QCEC Workplace Fitout | Projects

QCEC
Workplace Fitout

More material was removed than replaced by this project, ensuring that the original heritage fabric would be the hero in this new workplace. It brings together previously disconnected staff, moving them from a series of internal offices spread throughout the heritage listed building, and relocates them into a single, light-filled, collaborative workplace.

Info

Client:

QCEC

Location:

Land of Turrbal and Jagera peoples
Brisbane CBD

Size:

830 m²

Status:

completed

Typology:

Commercial

Quotes

Responding to the client’s ambitions for austerity, the design strategies utilised by the architect are simple, curious, and highly effective. A simple material palette is confidently set against the preserved existing building fabric of brick and timber. Blue arches inverted and hung from the roof structure along with simple furniture elements provide for a secure yet open workspace.

RAIA Queensland State Jury awards citation. (2019)

Cited

Awards:

2019 AIA Queensland Architecture Awards: State Commendation for Interior Architecture: Level 3, 143 Edward Street, Brisbane (QCEC Workplace Fitout)

2019 AIA Queensland Architecture Awards: Regional (Brisbane) Commendation for Interior Architecture: Level 3, 143 Edward Street, Brisbane (QCEC Workplace Fitout)

The layout and finishes are carefully curated to take advantage of the building's existing character. New partitions drape between existing heritage structures, whilst tall ceilings, large windows, and ambient light, soften this new hybrid workplace.

Viewed from one direction, robust brick and timber heritage fabric is contrasted with light weight suspended walls hanging from the existing exposed timber roof structure. In the other direction, variegated planting layers the open planned space between the window lines.