Indesign - Issue 91 - Work & Play | PREVIEW

Page 1

A

Guest Editor Adam Haddow

Sanxia Tea Town Exhibition Centre by ARCHSTUDIO

MESHKI Head Quarters by Those Architects

Berry Place by Breakspear Architects and ASPECT Studios

Mandarin Cake Shop by CCD

The Work (Place) and Play Issue

9 > 771443870000 90 Issue #91 / Australia $16.50 / New Zealand $17.50 / Singapore $12.95 / U.S. $21.99
design curious. INDESIGNLIVE.COM
professional resource for the
91
.workspace.com.au Sydney | Melbourne | Adelaide | Canberra | Brisbane

Modern Workspace

Harmony Creating tranquil and welcoming workspaces

QABIN.

Qabin. by Ahrend
icf.com.au
Models shown: Chat Dual and Call Single

Step into the future of focused workspace with the Qabin by Ahrend, designed by Marck Haans and proudly crowned with the Red Dot Design Award. This awardwinning soundproof booth is more than just a workspace; it’s an innovative haven designed to elevate your productivity and o er a calm escape. The Qabin boasts cutting-edge ventilation technology, ensuring an optimal internal climate, while its soundproof construction creates a calm and private environment. Embrace the beauty of escapism within an elegant and integral space, where silence becomes a catalyst for concentration and creativity. Transform your workday into a journey of productivity with the Qabin by Ahrend – where innovation meets serenity.

icf.com.au
175 Botany Road Waterloo NSW 2017 BRISBANE 170 Robertson St Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
SYDNEY
78 Chestnut St Cremorne VIC 3121 1300 033 757 2024 Collection | Available Now
MELBOURNE

Cake Shop by

is a delightful jewel of colour and light in the Guangzhou Mandarin Hotel, China. The Hong Kong based practice is led by Cheng Chung. Photography BORIS / Jack Qin, page 130.

Hello!

I am incredibly proud to be the first in a series of guest editors that INDESIGN have invited to contribute to the dialogue of architecture and design across the Indo-Pacific. This is a new and exciting endeavour for which the INDESIGN team deserve praise. As a practitioner this initiative creates an opportunity for me to articulate an agenda from within the profession - to describe what I believe is the criticality of our time.

For this issue I reached out to this year’s AIA Gold Medalist, Architect Kerstin Thompson — for an in-conversation piece discussing the ‘Business of Living’ (page 144), and I’ve shared with you my thoughts on Glocalisation (page 154)- what does it mean and where is it taking us?

We are also excited to reveal the 2024 INDE.Awards luminaries: Brit Andresen, Colin Seah, Vince Frost and Shimu Javeri Kadrieach profiled by Jan Henderson. What an amazing bunch of people (page 55).

There is a great line up of new projects, from a timber building in Collingwood by Jackson Clement Burrows Architects (page 124), a collaborative design project for Monash University lead by Lyons (page 118), a bespoke commercial o ce building in Paddington by Those Architects (page 74), and Sanxia Tea Town by ARCHSTUDIO in China that sits like a curled extension of the tea terraced mountains that surround it (page 100).

I’m super excited about this edition, it deviates slightly from what you’ve grown to love from INDESIGN — hopefully through a critical lens of city making and the business of living.

On
INDESIGNLIVE.COM 10 FROM THE EDITOR & PUBLISHER
The Cover Mandarin
CCD
indesignlive.com /indesignlive @indesignlive @indesignlive 250,950+ readers engaged across print, digital and social...
Raj Nandan CEO and Founder, Indesign Media Asia Pacific Gillian Serisier Editor, Indesign Magazine Adam Haddow Guest Editor, Indesign Magazine
design story
italian
arflex is available exclusively from Space Furniture SYDNEY - MELBOURNE - BRISBANE - SINGAPORE - KUALA LUMPUR SPACEFURNITURE.COM - ARFLEX.COM Salone Internazionale del Mobile April 16th - 21st H all 09 S tand E02 - E04 Ph: T. Pagani
Marenco sofa design Mario Marenco
FIRST NATIONS STORIES TOLD THROUGH RICH TEXTURES OF CLAY CREATIONS. ghcommercial.com dreamtimeflooring.com HERE BEFORE COLLECTION Here Before - Against the Tide

Chairman and Founder

Raj Nandan raj@indesign.com.au

CEO Kavita Lala kavita@indesign.com.au

Guest Editor

Adam Haddow gillian@indesign.com.au

Editor Gillian Serisier gillian@indesign.com.au

Editor (Digital)

Timothy Alouani-Roby timothy@indesign.com.au

INDE.Awards

Program Director

Jan Henderson jan@indesign.com.au

Business Development

Manager

Brune a Stocco brune a@indesign.com.au

Media Executive

Katie Staver katie@indesign.com.au

Group Operations Manager

Sheree Bryant sheree@indesign.com.au

Print Production

Anna Carmody Becca Knight print@indesign.com.au

Accounts

Vivia Felice vivia@indesign.com.au

Art Direction And Design

Sylvia Weimer, Spacelab Design

Online Manager Radu Enache radu@indesign.com.au

Web Developer

Ryan Sumners ryan@indesign.com.au

Indesign Correspondents

Sarah Hetherington (Indo Pacific)

Stephen Cra i (Melbourne)

Mandi Keighran (London) Andrea Stevens (New Zealand)

Contributing Writers

Adam Haddow, Alice Blackwood, Cli Ho, Gillian Serisier, Grace Ferguson, Jan Henderson, Luo Jingmei, Sarah Hetherington, Timothy Alouani-Roby, Tom Ye, Willow Aliento

Featured Photographers

Adam Reich, Andy Macpherson, Anson Smart, BORIS, Christopher Frederick Jones, Dianna Snape, Fabian Ong, Florian Groehn, Hamish McIntosh, Himaanshu Sheth, Jack Qin, Jessie Prince, Jin Weiqi, John Gollings, Laundon Peacock & LP Visuals, Marie-Luise Skibbe, Martin Gemmola, Nicole England, Niveditaa Gupta, Prue Ruscoe, Reiner Blunck, SCHRAN, Seth Powers, Shannon McGrath, Spacecra , Tatjana Pli , Tim Jones, Timothy Kaye, Toby Peet, Tom Blachford, Tom Ferguson

Featured Stylists

Claire Delmar, Olga Lewis

Featured Artists

A&A, Chen Wei, Eric-Paul Riege, Gunjan Gupta, Lisa Waup, Sabine Marcelis, Tammy Kanat, Yuan Shun

Printed in Singapore

Indesign is printed on paper sourced from sustainable forests adhering to PEFC chain of custody and ISO14001 environmental standards

Head O ce

98 Holdsworth Street, Woollahra NSW 2025 Sydney, Australia (61 2) 9368 0150 indesignlive.com indesignlive.asia

Join our global design community, become an Indesign subscriber!

To subscribe (61 2) 9368 0150 subscriptions@indesign.com.au indesignlive.com/subscriptions

Yearly subscription: Australia $55 (incl. GST) International AUD $110

HOME WELLNESS

INDESIGNLIVE.COM INDESIGN IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmi ed in any form or by any other means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise. While every e ort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information in this publication, the publishers assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or any consequences of reliance on this publication. The opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent the views of the editor, the publisher or the publication. Contributions are submi ed at the sender’s risk, and Indesign Publishing cannot accept any loss or damage. Please retain duplicates of text and images. Indesign magazine is a wholly owned Australian publication, which is designed and published in Australia. Indesign is published quarterly and is available through subscription, at major newsagencies and bookshops throughout Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and the United States of America. This issue of Indesign magazine may contain o ers or surveys which may require you to provide information about yourself. If you provide such information to us we may use the information to provide you with products or services you have. We may also provide this information to parties who provide the products or services on our behalf (such as fulfillment organisations). We do not sell your information to third parties under any circumstances, however these parties may retain the information we provide for future activities of their own, including direct marketing. We may retain your information and use it to inform you of other promotions and publications from time to time. If you would like to know what information Indesign Media Asia Pacific holds about you please contact Nilesh Nandan (61 2) 9368 0150, (61 2) 9368 0289 (fax), subscriptions@indesign.com.au, indesignlive.com
Designed by Italian Architect Antonio Citterio, Personal Line makes your home training experience truly unique with hundreds of video workouts on the integrated display and through Technogym App. Download the Technogym app Call 1800 615 440 or visit technogym.com 20 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay indesignlive.com @indesignlive @indesignlive @indesignlive Indesign Media Asia Paci c 250,950+ readers engaged across print, digital and social...

Monash College by Lyons, NMBW Architecture, Studiobird, Gilby Brewin and Glas Urban

T3 by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

IN SHORT The ultimate industry cheat sheet. 1 IN FAMOUS INDE.Awards Luminaries 2024. INDESIGN Luminary Brit Andresen 56 INDESIGN Luminary Colin Seah 60 INDESIGN Luminary Vince Frost 64 INDESIGN Luminary Shimul Javeri Kadri 68 IN SITU MESHKI Head Quarters by Those Architects 74
Breakspear Architects and ASPECT Studios 82
Berry Park by
Nic Graham and Associates 86
by Studio Gri ths and Swee Design 92
by ARCHSTUDIO 100
106
112
Artyzen by Ong&Ong and
Forbes Head Quarters
Saxina Tea Town
Victorian Department of Transport and Planning by peckvonhartel
Yiyun Bishan Hotel by ya.d studio
118
124 Mandarin
130
136 IN DEPTH In Conversation – The Business of Living — Adam Haddow and Kirsten Thompson 144 The Commons by Cli Ho and Tom Ye 152 In Praise of Glocalisation by Adam Haddow 154 IN THE OUTDOORS Hunter Valley by Dangar Barin Smith 158 DISSECTIONS 164 INDESIGNLIVE.COM 14 CONTENTS
Cake Shop by CCD
Swell Hotel by Nyree Mackenzie

QUALITY, CARING FOR PEOPLE & PLANET.

As work styles and technology continue to evlove, our work space and furniture needs also change. K5 promote holistic workplaces and furniture focused on human well-being, functionality, and adaptability, to enable positive workplace conditions. A workplace designed to encourage spontaneous meetings allows creativity to flourish.

Kfive.com.au

Neolith is an innovative and environmentally friendly architectural surface crafted from 100% natural materials.

Neolith surfaces withstand heat, scratches, stains and UV radiation, and require minimal maintenance and zero resurfacing to look and perform brilliantly for decades. Neolith, a more sustainable choice.

INDESIGN 169 NEOLITH.COM

Haddow,

Adam has been a director at SJB since 2002. As a studio, SJB is acclaimed nationally and internationally for their work. SJB’s buildings gestate in the belief that architecture should provide an armature for community life; that the activities buildings facilitate are just as important as the physicality of the buildings themselves. Adam is a Churchill Fellow who investigated alternatives to conventional models of urban design. The sabbatical resulted in a research project entitled ‘Shall We Dense’ an examination into the state of modern density living in Australia and led to successful collaborations within the professional and architectural realms. As NSW Chapter President of the Australian Institute of Architects, Adam leads the Institute in its mission to promote excellence in architecture and advocates for the role of architects in shaping the built environment. He works closely with the Institute’s members, stakeholders and partners to ensure that the voices of architects are heard, and that the industry is equipped to meet the challenges of the future.

Berry Park by Breakspear Architect and ASPECT Studios, page 82. The Business of Living, page 144. In Praise of Glocalisation page 154. Hunter Valley by Dangar Barin Smith, page 158.

Introducing the Voices of Indesign

The ‘The Work (Place) and Play’ Issue

Gillian Serisier

As the newly appointed Editor of Indesign magazine, Gillian puts her twenty plus year of experience towards informed and interesting commentary across all aspects of architecture, art and design. Gillian has been working with Indesign Media as Editor At Large for the last two years and was previously the co-editor of (Inside) Interior Design Review with Jan Henderson. Architecture, art and design are inherently part of this world and o en the focus of her writing and travel plans. Her immediate adventures include the art trail through Nevada, where desert scenery is interspersed with extraordinary works including City by Michael Heizer and Seven Magic Mountains by Ugo Rondinone.

T3 by Jackson Clements Burrows, page 124. Mandarin Cake Shop by CCD, page 130. Swell Hotel by Nyre Mackenzie, page 136.

Sarah Hetherington

Sarah moonlights as an art, architecture and design writer and is a member of the International Art Critics Association (AICA). Sarah was most recently Director, Galleries at Sydney Contemporary –Australasia’s premier art fair and held the curatorial responsibility for Installation Contemporary featuring 13 large-scale projects spanning the iconic, heritage-listed Carriageworks. With over two decades’ experience working in the art world, Sarah has previously held positions at the Biennale of Sydney, Liverpool Street Gallery and Ivan Dougherty Gallery, UNSW. Sarah was a Board Director of Art Month Sydney during its inaugural year and for many years has been an Asia Pacific Correspondent in the architecture and design media.

Yiyun Bishan Hotel by ya.d studio, page 114.

Alice Blackwood

Dianna is a Melbourne-based photographer specialising in architecture, interior and landscape photography. Her work features regularly in leading architectural and design magazines both nationally and internationally. She is an Honours graduate of Melbourne’s RMIT BA (Photography) Course with 20 years experience in the field. Dianna has a passion for the built environment and urban landscape and works closely with architects, interior designers, landscape architects and property developers to establish a visual dialogue that records and promotes their buildings and vision.

Forbes Global Head Quarters by Studio Gri ths and Swee Design, page 92.

Alice is a design editor and journalist, with a background in branding and communications strategy. For 20 years Alice has been a passionate advocate of the Australian architecture and design industry. She served as Editor on Indesign magazine and Indesignlive until 2023; has contributed in a programming capacity on major international design festivals, and the INDE. Awards since its inception in 2016. She has helped to establish major platforms that recognise and celebrate the region’s most exciting architecture and design, and elevate those industry leaders into the global spotlight. Alice is an active member of the Australian design and media industries as a Moderator, MC, Judge, Commentator, Mentor and Advisor.

Victorian Department of Transport and Planning peckvonhartel, page 106 .

Dianna Snape Photographer
INDESIGNLIVE.COM 20 CONTRIBUTORS

THE ULTIMATE INDUSTRY CHEAT SHEET

INDESIGN 21 IN SHORT SHORT IN

Shimmering Ruins

The latest at White Rabbit Gallery, ‘A Blueprint for Ruins’, curated by David Williams, o ers a startling realisation of change. Beneath the glossy surface of progress lurks a simmering undercurrent of violence. Cities tear themselves apart to make way for towering skyscrapers and gleaming high-rises. However, in this bright new world, one question arises: where have all the people gone? Streets devoid of life and vacant apartment blocks stand as haunting reminders of an abandoned dream. Like solemn tombs from a long-lost civilisation, these forgotten monuments silently bear witness to the cost of rapid urbanisation, where each new creation necessitates the destruction of another. ‘A Blueprint for Ruins’ reverberates with the shadows of the dispossessed within China’s urban metamorphosis. The artworks guide us toward the remnants of memories woven into the very fabric of each structure, even as the walls crumble. As the artist Hu Weiyi poignantly writes: “It’s as if every abandoned building, about to disappear, is attempting to sing its last note, and eventually they will come together to form a requiem for an era.”

INDESIGNLIVE.COM IN SHORT 22
Image: Chen Wei, Drunken Dance Hall, 2015, wood, steel, luminescent paint, broken glass, lights, acrylic, mirrors, site speci c, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the Artist and the White Rabbit Gallery. Photography: Hamish McIntosh
INDESIGN 23 IN SHORT

Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.