An innovative solution to containing loud music and providing convivial outdoor spaces was achieved by burying the building and opening to sun drenched tiered courtyards.
The Tasmanian University Union Bar can now accommodate up to 1200 patrons and internal sound levels of 110dB (A) are inaudible to surrounding residents.

STATUS:

Completion December 2003

In desperate need of a new life, this Heritage listed school building has been transformed into elegant , contemporary apartments that allow the original classroom volumes to be read.

STATUS:

Completion January 2004

A new civic centre for Kingborough. Views from the forecourt place the civic centre as the focus of the valley and the region it serves. Daylighting and solar heating are harnessed; noble materials and landscaping reflect beachside origins.

STATUS:

Completion January 2000

The original work to this corporate office focused on refurbishment of the public foyer space and boardroom. A sculptural wall was inserted into the tenancy, becoming a threshold between private, semi-private and public spaces. The form of the wall in the reception area is a series of planes which push out from the wall to create a dynamic interface with the public.

The wall modulates natural and artificial light in a variety of ways. Light sources are accentuated by utilizing screens to filter and bounce light into these changing planes. A ceiling pelmet acts as a light shelf and a double glazed translucent glass wall runs past the boardroom allowing connection to the workspace whilst maintaining visual and acoustic privacy.

The language of this redevelopment was used as a catalyst for another office refurbishment five years later.

Working within the confines of a single office, this component explores the prospect of the workspace as a consolidated joinery installation, a folding plane. The existing column provided a point of reference from which a continuous planar element wraps, turns and folds throughout the space. The folds provide for the necessary functional and storage requirements of a contemporary, corporate workspace, whilst subtly defining the public and private zones.

A sense of transparency, warmth and strength is imbued in the materials used which compliment the existing corporate colors.

STATUS:

Completion December 2005

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Ray Joyce

17-21 Hunter Street is a four- storey sandstone building built between 1830 and 1840 and for much of its life was part of the Henry Jones IXL jam manufacturing complex.

In more recent years, the ground floor has become a Hobart institution as the 'Drunken Admiral' restaurant, while the upper floors have generally remained derelict and unoccupied.

The building is highly significant to the history and evolution of the Hunter Street precinct. To respect this significance, no changes have been made to the external walls, whilst a new lift, stair and five contemporary apartments have been inserted into the existing building shell.

Planning of the new spaces minimizes contact of new walls and fitments with the original building fabric and enabled the modern apartment installations to sit comfortably within the old stone walls.

STATUS:

Completion August 2005

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Richard Eastwood

The original Clarence Campus buildings were constructed as Warrane High School in the early 1960's and passed to TAFE Tasmania in the 1980's. After twenty years under TAFE operations, the buildings had become under-utilised, poorly configured for contemporary Vocational Education and Training programs and contained finishes, fittings and building services that had reached the end of their life cycle.

A five-stage redevelopment program was undertaken to address these shortcomings. The sequence of work takes into account the relocation of groups to either vacate accommodation for redevelopment or occupy redeveloped spaces.

Apart from addressing the tangible inadequacies, the design approach has been to retain and highlight the framework and features of the original structures, with the addition a new layer of design elements.

The new works have consolidated the disparate buildings to create a new first point of contact and a social focus for the campus. The way-finding within the campus benefits from a unique address for each building and a completely accessible circulation path between all levels, including provision of a new lift to upper floors.

New external building elements allows for selective inclusion of natural light, modification of the internal environmental conditions and incorporate a passive approach to glare and heat control.

All the buildings are to have their own identity, linked by a common design philosophy. The key objective has been to transform the campus into an exciting and vibrant learning environment by employing light, colour and movement as design devices.

The planning of the new campus allows a greater interaction between the internal and external environments, both in the sense of direct physical access or in the form of views out to the surrounds. Feature lighting throughout the campus is individual to space and function. Sometimes colour is linked in, sometimes scale is manipulated, and sometimes distance. Variation and interest is the key.

Colour is used as a tool for creating character and identity. A common base palette will run continuously through the campus as a whole, not only to tie the campus together, but also for flexibility and ease of adaptability in the future. However, individual buildings display a distinctive interior colour palette, the purpose of which to provide a distinctive address for zones within the campus and its associated user groups.

Pattern is a tool employed to create movement and link the distinct components of the campus together; particularly in the selection and layout of carpets, but also in the design of the signage and building graphics.

STATUS:

Completion January 2006

ARTISTS:

Kieran Bradley, Gerhard Murtz

GRAPHIC DESIGNER:

James Newitt

Moorilla Estate, established in 1958, is Tasmania's oldest commercial winery and vineyard. Located 12km north of Hobart on a peninsula in the Derwent River, the estate has a significant physical and cultural context into which the new Moorilla Wine and Food Centre has been inserted.

The building occupies the apex of the site in both topographical and hierarchical terms to capitalise on sun and views of the river and the wider landscape and to provide a strong public face to the estate. It is also sited immediately adjacent to the outdoor wine making facility so that patrons have a direct interface with the winery at work.

The two storey building consists of an entry, reception, lobby and function rooms on the lower level and restaurant and wine tasting bar on the upper level. The 't' shaped plan was generated by acknowledging two perpendicular axis. One runs the length of the peninsula [entry axis] the other relates to the head of the peninsula where the dominant contour addresses the river [view axis].

The dominant element of the architectural expression is the roof plane which unites the parts, provides a gesture to entry and works as a contemporary verandah - providing shade to the extensive glazing and defining the outdoor dining decks.

The palette is concrete, steel, aluminium, timber and glass – all expressed honestly inside and out.

The Concert Stage at the Northern end of the green and the Micro Brewery at the southern end of the restaurant, complete the composition by using the ‘view axis’ as an ordering device.

ARCHITECTS IN ASSOCIATION:

Craig Rosevear Architects + Jacob Allom Wade

STATUS:

Completion November 2005

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Brett Boardman