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Project • By SpaceInvader • Pavilions
Piccadilly Gardens Pavilion
SpaceInvader has led a local Manchester creative team on a scheme to redesign the city’s Piccadilly Gardens Pavilion for client L&G Asset Management, evolving the original 2002 structure, installed as part of the city’s preparations for hosting of The Commonwealth Games, following local issues and feedback.
“The Pavilion at Piccadilly Gardens has divided public opinion in the city ever since it was installed” John Williams, Founder of SpaceInvader explained, “with some perceiving it to be monolithic and unfriendly. It’s also unfortunately attracted anti-social behaviour because its lack of permeability blocks visual surveillance by the police force.”
Jody Hartley
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News • News • 3 Apr 2022
Olderfleet by Grimshaw Architects and Carr is driven by opposing forces of old and new, dark and light
Located in the centre of Melbourne’s CBD, Olderfleet by Grimshaw Architects is a 58,000 sq m PCA Premium Grade office tower. Set back from three heritage-listed buildings, the 40-storey building is a juxtaposition of old and new and drives a narrative anchored on binary oppositions and the passage of time. The architectural vision is complemented by an interior architecture approach from Carr that provides comfort and convenience that is comparable to a luxury hotel.
Nicole England
Rebecca Trenorden, Associate Director at Carr explains “Driving the interiors was an exploration of opposing forces – of old and new, dark and light, compression and expansion, and night and day – contributing to the project’s... More