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The document provides guidance on adaptive re-use of existing buildings, highlighting its sustainable, cultural, and economic benefits. It emphasizes the importance of a collaborative design approach and thorough planning to ensure successful projects that respect heritage while meeting contemporary needs. The guidance also outlines principles such as memory, authenticity, and social sustainability, encouraging the integration of existing structures into new uses to enhance community identity and reduce environmental impact.
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Adaptive Reuse

The document provides guidance on adaptive re-use of existing buildings, highlighting its sustainable, cultural, and economic benefits. It emphasizes the importance of a collaborative design approach and thorough planning to ensure successful projects that respect heritage while meeting contemporary needs. The guidance also outlines principles such as memory, authenticity, and social sustainability, encouraging the integration of existing structures into new uses to enhance community identity and reduce environmental impact.
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Adaptive Re-use ODASA Design Guidance Note

July 2014 1.2.1

Re-using existing
buildings for new
functions has many
sustainable, cultural,
economic and place-
making advantages.

The process and decisions


involved in creating good
adaptive re-use projects need
to be carefully considered and
managed, with an engaged and
creative consultant design team
needed to ensure the potential
The concept of adaptive re-use is simple
of re-purposing buildings, – to re-use a building or structure for the
structures, and spaces is purpose of giving it new life through a new
achieved. function. In instances where the building or
structure carries a heritage encumbrance,

is required prior to any material impact


Purpose of this document commences.

This guidance note provides background


to adaptive re-use and advice for agencies, existing facility to meet current building codes
clients and consultant groups looking to
embark on adaptive re-use projects, with it can accommodate the new uses. Adaptive
reference to the Burra Charter and Practise re-use plays an important role in making good
Documents published by ICOMOS Australia. urban environments with the revitalisation of
It familiar built fabric and less energy consumed
adaptive re-use in the contemporary built during construction than that of a new
environment and aims to assist in establishing building.
clear processes and principles to deliver a
successful project. The guidance note seeks South Australia has a rich variety of historic
to:
and construction over the state’s history.
describe the principles of adaptive re-use Nineteenth century stone and masonry
outline how to deliver a successful project buildings that survived into the twentieth
discuss project implementation century have proved to be well suited for
identify key watch points re-use. Buildings of the interwar period were
present successful examples of adaptive transitional in style and often employed new
re-use projects construction technology. This became more
prevalent following the Second World War

column and slab structural approach with non-


structural facades. South Australia has a large
quantity of quality buildings from this period,
and many of these are prime for re-use.

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What is adaptive
re-use?

The renewed interest in conservation and the The growth in adaptive re-use is more likely to
heritage of our built environment today can be occur in buildings and structures that are not
linked to a general public concern that post-war heritage-listed, those facilities that are marginal
urban thinking and construction often resulted in straight heritage value, or are not yet of an
age to be recognised as of heritage interest.
and the loss of local character. Becoming a For example factories, industrial buildings or
wider cultural concern in the 1970s and 80s, large manufacturing plants, such as Tonsley
a new approach to conservation led to many Park in South Australia, would not typically
be considered as having architectural merit.
heritage register of places of interest. Today, However, in such building stock the advantages
thousands of heritage places are on many of adaptive re-use can be linked to memory and
registers protecting much of the historic cultural value rather than built heritage. These
building stock in Australia. buildings have typically helped to form the
identity of a place – often acting as a landmark
or a way to describe, or to know that place. The
Burra Charter is a document that has much
Adaptive re-use gives new
as well as places of intangible community value,
irrespective of their recognition in legislation.
life to a site, rather than The Burra Charter Process Steps in planning for

seeking to freeze it at a a useful tool in determining the level of material


impact a structure may sustain before losing

particular moment in time, demolition or adaptation.

it explores the options re-use projects in terms of the planning


environment. Any retained urban fabric can
assist in dealing with change and impacts in
that lie between the both an immediate and wider context – with
most planning controls seeking change in a
manner consistent with existing character.
extremes of demolition Adaptive re-use projects, even those where
buildings and fabric is considerably altered,

or turning a site into a that deals with change, while still allow for

museum. Adding a new During the 1980s and 90s many nineteenth
century warehouses were converted into
layer without erasing residential dwellings, creating a dominate type
of adaptive re-use that remodelled robust
building fabric into individual dwellings. There
earlier layers, an adaptive have been, however, many public adaptive
re-use projects particularly in the last ten
years that have created public buildings and
reuse project becomes spaces from older, sometimes heritage-
protected buildings. These have often been
industrial in their former use, such as a railway
part of the long history workshop becoming a performance facility.
In this way, adaptive re-use projects speak to
a wider cultural shift – from an industrial and
of the site. It is another manufacturing based economy to one centred
around services, education and cultural life.
There has been a shift in the type of heritage
being considered for adaptive re-use projects.
The closure of large, generally industrial areas,

outcome.
purpose.

Justine Clarke, Adaptive Re-use of Industrial


Heritage, Heritage Council Victoria, 2013
2 ODASA Design Guidance Note: Adaptive Re-use
Principles of adaptive
re-use

Memory and place that of a new building. The cost of energy in the
future will only continue to escalate, making
A building, structure or landscape is more than
the physical fabric – even if that fabric is ornate, proposition in an addition to its well-established
of aesthetic value or highly crafted. The years heritage, authenticity and place-making
of use any aged building has had represents a
set of cultural and personal memories of its life
and that, which happen in and around it. Cultural The Green Building Council of Australia’s Green
Star rating tool has an Innovation Challenge
and both are important. An older building can that aims to encourage the re-use and uptake
be an unremarkable building for its time, but of heritage listed buildings and rewards those
the cultural value can sit in its original use, that celebrate the heritage value of the asset.
its history and changes of use. By retaining,
rethinking and reworking an existing building
this history can continue in physical form, and
be added to. The value of memory serves to
Social Sustainability
create a sense of place. The character of a Maintaining heritage and contributory building
place is hard to create, and so to draw from the stock and familiar environments helps to
past, even the relatively recent past, can help maintain evident links to the past. The broad
form identity and belonging for a community aims of social sustainability can be enhanced
through adaptive re-use projects. By not
breaking evident links to the past, the former
Planning controls lives of buildings and places, cohesive social
bridges can be maintained and enhanced.
Planning systems control both physical form Entirely new built environments can appear
and use of spaces and building stock. Many alien to those who have been involved in some
statutory planning regimes aim to protect way with the former life of a place. Maintaining
these links while encouraging diversity is
achieved through adaptive re-use projects that
layer new and old meanings onto each other.
typically seek to direct new building works to The past should be embraced while addressing
relate to, or conform to ideas of character that current and future needs through design and
have been established through older (typically integration of contemporary social standards,
pre-war) building stock. This can range from particularly those around equity. Core social
housing types, such as weatherboard cottages, values such as pride, memory and participation
or larger types such as brick factories. can all be enhanced by careful consideration of
Outcomes where both the new and old adaptive re-use strategies.
fabric are synthesised tend to be considered

of planning – built form, urban design and


heritage. Issues around change of use, at the
heart of adaptive re-use, are also controlled by The business case for an adaptive re-use
planning schemes. Zoning typically controls project, over a demolition and new build
process, can be considerably in favour of the
commercial/business or residential. adaptive re-use approach. While a high degree
of complexity exists in both new and re-use
projects, understanding the existing condition
Environmental Sustainability and proposed design solutions, the net overall
construction cost for an adaptive re-use
In terms of environmental sustainability, the project can be considerably less. It should be
noted that initial design and consultant costs
reduces the energy consumed during may be higher for adaptive re-use projects to
construction compared with demolition account for this high degree of complexity and
and then the creation of a new building. The research often required in innovative solutions
embodied energy in the existing building (the to constraint and compliance issues.
energy taken to make the building and all
materials used) is not lost. While most adaptive The major cost saving in an adaptive re-use
re-use projects involve some new building project is formed through value being placed
work, the amount of energy consumed and in the existing fabric, rather than just in land

The principles of adaptive re-use 3


used without new construction, and also the
value that lies in existing fabric itself – the
character and narrative embedded within can
be borrowed from, and associated with, new
use. This can in return increase real end value of
the project.

Authenticity
A major strength of an adaptive re-use

and consideration of authenticity. Many entirely


new environments, where exterior spaces,
streets and buildings are made new – lack a
narrative and identity. In almost all sites, some
Conceiving, designing and form of prior occupation has occurred – either
indigenous, rural, urban, industrial or all of these
– there is often a history than can be drawn
delivering a sustainable from in making a place real and authentic.
Those that might seem inauthentic are where
built environment ideas of place, names, narratives are imported
without a link to the former uses and spaces.
The Burra Charter discusses the retention and

environments. In doing so, there is an implied


expectation of authenticity in the renewed
responsibility for all of us. space to continue to convey the original
narrative of the site.

Our decisions today will Whatever existing fabric remains, it is often


prudent to draw from it, express it, and if
possible occupy - as is the case with retained
buildings. Where all existing fabric, including
vegetation, has been removed, a kind of crisis
of authenticity is created, one that can only
future.’ be re-created with the passage of time, often
decades. In such instances where irreversible

Charter directs the consultant team to historical


Professor Laura Lee, former Adelaide Thinker in research and documentation to inform new
Residence. ways of continuing the site’s interpretation
through future generations.

Re-purposed and re-occupied older buildings

than new ones. This is not always critical, for


example in creation of car park or perhaps
contemporary workspaces, but in many uses
the sense of a place having a history and
memory gives it a head start in cultural and
economic value.

The many heritage places will continue to


contribute to the character and vitality of
our cities and towns by being well used,
well maintained, conserved or adaptively
reused, and complemented by contemporary
architecture that will form the heritage of
tomorrow.

4 ODASA Design Guidance Note: Adaptive Re-use


Delivering a
successful project

In forming an adaptive re-use engaged early and authentically in a project


are more likely to support the required process
project, there are several key later on.
ways to help ensure a successful
project that meets and exceeds Engagement is a process that has to be both
genuine and well-managed, and consultants
the expectations of client, owner, who understand this area should be involved.
users and the wider public.

Learn from other projects


Create a collaborative and
Any good project should involve a process
multi-disciplinary design
precedents, to learn from others. Often those
team involved, either at a consultant or client level
are keen to share learnings either directly or
A project design team needs to be put together through publication or documentation of the
at the earliest stage in the life of a project, project. Visits to similar projects are a good way
and not after key decisions have been made, of obtaining direct feedback from users of a
facility and establish successful benchmarking.
strategies and spatial planning. These early
stages need creative design thinking as much Seek creative solutions to constraints that
as the design of eventual buildings and spaces. form the boundaries of any project. While
budget is often a key constraint, the uses
A design team should consist of not just as of the term constraint here applies more to
architects and landscape architects, but should the regulatory requirements that all projects
include other consultants such as Heritage operate within. The strategy used should
Consultants, building surveyors, structural seek to work creatively within these – this can
engineers, builders, environmental scientists, only come from a detailed understanding of
quantity surveyors, economists, planning associated codes, standards, heritage listing
consultants, cost consultants, artists, and and regulations.
others.

environment in which to garner knowledge


Make the most of existing
and develop a strategy for the project. These
are typically held with all key people involved, conditions
design team, consultants, and private and
Understanding and then harnessing the latent
public stakeholders. The design team can also
quality of an existing structure, space or
undertake its own multi-disciplinary workshops
building is at the core of successful adaptive
to test lateral ideas in an environment where
re-use projects. Successful adaptive re-use
broad range thinking is welcomed.
projects have intelligently sought, often through
very careful study of the existing fabric, an
approach that makes the most of the existing
Engage with key building. This approach can directly feed into a
design methodology but can also inform how
stakeholders spaces are used.

Both well-loved heritage buildings and former The use of original drawings, and then
industrial buildings tend to create strong views those made for subsequent alterations and
from the communities that surrounds them. The additions should be obtained in detail and to
community, including those who were involved the fullest extent possible (including primary
in the building’s former life and those who live sources). These documents are essential
and work around it, will bring a greater sense of in understanding the existing condition,
involvement and ownership in the project. and these along with multiple site visits and
extensive new photographic records will
This process needs to be in addition to assist in forming a comprehensive three-
development application processes that give dimensional understanding of what the current
third party rights to have a say in the planning condition actually is. Buildings often reveal
process. As a general rule, communities

Deliverying a succesful project 5


works, and limiting the amount of surprise in
the latent conditions will increase the design
Time-based thinking
understanding of the project and reduce cost All projects take place over time, and ones
risk during construction. Problems will arise for the built environment over a considerable
period - in design, construction and
knowledge acquired early on, the better. occupation. A large project is likely to have
some element of staging, in both decanting
A comprehensive set of digital existing of buildings still occupied and in terms of
conditions drawings should be generated staged completion and re-occupation. There
following the detailed research into the existing are strategies that allow a time based program
fabric. These should be shared and ideally to create opportunities for occupation early
be contributed to by the whole design team. and possibly temporarily during the life of the
At the end of the works, ‘As-built’ drawings, project. One example might be a limited time
where all changes made including those use that occurs for one or two years during the
during construction are shown, should be formation and design of the project, such as
archived with both users, owners and relevant temporary exhibition space. This opportunity
authorities who will act as future sources for in both staging and temporary uses allow for
the new existing conditions documents. less ‘downtime’ of a building and also greater

cost and planning consultants will be able to

such alternative uses.

Maintain quality throughout


the project
Good design does not just Quality is central to the process, in the design
of the works and in the construction of the
built outcome. Consistency of endeavour
happen: it is purposefully is needed to ensure quality, and this can be
aided by maintaining key people on the project
throughout its duration. Quality of process
and carefully undertaken comes through the design of the strategy used
in the project, which for an adaptive re-use
project focuses around the qualities of the
by skilled practitioners, existing fabric and the potential of the site and

design.
valued by the client, and
needs to be protected Life-cycle costing

through delivery of the which a project is created is essential in order


to realise its full potential. Costing of projects

project. is the traditional model of either forming a

and economic design is more than costing – it


should be the subject of creative thinking. This

funding models and partnerships and into


Government Architect, 2013. how a project becomes viable. It can also
take the form of costing alternative strategies
dynamically in terms of direct construction cost
but also in terms of life cycle costing.

6 ODASA Design Guidance Note: Adaptive Re-use


Project Implementation

Standards and legislation surveying assist this process but quality and
comprehensive advice needs to drive this. In
The core economic advantage of re-use is doing so, potentially prohibitive costs can be
not having to fund the construction of a new extensively reduced to increase viability.
building. There can however be considerable
costs in upgrading an existing building to meet
current structural and other building codes.
Compliance is a key area and this has seen
Budgeting and cost control
considerable growth in recent years in terms When budgeting for an adaptive re-use project,
of awareness and implementation. This covers the cost consultant or project manager should
everything from the height of balustrading to
level access to all areas, as is the case in all project has over a new build project. This takes
buildings now except inside private dwellings. the form of higher consultant costs for an
The extent to which an existing building needs equivalent budget . In addition the allowance for
to be upgraded to meet requirements as- contingencies, particularly during construction
new depends on the extent of works being
performed and uses involved. This is typically made to understand the existing conditions,
new area. Operating intelligently within these complexity throughout, particularly through
parameters, as well as others, can control
cost involved in upgrades while still providing Allowances for construction contingencies
excellent outcomes. Such examples include
higher rate than for a new build project where
upgrading of an existing structure to meet unexpected elements are only revealed during
current earthquake codes. construction.
The growth in recent years toward broader
economic analysis of projects helps the
economic model for adaptive reuse. The Procurement methods
concept of Life Cycle Costing (LCC) is now
Procurement methods for adaptive re-use
to outline all the costs a project would face projects face the same challenges as other
over an agreed life span. This considers types of projects. The process of procurement
of a well-designed building starts with the
in running buildings. In adaptive re-use appointment of a quality design team. From
projects, by limiting the capital cost of the there, procurement refers to the management
initial construction, project budgets can more of the construction of a building to its
completion. It involves not just the contractual
maintenance and lower energy systems that method used, but also the execution of a
ultimately bring the total life cost down. built project from idea to delivery and on to
operation.

The method by which a building project is


Contamination and
demolition achieved with all procurement methods, some
make it challenging if the potential threats
Faced by all solutions to a site, either retention to design quality are not understood or well
or demolition, it is important when considering managed.
the full economic case that the cost of doing
nothing, or demolition is considered. There For public work, traditional forms of
procurement such as lump sum contract, with
in-ground and in-building contamination, with direct appointment of consultants by the client,
optimised treatment and enclosure being is often seen as the best way of maintaining
design quality throughout construction.
of addressing hazardous material issues are Lump sum arrangements require ample
the result of strong engagement with specialist contingencies to accommodate unpredictable
environmental engineers. Creative solutions or unknown issues; otherwise likely variations
can be found through comprehensive study and to the contract price will result in an increase
testing of existing locations to determine the to the lump sum as the project is under
construction.
New technologies in scanning, mapping and

Project implementation 7
Alternative forms of procurement such
as design and construct, with the design

advantages for clients and opportunities for


innovation, but present potential risks in term
of design and build quality. These risks require
careful management with agreed performance
requirements around design quality. Adaptive
re-use projects are often complex and subject
to potential cost overruns when dealing with
existing fabric, so these should be considered
when choosing a procurement method.

risks so the appropriate route must be given


careful consideration at the beginning of any
project and management systems put in place
from the outset to ensure the best possible
outcome.

For further reference, the ODASA guidance


The adaptive re-use of the
note on Project Formation has been written
to help clients to successfully complete their former Mitsubishi’s eight
construction projects. It explains how clients
from the public, private and voluntary sectors
along with their design and construction teams hectare Main Assembly
can:
set up the correct process and procedures
for the project structure Building respects the
choose the most suitable people to work
with
identify the most suitable procurement historical character of
route
manage the budget to achieve a quality
solution
Tonsley and a commitment
achieve excellence in design
identify and avoid potential pitfalls
locate relevant sources of information and
support.
The building will become
a thriving innovation
precinct meeting the
broad range of needs
of workers, students,
residents and visitors to
the site.

tonsley.com Main Assembly Building, Renewal SA,


Government of South Australia, 2013.

8 ODASA Design Guidance Note: Adaptive Re-use


Watchpoints

Blend of skills use and energy compliance should be factors.


Thinking of an existing building as an empty
Not all design consultants seek to pursue
adaptive re-use as a viable option for a project. out is not the advised approach. As more
generally is the case, the existing building can
than a new build project, and the technical suggest solutions - a smart servicing strategy
could seek to heat and cool not all spaces;
large amounts of potential unpaid work for some areas may be better to be technically
consultants and others involved. It should ‘outside’ from both compliance and comfort
therefore be understood that consultants
working on adaptive re-use projects should terms of exposing original building elements
be paid at a rate appropriate to the complexity in transitional areas. New standards around
of a project, and that clients and project energy modelling (BCA/NCC Section J) are best
managers understand that services for an
adaptive reuse project and new build project of requirements across a project.

amount of work needed. It is not recommended


that clients and project managers select
design team consultants through a lowest
Governance
fee method, but rather a selection based Adaptive re-use can also exist at the large
on proposed methodology and design of scale; in Adelaide projects such as the
the project team and their ability to form revitalisation of the East End have sought to
relationships with stakeholders and develop a bring urban renewal through the use of existing
deep understanding of the project and client. infrastructure and buildings. Adelaide’s East
The use of cross-generational teams can End precinct’s current success is strongly
encourage a strong combination of experience linked to its long-term asset management
and innovation, both of which can assist project process, which began over 20 years ago. A
success. strong identity has been developed around
trade and activity distinct to other parts of
the centre of Adelaide. Playing host to the
Extent of adaptation Adelaide Fringe Festival has been part of
this place-making, and the role temporary
One particular approach to the use of existing events play in shaping identity should be
buildings can be noted for its inherent problems considered in all larger scale projects. The inner
– the method of retention of facades only. This suburb of Bowden has been the subject of a
major large-scale urban re-use project, both
precincts demonstrate the importance of a
is located behind the original facades, which clear long term vision championed by a single
are the only retained fabric. It has been the private developer and government agency
case where entirely removing the building and respectively.
replacing with a well designed new building is
preferable to this approach of retaining facades
only. In reality, this approach can take far longer,

streets and context during construction and


involve large amounts of additional energy,
material, labour and cost than an adaptive re-
use project.

Servicing
Building Services, predominately heating
and cooling, need to be carefully considered
when undertaking an adaptive re-use project.
The implications around re-servicing the
building should be carefully considered and
questioned. If handled poorly, considerable
cost implications and poor design outcomes
may occur. Consideration around comfort,

Watchpoints 9
Examples of adaptive re-use projects

Several projects in recent years Bowden, Adelaide


have demonstrated intelligent
Using former industrial sites particularly the
and considered approaches to Clipsal factory, this project seeks to retain
adaptive re-use. two key original manufacturing buildings
along with the original street network. New

and architects are proposed with this street


St Peters Precinct network, aimed at preventing a homogenous
condition. Original factory buildings are
Redevelopment, Adelaide proposed to be re-used for retail. The
development of this large site is guided by a
This former town hall was expertly converted good master planning approach and robust
into a library and heritage centre, using the design guidelines.
existing building with added new elements

Phillips and Pilkington architects in association


with Flightpath Architects and included a
new mezzanine space that allowed greater

A new lift resolves access requirements as do


new carefully considered landscape elements
designed by Oxigen.

Paddington Reservoir
Gardens, Sydney
This project by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer is a
new urban park that makes a ruined former
reservoir accesible for the public to enjoy and
explore. Developed by the City of Sydney, the
park reveals and interprets part of Sydney’s
nineteenth-century water infrastructure in
new, unexpected and engaging ways. It plays
an important urban role, providing open space
adjacent to Paddington’s civic precinct and
contributing to the City of Sydney’s Paddington
Conservation Area.

Adelaide’s East End


Driven by the departure of the East End’s
produce market, this mainly private sector
revitalisation of the East End brought new
life and living to this part of Adelaide. Led by
developers such as the Marus Group and
architects Tectvs, a process of incremental
renewal of existing buildings commenced for
mainly restaurant tenants initially. Existing
structures were revealed and streetscapes
largely retained. New residential developments
were typically set back and new street buildings
such as the Cinema Nova were both contextual
and contemporary and scaled to the street.

10 ODASA Design Guidance Note: Adaptive Re-use


Carriageworks Arts Centre, for the City of Melbourne and the group
Creative Spaces. The project was based on
a ten year lease arrangement with the owner.
Sydney The open space warehouse was dividing into
individual and group artist studio spaces using
Undertaken by a team lead by Tonkin
a combination of plywood and cyclone fencing,
Zulaikha Greer, this project converted a very
allowing for customisation by users.
large former train carriage workshop into
a contemporary performing arts centre.
The project providing much needed subsidised
The project delivered a complex set of new
artist studio space with the local government
uses, centred around acoustically separated
area of the City of Melbourne, space which has
performance halls. Central to the scheme, as
was formerly available in the central city but
with many good adaptive re-use projects, was
has now become too expensive. Compliance
a deep understanding of the existing structure,
new lift providing equal access. The spaces are
was able to continue to be expressed and
intensely used and the project has reenergised
revealed. The result is central to good adaptive
a declining area with productive activity.
projects – both the former space and its uses
are remembered, but new layer of insertions is

sit between new insertions, making the most Tonsley Park, Adelaide
of the original condition, with top light halls
showing original fabric including original rail The adaptive re-use of the former Mitsubishi’s
eight hectare Main Assembly Building (MAB)
Structural elements removed in the area were is a key feature of the Tonsley redevelopment
redeployed in the scheme, such as some being undertaken by Renewal SA. The vision
large trusses now forming part of an entrance for Tonsley is to achieve a distinctive built form,
canopy. unlike any other, through design excellence.

the historical character of Tonsley and a


Fennell Street, Port indoor and outdoor open spaces and feature
internal forests, exhibition and meeting spaces
Melbourne together with eating, lounge areas and Wi-Fi
hotspots. Currently under development, the
The former Red Tulip Easter Egg factory is a
conversion project that created nine mixed tenancies for a wide variety of commercial,
use tenancies. This importantly including retail and recreational uses. The adaptive re-use
continuing industrial use in the form of brewery, of existing built fabric within Tonsley is guided
by a comprehensive set of Urban Design
space for clothing manufacturing Globe and Protocols and Guidelines which have been
developed by a team of design consultants with
which feature extensive expression of the a broad range of professional skills.
original roof, have also spilled onto the street
with several small tenancies includes cafes and
hairdressers improving the street condition
while maintaining the low level brick building
onto the street. The project is of particular
note as it is a private sector enterprise and
made possible only due to the low cost base
of following an adaptive re-use strategy. The
project sits within an area of radical proposed
change in Fishermans Bend in Melbourne,
where adaptive re-use solutions can provide
strong alternates to new residential towers.

River Studios, Melbourne


This project by Breathe Architecture is a
warehouse now converted into artist studios

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Mackay, James Martin and Diana Snape
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