Campbel Home Places of work / Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
Textual content description offered by the architects. Campbell Home is the adaptive reuse of an Eighteen Nineties early Federation home set inside a Heritage Conservation space. The built-in design strategy of architecture-heritage-interior stitched collectively unifies the up to date workplace use and the unique constructing. By means of the simplicity of materiality and bespoke architectural particulars, the ‘Campbell Home’ challenge intertwines the connection between new and previous.
The challenge temporary was to create a design response with a predominately white palette in a heritage context from a time when darkish colours and earthy tones of brick and terracotta had been trendy. The intention was to create a peaceful, sturdy, timeless, and sustainable workspace. A design strategy is seated within the relationship between the 2 generations of the constructing – how one is located in opposition to the opposite, how the element strengthens the up to date with out detracting from the inherited, and the way up to date utilization operates easily within the new association. The edge between inside and out of doors is blurred by extending panorama and pure mild into the constructing.
The backyard is welcomed into the inside with deliberate vistas of a mature Weeping Fig tree whereas inside seating parts discover their method out into the backyard. Pure mild is filtered utilizing 91 photo voltaic panels that generate 33kWh of vitality. The panels supported by batteries are more likely to help the functioning of the constructing for 80% of the yr with out drawing energy from the grid. Supplies are chosen to rejoice the unique extent of the late 1800’s Federation home. Recycled slate roof tiles restore the unique roof. Up to date new supplies like glass bricks, white bricks, metallic window reveals, metallic awnings, timber flooring with stable zinc thresholds, and clear glass make up the palette of supplies that type the brand new architectural expressions that straight distinction the prevailing unique constructing.
This challenge is an exemplary environmental design primarily based on pure mild, passive air flow, materials choice, and electrical energy technology, all facilitated by the brand new up to date intervention. A glazed roof spans between the 2 present roof ridges north of the location. Photo voltaic blades take up the northern solar by way of photovoltaic panels to generate electrical energy whereas offering solar shading, conserving the inside beneath the glass roof cool. The glass roof permits most pure mild into the core of the constructing and breakout areas whereas the blades over reduce the warmth load. Glass louvers at excessive and low ranges on the north, south, and western facades permit for passive air flow to the circulation and breakout areas. With inside biophilia in thoughts, circumstances have been established to maintain a mature Weeping Fig tree.
