing diversity, including options for families to live in well appointed apartments located in proximity to shopping, public transport and other services. Approximately 80% of dwellings in the Tarneit locality are currently separate houses;
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Client Name: Sustainable Design Build Manage Pty Ltd Date: 2018 Ongoing Role: Program:ArchitectMixed Use Development
TARNEIT JUNCTION, 575 DERRIMUT ROAD, TARNEIT, VIC
The subject site development would fulfil over 1% of required new residential supply in the Tarneit locality over the 2018 to 2036 period;
The expected benefits of the proposal for the Tarneit area include:
Generating $26 million in local retail sales per year from the new shopping facilities, assuming an average trading level of $5,000 per m2;
o On going employment of 1,180 people;
o Generate higher local spending and use of existing infrastructure, and Enjoy a walkable precinct, less reliant on cars as a mode of transport Tarneit Junction, situated in the heart of Tarneit, will be the first of this visionary mixed-use, master planned community for every age group to enjoy an enviable but affordable lifestyle.
Providing high accessibility by public transport given the proximity to Tarneit Railway Station (approximately 400m);
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SUN ZERO RETIREMENT VILLAGE, 730 SUNBURY RD, SUNBURY , VIC
Architectural design features:- Roof top gardens, Energy efficient appliances, insulation and double glazing. Co located golf course, shops, medical facilities
Sun Zero residents want to live an active and healthy lifestyle. However, we understand the challenges that ageing presents, and build our homes in anticipation of those challenges. SunZero senior Living is designed to have all the comforts of a regular home with additional functionality and detailing to suit your needs.
Client Name: Sustainable Design Build Manage Pty Ltd Date: 2019 - Ongoing Role: Program:ArchitectMixed Use Retirement Village Development Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUw4KApZltc
Eco friendly, energy efficient and architectural design providing carbon neutral, zero Energy bill housing with a co located care infrastructure at competitive price.
Optometry facilities at ground floor; Day surgery facilities at first floor; 138sqm dispensary; 74sqm cafe at ground floor; 121sqm office located at second floor; 226sqm secure waste area located adjacent to the park;
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Three storey built form and 907sqm total floor area; 18 consultation rooms ranging from 9sqm to 13sqm;
Radiology and X ray facilities at first floor; Pathology facilities at ground floor;
Client Name: Sustainable Design Build Manage Pty Ltd Date: 2019 Ongoing Role: Program:ArchitectMedical Centre
Proposed medical cente facility located at 720 Sunbury Road, Sunbury will include general practice consulting suites, treatment rooms, dental, pharmacy and allied health services
Dental facilities at first floor;
The proposed medical centre located on the corner of Sunbury Road and the proposed Council roadway in Super lot 3 and features the following:
SUPER CARE MEDICAL CENTRE, 720 SUNBURY ROAD, SUNBURY, VIC
Provision for 102 car parking spaces, inclusive of 4 accessible spaces and ambulance parking for the medical centre
Client Name: Sustainable Design Build Manage Pty Ltd Date: 2018 Role: Program:ArchitectMixed Use Retirement Village Development
Client Name: Sustainable Design Build Manage Pty Ltd Date: 2019 Ongoing Role: Program:ArchitectMixed Use Retirement Village Development
HARKNESS HEALTHY RESORT LIVING, 886 BEATTYS ROAD, ROCKBANK NORTH, VIC
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55 BRODERICK RD, CORIO VIC
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Date: 2018
Client Name: Sustainable Design Build Manage Pty Ltd
Role: Program:ArchitectResidential Apartment Development
Client Name: Sustainable Design Build Manage Pty Ltd Date: 2019 Role: Program:ArchitectMixed Use Retirement Village Development
Vision and Mission: add meaning to design add design to meaning
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