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Blauel Architects
in collaboration with the core masterplanning team have been commissioned
to upgrade the final car assembly section of the plant located on
South West Corner of the site. This area is most prominent to the
public and is bordered by two main ring roads. From these arterial
routes the public have views directly into the assembly plant. The
building is in need of refurbishment and was identified by the masterplanning
team as a priority project. The decision to start the modifications
with this building were based on the immediate impact the work would
have on the public perception of the site and the impact on the internal
concept of the site, making visible the assembly plant to the public
from the road. The brief was to demolish the existing shipping deck
and develop an architectural language for the South West corner. The
design involves the insertion of seven large glazed bays allowing
views directly into the production plant and into the depth of the
space. The practice is researching the possibility of cladding the
entire corner in corrugated steel or corrugated Eternit and this impact
will create a new very visible identity to the building which will
in turn relate to the identity of the site. |
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