New South Wales
Within the dilapidated grand Victorian state listed terrace, former boarding house, the brief was for a new paediatric sleep clinic with the ability to revert the building to a single dwelling use.
This required substantial upgrades to the existing structure and a suite of services, including a lift, and innovative fire and BCA and engineering performance solutions as no original fabric could be removed.
The new works and services were complex and challenging because of the State listing as no original fabric could be removed.
The approach was to restore the building and key spaces and loosely fit new uses into rooms. New work expressed as distinct timber insertions into the restored spaces provide an enhanced legibility of the original plan.
The project recovers the heritage significance of this important state heritage item in Millers Point via an innovative new use that funds the conservation works but is reversible.
The heritage value of our building is preserved and effectively shared with the community while providing a centrally located service which exceeds the Australasian Standard for this use with outcomes that improve child concentration, behaviour and learning.
Medical technological elements improve staff efficiency whilst seamlessly blending into a warm, home like environment, providing a less confronting, more comfortable, more secure and quieter experience than in hospitals. Data quality and hence outcomes improve by better catering for sleep deprived children who are inattentive, irritable, anxious and more likely to have developmental issues and fear of hospitals.
Acoustic Logic, Acoustic Consultant
BCA Logic / Jensen Hughes, BCA Consultant
Evolved Engineering, Electrical Consultant
Evolved Engineering, Fire Services Engineer
Evolved Engineering, Hydraulic Consultant
Evolved Engineering, Mechanical Engineer
Liftronic, Lift Supplier
Luke Tsougranis and Associates, Structural Engineer
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