Demonstrating the power of design to instigate change, this office fitout is credited with seeing the self image of employees move from mundane and downtrodden to forward thinking and dynamic. Equally, clients now perceive that the organisation has moved to the next level.

IN BRIEF

Deliver a simple, efficient workspace expressive of the corporate aims acknowledging this is a place for highly skilled professionals. To do this the planning has clarity, is efficient and easily navigable whilst the mood is cool and elegant merging hospitality and work environments.

ARCHITECT’S WORDS

Lend Lease’s infrastructure services business is a specialist engineering, construction and asset management contractor. Following significant growth the new premises formed a component of the management plan to unify the organisation and generate a new culture of transparency, equity, flexibility and forward thinking.

The tenancy occupies three levels with a dramatic central void and stair interconnecting the organisation physically, visually and metaphorically. The stair features 12 metre long steel tubes drawing reference from the industry of the organisation.

Cladding panels are formed using simple siding from site sheds refinished in warm metallic tones. The levels are inverted so that staff areas are on the top floor with prime views over adjacent bushland. Planning is simple and rational with enclosed spaces held away from the perimeter to benefit all occupants.

The mood of the interiors is elegant and restrained merging hospitality and corporate environments. Sustainability imperatives are addressed by using materials of low embodied energy which are also recyclable. Efforts have also been made to minimise the amount of material used as well as ensure the fit-out will last thereby deferring the need for wasteful refurbishment.

The transformation for the organisation is pivotal and positions Lend Lease’s infrastructure services business to meet the challenges of the future.

ACCOLADES

• 2011 AIA (NSW) Architecture Award, Interior Architecture

PRODUCTS

ALUMINIUM WALL CLADDING
STRATCO AUSTRALIA 
MAXIRIB

FLOORING
JAMES HARDIE WALL & FLOOR PRODUCTS 

LIGHTING
JSB LIGHTING
SPECIALIST LAMPS AND LIGHTING

COFFEE TABLES
AATUTI

MEETING TABLES
AKABA
CARMA

WORKSTATIONS
HAWORTH AUSTRALIA (SYDNEY) 

CHAIRS
CAPPELINI
ARPER
KARTELL
JARDAN AUSTRALIA

RECEPTION DESK CLADDING
JAMES HARDIE WALL & FLOOR PRODUCTS