Gerard Lighting Development,

Fullarton

The building’s exaggerated canopy overhangs, balconies and screening optimise natural light while controlling solar gains to each aspect.  All areas of the building have external views to maintain connections to the outside.

The integration of entertainment spaces and commercial kitchen facilities allows the occupants a greater degree of social cohesion; work-life integration, rather than work-versus-life balance.  The surrounds of the parklands, city and residential hinterland-suburb enhance this blending.

Passive solar design integrated into first principles of concept design. Performance double-glazed glass facades used on all four sides of the building to maximize natural light penetration, reduce glare and reduce requirement for artificial lighting. This also allowed all occupants, even those situated in the centre of the building, to enjoy visual connection to the natural external environment both day and night.

The major factor that underpinned the philosophy of the design was our client’s overriding requirement to achieve a sustainable outcome.  This demanded total empathy & clear communication with all involved allied disciplines at every level and impacted on all design decisions.  The resulting building’s striking sculptural elements are not contrived, but rather are a natural expression of the resolution of the natural elements, all addressed to achieve sustainability.

A system of suspended shading structures protects the Northern and Eastern facades with the Western façade shaded by the balconies and roof overhang.

The ground level carparking, shaded by the building above, is naturally ventilated yet screened from view.

Client: BADGE Constructions