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ROYAL WOLF – MELBOURNE HQ
ROYAL WOLF – MELBOURNE HQ
Melbourne, Australia
Project Featured on Jun 17, 2014
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ROYAL WOLF – MELBOURNE HQ
Melbourne, Australia
Project Featured on Jun 17, 2014
Royal Wolf is a specialist in the hire, sale, and modification of new and refurbished shipping containers. Utilizing the steel fabrication skill sets of this company, Room11 took a shipping container and transformed its typically claustrophobic volume into a spacious, light-filled work environment with internal courtyards.
The project functions as the administrative and site office for the company at their depot and fabrication center in Sunshine, Victoria. The offices and reception area revolve around a centralized courtyard, with the meeting room, kitchen, and state and regional manager offices linked to further courtyards.
The design utilizes entire containers, positioned in a way that 20-foot and 40-foot containers create four courtyards, externally forming a complete rectangle. Container ends are sheared off and replaced with face fixed, full height glazing. Rather than cover the metal skin of the containers internally, the sheared ends are reused to create insulated sandwich panels, exposing and celebrating the raw material. The ceiling is also left exposed and insulated on top with rigid insulation and a membrane roof. Finally, two containers are placed on end, creating a high narrow void with a skylight at the entry while functioning as a marker for signage within the flat terrain.
Positioned next to a major road, the office is internalized, each work space receiving direct views of the courtyards that provide a respite from the industrial surroundings.
The project functions as the administrative and site office for the company at their depot and fabrication center in Sunshine, Victoria. The offices and reception area revolve around a centralized courtyard, with the meeting room, kitchen, and state and regional manager offices linked to further courtyards.
The design utilizes entire containers, positioned in a way that 20-foot and 40-foot containers create four courtyards, externally forming a complete rectangle. Container ends are sheared off and replaced with face fixed, full height glazing. Rather than cover the metal skin of the containers internally, the sheared ends are reused to create insulated sandwich panels, exposing and celebrating the raw material. The ceiling is also left exposed and insulated on top with rigid insulation and a membrane roof. Finally, two containers are placed on end, creating a high narrow void with a skylight at the entry while functioning as a marker for signage within the flat terrain.
Positioned next to a major road, the office is internalized, each work space receiving direct views of the courtyards that provide a respite from the industrial surroundings.
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