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Process.

  • Initial Consultation & Planning

    01

  • Concept Design

    02

  • Development Application

    04

  • Construction Drawings & BA Application

    05

  • 3D Rendering

    06

Case Study

PROJECT: Atria

TYPE: Mixed-Use Commercial Development

LOCATION: Mermaid Beach, Gold Coast

DESCRIPTION

A social hive for the community, Atria is an artistic precinct that engages visitors with local artists, designers, and businesses. Atria provides a space for local artists to celebrate and showcase their work with the community and relish locally sourced goods.

01 / Planning

The initial goal when starting a new project is gathering information and analysing the site. This includes assessing the site’s context, adherence to council codes, evaluation of environmental attributes such as climate zones, analysis of prevailing wind and sun patterns, and any pre-existing services. The site analysis is crucial to the early stages of the process as it reveals potential design possibilities while also highlighting any limitations that may need to be addressed.

02 / Brief & Precedent Study

The brief for Atria was to create a series of spaces described as mixed artisan studios/boutiques on the ground floor accompanied by an office/art gallery space on the upper level, catering to the needs of artists, professionals, and the community.

As we delved into the brief, it was essential to communicate our findings to the client and highlight the ways in which these findings influenced our proposed design. In addition, researching or conducting precedent studies to understand how existing commercial projects combine form and functionality also formed part of the process.

03 / The Concept

When producing concepts inspiration can be drawn from anything. The environment, common objects, simple lines and forms. Everything we do starts from a simple sketch. The concept for Atria began with the initial site analysis, understanding the locality and the history around it. Being a coastal suburb, inspiration grew from elements of the ocean. Using this concept, a closer study to the history of water led to the inspiration of ancient roman aqueducts which formed the arched facade of the design. Another technique used to create concepts was a series of Parti diagrams. Finding inspiration from common objects such as water can and deconstructing forms to then create a series of massed shapes to develop into a more built design. Then take a closer look at the inspiration for the proposed tenancies as well as the overall material palette./boutiques on the ground floor accompanied by an office/art gallery space on the upper level, catering to the needs of artists, professionals, and the community.

04 / Massing & Drawing

Once the concept is established it is then taken into CAD and using simple shapes a 3D model is created of both the design and the site. By using a 3D model, it creates a better understanding of the relationship between the site and design and how to refine it before moving into the drawings./boutiques on the ground floor accompanied by an office/art gallery space on the upper level, catering to the needs of artists, professionals, and the community.

The Final Concept