In response to the need for emergency shelters in disaster zones and bringing awareness to the public about the role of the design and construction industry following natural disasters, Emergency Shelters Australia is holding an exhibition in Brisbane showcasing individual shelter designs from 12 selected architects.
Neylan Architecture is one of the firms chosen by the exhibition organisers to prepare individual designs and arrange construction of them at the King George Square exhibition venue July 17-20,
2012.
Nearing completion at Bourbong Street in the medical precinct of Bundaberg is our new 1000sq.m. medical centre. It is anchored by a 400sqm pharmacy with general practitioner and specialist medical suites and a pathology collection centre. Support services will include a cafe on the street front. The building presents a strong image within the streetscape with a prominent plywood clad awning structure providing protection to the shopfronts below.
The Office is busy this year working on two large industrial projects at Curtis Island off Gladstone. They involve the detailed design and construction of a number of buildings required to house workers controlling the gas production trains which are to be housed on the island for the purpose of converting coal seam gas into LNG for export.
The recent flood damage to ferry infrastructure provides an opportunity to
re-assess the nature of the support infrastructure which was rudimentary. Since
public transport along the river has become integral to the city and an
identifier for Brisbane -an attribute of city life that sets us apart from other
cities- the next phase in the evolution of its support infrastructure is
justifiable and necessary.
Our entry in this “Ideas Competition” illustrates our main objective, which is to highlight and enhance the character of the system’s
various terminals. A key finding which defines our proposal, is the fact that each ferry landing location has its own unique contextual attributes and will need to handle differing intensities of passenger movement. Therefore “adaptability” and “flexibility” are essential to our proposed strategy. Our vision contemplates dynamic and movable terminals where physical and cultural variances will manifest in unexpected and changing ways.
In our city of Brisbane (Australia) we have just experienced the worst floods in 36 years. One outcome has been power outages which has meant that traffic lights at many of our street intersections have not been working.
This has not resulted in any noticeable chaos !
In fact some observers have commented that traffic flows have been better – drivers are far more alert & considerate and they are driving more cautiously.
Since this blog began we have been attempting to point out the disconnect between building height and development density.
Our qualitative assessment of two inner urban areas of Brisbane (Newstead & Petrie Bight) showed the diametrically opposed urban form characteristics of each area (podium/tower high-rise type vs. low-rise perimeter block form) and offered some value judgements on the relative merits of each type in terms of the actual environment created for residents.
New medical centre proposed
Mike Derry | 19th October 2010
BUNDABERG could be home to a new $8 million medical centre if a
development company’s plan gains Bundaberg Regional Council approval. The
centre, proposed by developer Honeyford, would be built across the road from the Bundaberg Hospital.
Honeyford director Anthony McPhee, said the building could also include extras such as a shop, cafe or restaurant.
“We’re trying to make it quite an impressive building,” Mr McPhee said.
Wallaby prop Al Baxter has graduated as an Architect and has set up this very interesting blog:
http://www.alastairbaxter.com/
Accommodating Brisbane’s projected population growth over coming decades means that we have to build around 138,000 new dwellings as “infill” development by 2031. (This infill development is intended to represent 88% of all new dwellings to be constructed by 2031 – a tall order !).
Meeting this target means densification of development in selected areas throughout the city – a proposition which generates opposition from existing residents who automatically equate density with high-rise buildings. This correlation between density and height is erroneous: sure, building tall is one way of acheiving density, but we have illustrated in a previous post that this is not the only way.
