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WELCOME TO THE INAUGURAL EDITION OF FORM JOURNAL.
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We are thrilled to be able to present design with fresh eyes, celebrating our city’s vast potential when it comes to innovative design thinking. Thematically, we have chosen to print the chosen projects in black and white, to highlight the silhouette, line and most importantly - form - of each submission.
Design is an ever present
The Adelaide Review is excited
component in our daily lives,
to celebrate and acknowledge
and the demand for smart
the incredible projects being
design is higher than ever.
produced in our state.
In an increasingly complex
As the proud voice of
world, the need for innovation remains at the forefront of a designer’s mind, and as a challenge to be met. Excitingly, as history has shown, our state has been a catalyst for innovation, and a place to test new ideas. The incubation of thought-provoking art and craft events, festivals, and cultural offerings has prompted the reignition of the industry to engage with an awakening in the broader public to the value of design in our communities
design and architecture in South Australia, the FORM section of
The Adelaide Review has been sharing stories
from the industry for
more than eight years. As a response to the
extraordinary increase in activity within
design in the state over the last few years, we are excited to present FORM JOURNAL.
and cities. There has been a groundswell of interest in the design sector, and an ever increasing need to work smarter, design better and live greater than ever before. Our hope is that this publication will become an almanac for the incredible projects that are happening across every discipline in design and architecture in South Australia.
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FORM Journal Editor Nathan James Crane Digital Content Producer John Dexter Digital Manager Jess Bayly Design Director Sabas Renteria Design Assistant Andy Trevor Tran Administration & Distribution Kate Ledgard National Sales and Marketing Manager Tamrah Petruzzelli Advertising Michelle Pavelic Emma Goetjens Lisa Norling Managing Director Manuel Ortigosa
24 THE INNOVATORS We profile three of the state’s design policy changemakers to showcase the roles they have played in shaping our city.
62 THE FUTURE OF ADELAIDE Nicolette Di Lernia explores what the future looks like for Adelaide, and how we can shape our cityscape.
22 ADELAIDE DESIGN LINK Adelaide’s design industry has a new international perspective thanks to a business-led initiative, the Adelaide Design Link (ADL).
28 THE CHOSEN ONES Drawn from a large number of submissions, these projects best represent innovation within their discipline.
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THE NEW INNOVATORS Meet three designers who are part of a new wave of innovators motivated to change the face of South Australian design.
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“What the ADL does, is to shift the
ADELAIDE’S DESIGN INDUSTRY HAS A NEW INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE THANKS TO A BUSINESS-LED INITIATIVE, THE ADELAIDE DESIGN LINK (ADL).
idea of design and architecture from being about style or aesthetic, to being a business tool,” Homburg says. Ninety percent of our time is spent on improving experiences, and the last 10 percent is the style component. Some of our projects might not be about designing a building, but simply changing the way you go about your work.” There are now approximately 20
The origins of this initiative began in
businesses signed-up to be involved
late 2014, when the department of
“One of the major things we noticed out
with the ADL, involving some 300
the Premier and Cabinet approached
of these presentations was that there
employees with a combined turnover of
HASSELL to run a 90-day study on the
was a number of different streams that
approximately $60 million.
potential of exporting design services
emerged, like a health and education
to China.
stream, and we thought … design
The Adelaide Design Link demonstrates
actually plugs into all of these, so we
another way in which the South
“Adelaide’s story is one of liveability,
should try and participate in all of these
Australian design industry can offer
because it has been planned very
streams somehow,” Homburg says.
solutions to the world. Through
well,” says David Homburg, one of the
our ability to connect and our size,
directors of the ADL. “We are still one of
On return, the delegation decided to
the innovations borne out of these
the top five liveable cities in the world.
form a model that would bring together
collaborations mean our state
There are a lot of good design-related
all the disciplines. They hosted a series
not only becomes a platform for
things happening here. The essence of
of meetings with peak bodies to discuss
the transformation of other cities
the model is that we can look at certain
whether it was a good way to export
internationally, but international cities
situations or challenges overseas and
their skill sets.
might embrace our inherent liveability
expand the supply chain and get more South Australian businesses involved.”
as a cultural offering. “Instead of there being disassociated individual businesses, ADL represents all
In 2015, a delegation (including
of us, and is the outward face of design
members from The Australian Institute
for South Australia,” Homburg says. “This
of Architects, Australian Institute of
includes master planning, architecture,
Landscape Architects, Planning Institute
interior design and hopefully product
of Australia, Design Institute of Australia
design as well, which leads into
and Engineers Australia) travelled
advanced manufacturing.”
to Shandong province in China. The Australian cohort explained the concept
In September 2016, a Chinese delegation
of ‘liveability’ and garnered some
came to Adelaide to visit sites such
traction and interest from the Chinese
as the Tonsley precinct and Adelaide
participants.
Botanic Gardens Wetland; projects that are strong examples of innovation. This integrated approach to design thinking and its agency on other disciplines has been seen in other ways as well. Recently, several business schools have integrated design thinking to be a part of their curriculum, and, in general, there is an emerging understanding of the insight designers can offer to challenges outside the traditional role of design and architecture to ‘make buildings’.
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GEORGINA VASILEVSKI As General Manager of People and Place
Management at Renewal SA, Georgina Vasilevski has been responsible for driving the state
Vasilevski works to create “inspiring places that people want to live, work, invest and spend time in”. “I have loved engaging with businesses and the community to try new things that encourage
the creation of unique pockets of places and an atmosphere where people can meet, relax and enjoy,” Vasilevski says of the key projects she has been involved with. With more than 15 years’ experience working in the government sector, especially in key people-focussed roles, she has focussed on delivering strategies to help retain young entrepreneurs and creative industry talent in our state, including the establishment of HUB Adelaide, case management for small bars, and the redevelopment of the former St Paul’s function centre for the purposes of a Creative Arts Centre (an integral part of Vasilevski’s team’s work). She is currently supporting the Riverbank Authority in delivering major projects and activities to the area, including the Festival Plaza redevelopment.
“We have seen a lot of amazing buildings built such as SAHMRI, the Convention Centre and the Adelaide Oval,” Vasilevski says. “The shift I have seen is that we aren’t just thinking about the building but how they interface to the public realm. [This] is now an elevated level of importance.” Vasilevski’s commitment people-led initiatives, and her involvement in championing design within the changing climate of Adelaide’s streetscapes and precincts, reinforces her role as a leading voice for the continuation of South Australia’s urban development.
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as Leigh, Bank and Peel Streets. With her team,
TO RECOGNISE THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE BIGGEST CHANGES IN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE POLICY IN OUR STATE,
included the revitalisation of key laneways such
WE PROFILE SOME OF THE CHANGEMAKERS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN RESHAPING SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S CITYSCAPE.
government’s vibrant city agenda which has
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*GEORGINA VASILEVSKI * JOANNE CYS * KIRSTEEN MACKAY
(DESIGN ACADEMIC & ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA)
JOANNE CYS
Cys is invested in building relationships between academia and practice, and is passionate
With countless contributions to scholarly
about demonstrating how they are both
publications as well as public policy, Joanne Cys
essential for the advancement of the
has been an influential changemaker in South
profession, highlighting the perception of design in the public eye.
Australia for more than 20 years and was recently
positions as Acting Dean and Head of School
inducted into the Australian Design Hall of Fame.
across UniSA’s divisions and is currently a Dean
Beginning as an interior designer, Cys then
within the Division of Education, Arts and Social
“If you ask any designer what their fundamental
became a lecturer at the Louis Laybourne Smith
Sciences. She is the incoming Head of School for
goal is, it will be something about making
School of Architecture and Design at the
the School of Art, Architecture and Design.
things better for people,” she says. “This is not necessarily the mass perception of design in
University of South Australia. Appointed as UniSA’s Program Director of Interior Architecture in 1999, Cys introduced a number of highly successful program innovations; enhancing the engagement of university design students with the industry, through programs such as Professional Practice Week and the Interior Architecture StudentPractitioner Mentor Program. Cys was promoted to Associate Professor of Interior Architecture in 2009. Since then she has held several
An accomplished academic and leader in her field, Cys has been involved in policy making and ambassadorship for design on a broad range of projects including roles as Creative Director for the 2005 biennial [X]periment ’05 Design Symposium and 2004’s Match: creative disciplines collaboration tournament.
the general public, which is usually something explicit, or hard to attain, perhaps. I think the role of design in creating healthy communities in areas like health care or engineering can be articulated even better in the future.”
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(GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT)
KIRSTEEN MACKAY As South Australia’s Government
Architect, Kirsteen Mackay leads the Office for Design and Architecture (ODASA). A registered architect in South Australia and the United
discussing major new architectural projects.
Keen to develop the ways in which the design
Kingdom, Mackay joined ODASA after four
As an advisor and liaison between government
industry currently operates, Mackay says that
years as the head of Design Review in the
and stakeholders, Mackay offers leadership in
“with new work practices we can collectively
UK’s Commission for Architecture and Built
all areas of design governance and strategic
problem-solve through collaborations across
Environment (CABE) and before that spent 15
development across urban precincts, influencing
disciplines”.
years in private practice.
policies that have directly influenced public
awareness of the value and presence of design.
Mackay is responsible for providing design
support to major projects and advice on public
Mackay sees design as an ecology of decision making, rather than just a vocation and says the value the Design Review process offers is “design progress through discussion and critique”.
procurement. As a strategic design thinker, she leads the charge in creating rigorous dialogue around design in Adelaide, through programs such as the peer-led Design Review as Director and Panel Chair, a program that involved facilitating a board of design experts
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(GRIEVE GILLETT ANDERSON)
DINO VRYNIOS For Dino Vrynios, leaders compel
*DINO VRYNIOS * ANTHONY BALSAMO *
people into action by giving ideas away rather than coveting them.
“This type of leadership is so valuable because it empowers people to become makers, shapers and creators,” he says. “It creates an environment where people don’t feel they need to ask permission to do, and ultimately innovate. This is the type of society we need to become in South Australia, because it is going to take many people contributing to ensure our future.” Vrynios, architect and lead for strategic development at Grieve Gillett Anderson, is currently involved in a number of projects as a director, including Tutti, a multi arts organisation for artists with a disability, and Escapod, a luxury regional accommodation start-up that utilises prefabricated modules. Vrynios is also on the SA Chapter Council of the Australian Institute of Architects, an inaugural Co-Creative Director of the Festival of Architecture and Design and the winner of the 2015 Jack Hobbs McConnell Travelling Fellow in Architecture Award.
MEET THREE CREATIVES WHO ARE PART OF A NEW WAVE OF INNOVATORS MOTIVATED TO CHANGE THE FACE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DESIGN.
Vrynios is responsible for taking the lead on another future-led idea: ‘driverless cities’, which he believes Adelaide could be. “Imagine if we took the leap and become the first city in the world to be driverless; that would lead to greater conviction for our state’s vision.” On the topic of innovation, Vrynios says, “When I talk about innovation, I describe an ‘edge’. If we stay at the ‘edge’, we don’t learn, we don’t grow or change and a state of inertia takes hold. If we question convention and test new ideas we step through that threshold, shift the boundaries of our knowledge and create a new ‘edge’. I have always been inquisitive and a bit of a dreamer so it makes sense I like to imagine what lies in the space beyond the ‘edge’.”
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community-based initiatives such as ArtSembly
mobile event space is a new alternative to pop
and was responsible for working with a small
up spaces in Adelaide, and can accommodate
group of colleagues that founded the New
up to 200 people for a variety of uses including
Architects Group (NAG), which has gone on to
launches, conferences, cabaret performances
become a formalised nation-wide initiative of the
and live theatre.
ANTHONY BALSAMO
Australian Institute of Architects.
Adelaide Oval redevelopment.
He has consistently demonstrated a commitment to the outreach of the profession of architecture and the value it can offer to other areas of culture like performing arts.
The winner of this year’s Emerging Architect
One such project is ArtBox which Balsamo has
Prize at the Australian Institute of Architects
been involved in developing with other board
Awards, Balsamo has contributed to a variety of
members of the non-for-profit ArtSembly. The
Anthony Balsamo’s career is one of collaboration and innovation. As an Associate Director of
Walter Brooke, Balsamo has been involved in numerous collaborative projects such as the
Attentive to the potential benefits architecture can offer, Balsamo says, “I am interested in where architectural thinking can sit in other parts of the community. We can broaden our [architecture’s] engagement with the community and show new ways of thinking about things.”
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LIAM MUGAVIN
Mugavin’s work is highly recognised and awarded, having won several prestigious furniture design accolades over the past three
An intimate understanding of materiality and
years. These awards include the 2014 New Work
craftsmanship drives furniture designer Liam
Grant from the Australia Council for the Arts, a
Mugavin’s work, which blends traditional
2015 Drink Dine Design South Australian Emerging
methods with new materials and technologies.
Designer Award, and the 2015 Clarence Prize for Excellence in Furniture Design, a $20,000
As an imminent future leader within his craft,
acquisitive award. Most recently, he won the 2016
Mugavin has had a diverse and unexpected
Make It Award from Makerspace & Co in Sydney.
journey to his current studio practice. Enrolling in a Bachelor of Industrial Design at the University of South Australia in 2004, he completed his first three years of study before being awarded a oneyear paid internship at AirDesign in Mexico, as a junior automotive designer in 2007. Returning to Australia, he completed his Industrial Design degree and shortly thereafter, moved to Japan to teach English (amongst freelance graphic design and personal projects) in a small town outside of Tokyo. After four years in Japan, he returned to Australia to join the JamFactory as an Associate of the training program in their furniture studio where he is now a studio tenant.
Mugavin is also responsible for a collaborative project that is currently a finalist in this year’s Drink Dine Design awards, which he says emphasises his current studio practice, which is mostly in-house. “Keeping the design and production aspects of my works within the studio and engaging with other crafts people to produce components provides an innovative synthesis of ideas and strikes a balance
between design thinking and craft making,” he says. Mugavin has several ongoing projects interstate in New South Wales and Victoria, and will be curating a solo exhibition of his work in Melbourne later this year. His work demonstrates an innovative and deeply refreshing attention to craftsmanship and tradition for a new generation of design lovers.
liammugavin.com
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AN INCREDIBLE RANGE OF SUBMISSIONS.
OF THE DESIGN COMMUNITY TO SEE SUCH
AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ASPIRATIONS
IT IS TESTAMENT TO THE COLLABORATIVE
state’s landscape.
projects that have change the
demonstrate the broad range of
represented, and collectively
design institutions are
Each of the five professional
discipline.
innovation within their
examples that best represent
projects have been selected as
submissions, the following
Drawn from a large number of
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* FORM INNOVATION AWARDS *
LOOKING FORWARD The Adelaide Review and FORM have always been proud to recognise great architecture and design in South Australia through our People’s Choice Awards, traditionally placed in individual institute-run awards ceremonies. As part of a broader plan to extend our commitment to the industry and shine a spotlight on top design projects within the state, this year’s inaugural FORM JOURNAL is the precursor to an exciting new awards ceremony in 2017, the FORM INNOVATION AWARDS (FIA). Entrants from all disciplines will be invited to submit projects through their respective institutes for consideration by a panel of industry judges and public voters. The awards will be a platform to recognise and celebrate the work of designers across all disciplines who have contributed to innovative projects within South Australia. The FORM INNOVATION AWARDS will contribute to an ongoing dialogue on design thinking in South Australia.
and the wider profession.
serve the mutual interests of their members
throughout Australia and overseas and aims to
AILA represents 2000 (and growing) members
and greater environmental stewardship.
for public open spaces, stronger communities
Architects (AILA) champions quality design
The Australian Institute of Landscape
* PHOTOS: BEN WRIGLEY
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B––– Adelaide Botanic Gardens Wetlands
C––– Suneden Special School
D––– Tonsley
E––– Hart’s Mill Surrounds
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Design Team: Taylor Cullity Lethlean with Woodhead
ADELAIDE AIRPORT LANDSIDE
Architects, Mark Stoner & Waterforms Australia.
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ADELAIDE BOTANIC GARDENS WETLANDS
Chosen for its creative and innovative water recycling system, which will enable it to supply water to the entire wetlands. The Adelaide Botanic Gardens Wetlands is a fusion of the design disciplines of landscape architecture, engineering and interpretation, resulting in an integrated system which combines physical, biological, mechanical and hydrological processes to cleanse water for storage and reuse.
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Design Team:TCL with SKM, David Lancashire Design & Paul Thompson
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This project showcases the re-imagination of play spaces, and a thoughtful new perspective on multisensory experiences for children. An imaginative and highly sensorydriven playspace which allows children with special needs to engage in activities that are evocative and bring about a sense of imagination.
* PHOTOS: SWEET LIME PHOTO
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SUNEDEN SPECIAL SCHOOL PLAYSPACE
Design Team: WAX
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TONSLEY Inherently innovative, the Tonsley precinct, when complete, will be a world-class example of collaboration and ingenuity within design and infrastructure. Tonsley is Australia’s first innovation district bringing together leading-edge institutions and companies to connect with start-ups, business incubators and accelerators with a focus on innovation, sustainability and job creation.
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Design Team: Oxigen: Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning, Public Realm Renewal SA: Project Management and Strategy Department of State Development (formerly DMITRE): Development Strategy City of Marion: Local Government Iguana: Site-wide furniture and wayfinding totems, specialist fabrication Hydroplan: Irrigation Gray Hawk: Public Art (salvaged timber benches) Matt Jonsson: Public Art (Central Forest Trunks) Electrolight: MAB lighting strategy Arts SA: Public Art strategy Guildhouse: Public Art procurement Dean Nicolle:
* PHOTOS: OXIGEN
Arboriculture
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Design Team: ASPECT Studios/ Mulloway Studio Selected for its maturity and firm sense of place, the Hart’s Mill project
HART’S MILL SURROUNDS
has undoubtedly contributed to the regeneration of the Port district. This project delivers a revitalised, vibrant and attractive public realm for the Hart’s Mill surrounds in Port Adelaide. Located adjacent to the wharf and with the backdrop of one of Adelaide’s most iconic heritage listed industrial buildings, the space is themed around the site’s flour milling history and the numerous port trade
* PHOTOS: DON BRICE
activities.
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This project’s use of materials, intimate details and craftsmanship, place it within a new era of fitouts across the city. Abbots & Kinney’s multifaceted business model represents a growing trend in hospitality businesses. Listening and understanding Abbots & Kinney’s goals for this project celebrates a shared respect for craft. The design pays homage to artists of varied crafts, celebrating innovation across both borders and generations.
ABBOTS & KINNEY
Design Team: studio-gram
economic well-being of the community.
to enhance the cultural, environmental and
Australian Institute of Architects exists
responsible, sustainable design. The
built environment by promoting quality,
members. The Institute works to improve our
profession in Australia, representing 12,000
is the peak body for the architectural
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A––– Abbots & Kinney
B––– West End Residence
C––– Ukaria Cultural Centre
D––– Centre for Senior Learning, Pulteney Grammar School
E––– Pink Moon Saloon
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WEST END RESIDENCE Working in such a tight site, the residence is cleverly light and airy, yet private and secluded, and brings a new sense of city living to the foreground. On a tight city site in the west end of Adelaide, this house for one occupant is a clever design that embodies the client’s highly specific requirements. The somewhat industrial materials and finishes give the bunkerlike house a solid and unashamedly urban presence.
* PHOTOS: ASHLEY HALLIDAY
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UKARIA CULTURAL CENTRE
An innovative premise, the resulting building highlights the imagination and rich cultural offerings great architecture can provide. The concert space incorporates fine acoustics for chamber music, and the performance space calls for a “gathering of the audience around the performers”. The whole space becomes an extension of the musical instruments themselves. Musicians have remarked on the fullness of the sound, its clarity, richness and warmth.
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Design Team: Anton Johnson Architect
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CENTRE FOR SENIOR LEARNING, PULTENEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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Design Team:
Selected for the integrated and
Walter Brooke & Associates
youthful environments created, it provides new opportunities for different learning outcomes. Reflecting design elements of school, university and real-world work environments, the project captures the transitional nature of the senior student poised between child and adult – supportive and nurturing, yet encouraging independence and self-motivation. This project is a testament to the benefits of collaboration.
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Design Team: Sans-Arc Studio
PINK MOON SALOON
The project’s use of site and traditional form have positioned it as a worthy and innovative architectural talking point in SA. Pink Moon Saloon reactivates what was a bin laneway. It is a simple, but well executed and crafted piece of architecture which utilises its interior spaces cleverly. It is a transformative use of an otherwise deserted space, which breathes warmth and charm into the streetscape.
and professional development.
international activities in education, advocacy
an interrelated program of state, national and
dedicated to advancing the profession through
Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) is
applied design and technology sectors, the
throughout the creative, visual communications,
With more than 2,600 members distributed
A––– Pickle in the Middle
B––– Brown Falconer
C––– Krass Journal
D––– Hugh Hamilton Wines - Black Blood
E––– Energyview
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PICKLE IN THE MIDDLE The graphic-led project has been chosen for the bold and surprisingly refreshing palette and integrated branding. The design is a marriage between graphic and interior disciplines, where the graphic elements are the hero. This collaborative approach to design is a way of creating a truly unique space and is boutique right down to the minute details.
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BROWN FALCONER A prime example of innovation, the creation of a custom alphabet and graphic elements has enabled it to be truly original. Established more than 70 years ago, Brown Falconer is one of Adelaide’s oldest architectural practices. The resulting new identity includes a custom alphabet and logotype based on architectural forms, exuberant colour palette, stationery and report
* PHOTOS: JAMES KNOWLER
templates, signage and interior graphics, written language, photographic standards and digital communications. Design Team: Parallax Design
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This project’s bravery and unapologetically strong graphic presence is a fresh entry into print media. Krass is the brain child of two 20-something Adelaide women, with a vision to share cutting-edge journalism to the world, wrapped up in provocative and heavily stylised design. Now in its second issue, launched in New York, it is now stocked in more than 20 countries around the world and growing rapidly.
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Design Team: Frame Creative
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This has been selected for labelling’s use of emotive and earthly imagery which is striking, exciting and unusual. An intriguing and unexpected product labelling project, the use of natural looking materials conjures images of the outback and regional wine making country.
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HUGH HAMILTON WINES BLACK BLOOD
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Chosen as a custom platform, the online interface presents a new way for client engagement, and communicates information innovatively. Energyview is an online platform that gives intelligence to the the energy industry, providing an outlook of data, analysis and insights. It demonstrates an imaginative and accessible interface which is user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing, while also
* PHOTOS: SECTOR7G
innovating the way in which users engage with the technology.
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Design Team: Sector7g
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Design Team: Jensen Planning + Design, Tonkin consulting, Brecknock Consulting
PROSPECT ROAD ‘VILLAGE HEART’
Selected due to its integrated approach to community planning which is ultimately well resolved. The implementation of the Prospect Road Village Heart illustrates excellence in planning and urban design. The project exhibits best practice street design techniques and sets a precedent for other arterial and main road upgrade projects throughout South Australia.
7500 planners annually.
and internationally, and connects with more than
represents approximately 5300 members nationally
of creating better communities. PIA currently
thousands of planning professionals in their role
is the pivotal organisation serving and guiding
communication and professional development, PIA
the planning profession. Through education,
the national body representing planning and
The Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) is
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B––– Adelaide Oval
C––– Frank Hilton Landfill Remediation Project
D––– Playford Alive Master Plan
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This project shows how a cultural icon can be transformed due to successful multi-disciplinary and multi-practice collaboration. Adelaide Oval is more than a venue, it’s an active participant of the civic and cultural life of the city of Adelaide, constantly engaged with South Australian (SA) stakeholders to ensure it remains a part of the fabric of life in SA. Since the 2014 redevelopment, Adelaide Oval has had a positive impact on the psyche of SA and is a symbol of pride for South Australians.
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This project was selected for its revival of a quiet and underused part of the coastline, which now thrives. This project took a former landfill site with ongoing drainage issues, failing infrastructure and limited recreational facilities and created a truly iconic reserve, fronting one of South Australia’s most picturesque stretches of coastline.
Design Team: City of Prospect
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An integrated and community focussed project, this is an excellent example of planning. Located in the Playford Alive urban renewal program, the small lot housing project meets a key objective to deliver housing options to meet the diversity of needs in the community. The Town Life Living project represents a determination to broaden the range of affordable new housing options for a single person.
PLAYFORD ALIVE MASTER PLAN
Design Team: Renewal SA, URPS, Natalie Fuller and Associates, ASPECT Studios, Playce Pty Ltd.
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support and promote designers.
and organisations who employ, commission,
together design practitioners with people
Industrial Design. The DIA brings
disciplines including Interior and
domestically and internationally in
Australian design and designers both
professional design, the DIA represents
As Australia’s industry body for
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B––– Arthritis Nurse Call Pendant
C––– Beresford Cellar Door
D––– Osteria Oggi
E––– SA Museum Donation Box
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ANTICA This interior is a fresh and wholesome approach to dining and a fabulous translation of Italian culture. The interior of Antica speaks of the old world cellars in countryside Italy. With an evocative and refined palette of materials, the space is a dramatic and well considered backdrop in which to experience the restaurant’s food and wine.
Desighn Team: Genesin Studio
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This project is a world first, and demonstrates the power of collaboration between university and health sectors. The Arthritis Nurse Call Pendant was a collaboration between the University of South Australia and Hills Limited, focusing on the development a new nurse call assistive device, suitable for the residential aged care market. The project radically deconstructs the traditional nurse call button to one without a physical button at all.
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BERESFORD CELLAR DOOR
The interior has been chosen for its daring black and white palette and originality, which contrasts with the landscape beyond. A striking use of materials and form, the cellar door celebrates and takes advantage of the picturesque Barossa Valley views, while delivering a high level of
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detail and finishing.
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A local favourite, Oggi represents fine design, excellent brand awareness and a creative and fun loving approach to architecture. Oggi is a simple and subdued interior with a playful personality, informed by the squares and piazzas of Italy. The repetition, materiality and formal nature of these outdoor spaces have all influenced the outcome, a beautifully refined, authentic and refreshing take on Italian dining.
Design Team: studio-gram
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SA MUSEUM DONATION BOX
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The donation box project has been selected for the clever and well-refined synthesis of form and function, while also being playful and engaging. The object incorporates movement and animation into an interactive element that children love, while also drawing upon a contemporary aesthetic that pays homage to the Museum’s status as a leader in scientific research.
Design Team: JamFactory Metal Design Studio
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THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AWARDS
South Australia’s architectural elite
gathered at Adelaide Oval on July 2 to celebrate this year’s winners of the South Australian Architecture Awards. PHOTOS BY DAVID MARIUZ
BOTANICA POP-UP LAUNCH AT BRICK + MORTAR
In-conjunction with its Pop Up store, Botanica hosted a small, intimate launch event at Brick + Mortar which included a workshop for guests and mossarium aficionados to provide a hands on experience into the Botanica lifestyle. PHOTOS BY ANDREAS HEUER
CAESARSTONE 2016 NEW COLOUR LAUNCH AT PUBLISHED ARTHOUSE
Caesarstone launched their new colour for 2016 in the presence of hundreds of design and retail industry professionals at Published Arthouse on Wednesday, August 31. PHOTOS BY JOSH GEELEN
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SA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARDS FOR 2016
On July 29, the South Australian branch for
the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects celebrated this year’s award winners at ODASA. PHOTOS BY DARYL TIAN AND GEN FONG (SAILA FRESH)
APSDA IN ADELAIDE
Hosted by the DIA, APSDA 2016 explored the theme of ‘Home’, bringing together professional multi-disciplinary designers from across the Asia Pacific region. PHOTOS BY ATHANASIOS LAZAROU
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will Adelaide be like in the future and will it be the city we want?
government, societal and economic factors all shape our cities and our lives. So what
We live in a time of rapid change. Technology, population growth, transport,
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CITIES ARE LARGE AND COMPLEX ORGANISMS AND THEY ARE HOME TO A VAST NUMBER OF PEOPLE, ALL OF WHOM HAVE INDIVIDUAL PRIORITIES AND PREFERENCES. GIVEN THIS, HOW DO WE CREATE AN INCLUSIVE, LIVEABLE, EQUITABLE AND VIBRANT CITY AS OPPOSED TO THE POST-APOCALYPTIC DYSTOPIAS SO POPULAR IN YOUNG ADULT FICTION? Since the Industrial Revolution, the majority of the developed world’s population live in cities. With advances in technology came economic opportunity and an improved quality of life for many, along with higher standards of education and cultural development. The rapid growth of cities also produced pollution, overcrowding, poverty, environmental degradation and disease. Adelaide is a city born of the Industrial Revolution. It provided a chance for European settlers to create a city based on the best principles of the time, while leaving overcrowding, crime and stifling social convention largely behind. It was carefully planned (physically, economically and socially) to create a community that valued the rights of the individual and fostered opportunity and innovation. –––––––––––––––––– ADELAIDEREVIEW.COM.AU
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The well-considered, pre-planned city form survives largely intact to this day and continues to serve us well in many respects. Following settlement, the next
life provided by mass housing
major influence on the form of
is comparable if not better than
Adelaide were developments in
that offered by suburban housing.
transport - radial settlement along
Mass transit has long been the
This can only be achieved through
public transport routes followed
mechanism used within cities to
intelligent, well resolved design and
by suburban sprawl enabled by the
minimise traffic congestion and
quality construction.
rise of private car ownership. Car
pollution. It works effectively where
ownership has provided high levels of
there are high population densities
The other consideration when
mobility, flexibility and access as well
which provide the volume of
planning for higher residential
as traffic congestion and pollution.
passengers to make it cost effective.
densities is the need for
In addition to these direct impacts
Mass transit is also a product of the
infrastructure and services to
from car ownership, we can also
Industrial Revolution and therefore
support the population. The rise
attribute low population densities,
not new, so any future benefits to
of the private car has seen the
overstretched infrastructure and
the development of Adelaide through
demise of the local shop and
social isolation to the rise of the
mass transit will need to come from
the majority of local community
car. Cars have enabled people to
the way in which it is implemented.
services. Increased population
buy into the suburban dream but at what cost?
GREATER ADELAIDE IS NOW A LOW DENSITY, GEOGRAPHICALLY SPREAD, SOCIALLY STRATIFIED CITY, WITH ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES GENERALLY DECREASING AS YOU MOVE FROM THE CENTRE TO THE FRINGE. IT’S CERTAINLY A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE TO LIVE THAN IT WAS 100 OR EVEN 50 YEARS AGO.
density should be accompanied Perhaps new mass transit systems
by mixed use development that
should only be approved for routes
provides people with ready access to
where the development plan will
workplaces, services and recreation
achieve the required population
facilities. Otherwise higher density
density to make the system viable.
development will be nothing more
To make these higher density
than compact dormitory suburbs.
developments attractive to the local community we need to develop
However not everyone will want to
quality models for higher density
live in an apartment and we have
housing.
significant suburban development that suits the lifestyle of many,
Adelaide is slowly coming around
provides us with cultural identity and
to apartment living. What we need
represents a significant economic
now is to develop a better range
and environmental investment. These
of mass housing models that suit
areas need to remain viable. Could
people of different ages, lifestyles
driverless cars provide a solution?
and household sizes. And we need to make sure that the quality of
Driverless vehicles offer the
So where do we go from here? Let’s
potential for retaining the benefits
consider transport as an agent of
of cars while addressing their
change and look at the potential
negative impacts. They provide
provided by mass transit and
the opportunity to connect people
autonomous, or driverless, vehicles.
and places with a high degree of flexibility, as well as being safer and requiring less space for roads and parking. The vast areas currently devoted to car parking could be reclaimed for other development and excess road width could be repurposed for cycling, walking and urban landscape.
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HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF DRIVERLESS VEHICLES ARE LARGELY CONTINGENT ON HOW WE MAKE USE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY PROVIDE. IF EVERYONE REPLACES THEIR CURRENT CAR WITH A DRIVERLESS ONE AND THE FORMER CAR PARKS ARE DEVELOPED FOR STANDARD HOUSING THEN THE POSSIBILITY FOR CHANGE IS MINIMISED. So, what would Adelaide be like if the following scenario was implemented? Some households and organisations could opt for a share in a fleet of driverless vehicles, providing managed access to transport
In this scenario there would be
This scenario supports the individual
as required. A vehicle could be
no need for car parking around
choice and personal freedoms that
ordered to collect people from their
shopping centres, cultural precincts,
our society values. It also recognises
front door and take them to their
sports grounds or transport
that, when it comes to complex
destination, after which the vehicle
interchanges. This would enable
systems like cities, a collective,
would take itself to the next booking
mixed use development including
holistic approach tends to result in a
or a common garaging facility.
medium- to high-density housing to
better resolved outcome.
be established immediately around There would be no car ownership
these activity centres without the
At a time when change is occurring at
costs, no need to find or pay for a
attendant congestion that would
an unprecedented rate it is important
car park once the destination was
occur currently. These areas would
that we define the desired outcome
reached and no garage required
become true town centres - vibrant,
and then consider the ways in which
at their residence, enable users to
connected and self-sustaining.
new technologies, economic models,
access lower cost housing options.
decision making mechanisms and
There would need to be a cost for
People living and working in these
governance structures can assist us
management of the driverless vehicle
centres would be more likely to be
in achieving that outcome. This will
fleets but this could be regulated
within walking or cycling distance
maximise our potential for achieving
by government to provide equity of
of shops, services and recreation
the best possible Adelaide – the
access. Low income earners could be
facilities. Those with jobs in the
Adelaide that we want.
provided with subsidised access and
city would be able to access mass
the elderly would retain the means
transit by foot or bike. This would
for safe, independent travel, assisting
create healthier lifestyles and further
them to age in place.
reduce the need for vehicles within densely populated areas, making them safer, quieter and cleaner.
Nicolette Di Lernia, SA Chapter President, Australian Institute of Architects
Some households and organisations may choose to retain a privately owned vehicle. This would enable people living in suburban settings to remain connected. And, providing these vehicles were driverless, there would still be no need to provide parking at the destination. The vehicle would simply return to park at the owner’s premises until it was needed. Or it could be made available for others to book, providing income to the owner.
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