Wellington Street

Working on Wellington Street was my first commercial project and I look back on it fondly. I felt really honoured to work on a heritage project with Sevda Cetin and Stefanie Hughes and was a little star struck as I had followed their work on 100 Harris Street. I learned an appreciation for the fine line heritage architecture plays in reinvigorating cities, keeping the heart of a building and adapting it to suit a modern era.

I was responsible within the design team for:

  • Massing options

  • Daylight / Shadow Diagrams

  • Office layout options

  • Facade options

  • Detailing of landscape areas

Programs Used:

  • Revit

  • Rhino

  • Autocad

  • Adobe Suite

  • 3Ds Max

Location: 1-7 Wellington Street, Chippendale, NSW, Australia
Colleagues: Sevda Cetin, Stefanie Hughes
Size: 1,300m²
Client: Shepherd Street Pty Ltd
Construction value: Undisclosed
Embodied Carbon Assessment: Unknown TBC

The development was awarded a Heritage Commendation in the 2020 NSW Architecture Awards.

“CAD chaos lines in magenta”

“By exposing the original raw brick and old natural timber grains, attention is focused on the building’s historical features and qualities. A new central atrium connects all three floors and brings light to every corner of the structure.

Dating back to 1910 and located in close proximity to the vibrant new Central Park district, this simple yet handsome Federation warehouse style building on Wellington Street in Chippendale offered remarkable potential for it's transformation into commercial office space, providing the perfect setting for old meets new. The addition of a new third level provides valuable additional floor space pushing the building envelope to its limits.

SJB Planning were engaged to prepare a Development Application (DA) and provide planning advice for the adaptive re-use of a two (2) storey commercial/warehouse building including a third level addition, façade improvements, additions of stairs, lifts and voids, landscaping, roof garden and end of journey facility.

The existing Federation warehouse building (circa 1910) is listed as a “Contributory Building” in the Chippendale Heritage Conservation Area.

The site is located within the Chippendale area which has transformed into a creative hub due to the high proportion of pre-war warehousing which contribute to the neighbourhood quality of this inner city locality. It is noted that the site is located directly adjacent to the White Rabbit Gallery and to the south of Block 11 of the Central Park development (formerly Carlton United Brewery).

Tasks included the provision of planning advice, preparation of a DA, view impact assessment, and liaison with Council staff.

Challenges to the project included the proximity of the neighbouring residential buildings to the south of the site and ensuring the adaptive re-use of the building was sympathetic to the heritage fabric and public domain.”

 

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