After 6 months of operation, we are pleased to hear that the spaces we created at the Rockingham Youth Centre have been successful for both Youth users and staff. At SITE, we are committed to making flexible spaces that respond to our client’s individual needs. How do we do this? Through our collaborative process of genuinely listening and establishing a deep understanding of the users’ desires and wishes and creating space around these. “The space has allowed for multi-use in the various areas – counselling/intensive 1:1 support, workshops and structured activities, and recreational drop-in style use. We’ve used all the…
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Handover of a major renewal project in Fremantle
SITE are excited to be handing over a major renewal of a vacant 2 storey commercial building in Fremantle to new education tenants. 6 transparent, flexible learning areas open up the ground plane to the landscape and are connected by a central, light-filled incidental learning space linking the entrances, north to south. The upper floor has been transformed into a year group common area which overlooks the campus to the north and the Fremantle port beyond. A new ‘extension’ of the existing campus, SITE worked closely with the College to ensure safety, supervision, and student movement were a design priority. …
Feature Project: Bushfire Centre of Excellence
The Flythrough displays the experience of all visitors and users of the facility. SITE was commissioned for the Bushfire Centre of Excellence (BCoE) in mid-2019. Following the SITE process of Master planning, we conducted a series of workshops with DFES and the relevant stakeholders (including notably the Bindjareb Cultural Group). The participation and collaboration in these workshops was fantastic and quickly revealed much loftier and exciting ambitions for the project than the initially briefed simple office and training facility as below: The facility is to tell the story of bush fire fighting in Western Australia highlighting the traditional indigenous practices…
5 Key steps to creating clever renovation and extension projects
Upgrading your existing facilities/building rather than relocating or completely rebuilding should be the first consideration in any project. The environmental benefits alone can be significant, as can the cost if it is done in a considered manner. Here, we discuss top issues we believe are important in considering any alterations and additions project. What is the big picture? Ask yourself ‘why are we doing this?’, then list off the functional shortcomings that your current facilities have. Just make a list of the functional issues you currently experience and resist the urge to solve the problems with thoughts like ‘if I…
Theatre Precinct Feasibility – Curtin University
In July 2019, SITE were engaged by Curtin University to undertake a feasibility study for the upgrade of the existing Tim Winton and Elizabeth Jolley Theatre Precinct. The purpose of the feasibility was to determine the suitability of the current facilities to be upgraded to host industry events and for enhanced teaching and learning. The project included a comprehensive review of the Greater Curtin Master Plan and Academic Heart as well as a facility comparison analysis to determine the demand and impact the precinct will have on the Campus in the foreseeable future. SITE’s approach was to consider firstly the…
Project Update: Southern Steel Stage 3 reaches PC
Southern Steel Stage 3 Warehouse extension has reached Practical Completion.