COMMENDATION FOR COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
ESA FAIRBAIRN
DARYL JACKSON ALASTAIR SWAYN
CATEGORY: COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
The headquarters of the ACT Emergency Services Authority occupies two buildings on this site. The first of these is a two storey commercial office block, sitting quietly behind a grassed and landscaped forecourt. The front wall of this building is fully glazed with a central formal entry point and looks south across to the airfield. The second building subtly expresses its industrial role and more complex workshop and maintenance functions. The simple forms of each building are wrapped in profiled steel cladding in a generally restrained palette of muted tones with accents of colour.
The service areas are located at each end of the long office building, giving maximum freedom for internal layout and subdivision. A finely detailed staircase and lift in steel and glass rises from a double height garden atrium, and the glass curtain wall brings soft light deep within the building. The vehicle maintenance facility is robust and economical, with all parts of the structure exposed. This building is immaculately maintained and the users are clearly proud of their functional and light-filled workshop.
Steel is used throughout this project for structure, cladding and interior linings. Every angle and junction is detailed with precision and the cladding material neatly accommodates subtle shifts in the geometry of the building planes.
COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE
ESA FAIRBAIRN
DARYL JACKSON ALASTAIR SWAYN
CATEGORY: COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
The defining element of this project is the use of steel and Colorbond® finishes for the structure, exterior cladding and interior linings of a pair of commercial and industrial buildings with a range of complex functions. Simple yet expressive building forms are wrapped in profiled steel cladding. Every angle and junction is detailed with precision and the cladding material neatly accommodates subtle shifts in the geometry of the building planes. A generally restrained palette of muted tones gives way to uplifting acid green stripes that formalise identity and enliven the architecture.
The office building has service pods located at each end of a double height garden atrium, near the centre of which is a finely detailed staircase of steel and glass. Of particular note is the use of castellated steel bracing members to support the full-height glazed curtain wall, providing a seamless connection between internal and external green spaces.
The vehicle maintenance facility is robust and economical, with structural steel being left exposed. The building is immaculately maintained and the users are clearly proud of their functional and light-filled workshop.
This project has been thoughtfully detailed by the architect and is both rational and expressive in its use of steel in architecture.
PROJECT TEAM
Architect/Practice: Daryl Jackson Alastair Swayn
Practice Team: Adam Litherland (Project Architect), Alastair Swayn (Design Architect), Judith Bujack (Graduate), Maria Mueller (Interior Designer)
Consultant Team: AWT Engineers (Structural Consultant), Bill Guy and Partners (Civil/Hydraulic Consultant), Rudds Consulting Engineers (Electrical/Mechanical Consultant), Heggies (Acoustic Consultant), Defire (BCA & Fire)
Construction Team: Construction Control (Construction Manager)
Photographer: John Gollings
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