VIC -councilhouse2 VIC -council house 2 RISING UP FROM THE SITE OF long-term cost savings. The CH2 Yuncken’s motto is ‘“Building Value’” and and has developed a reputation as a premier THE DEMOLISHED TIVOLI CAR PARK project has been called the most over the years they have built a strong developer of “green” projects in the Melbourne area. The 60L project in the in the Melbourne CBD is a project that will sustainable office development in Australia reputation based around quality and building Melbourne CBD, built by Hansen Yuncken, establish a new benchmark for environmentally and will be recognized as a world leader in integrity, with the aim of creating value for was one of the first major “green” buildings sustainable architecture in Australia. When sustainable design. their customers. completed, the Council House 2 (Ch2) project in Melbourne. In addition, the K2 Hansen Yuncken Project Manager for the will be the first Australian building to achieve For such an ambitious project, the City of development for the Victorian Government CH2 project Mr. Paul Bolton says, “Our aim a Green 6 star rating under the Green Building Melbourne engaged Australia’s fifth-largest on St. Kilda Road will achieve a Green Star 5 is to build value for the client by working rating. The company’s experience with Councils Green Star rating system. The City of construction company, Hansen Yuncken. with them to achieve the best possible environmentally sustainable projects made Melbourne’s vision for its new administration Established in 1918, Hansen Yuncken is an outcome we can”. them the perfect candidate for the City of building is to create a real example of the Australian-owned company with an annual 2 CH2 benefits of sustainable design, both in terms of Melbourne’s CH project. turnover in excess of $520 million and Hansen Yuncken has a strong tradition of preserving the environment and in terms of COUNCIL HOUSE 2 employing approximately 400 staff. Hansen building environmentally sustainable projects continued pg.44 42 43 VIC -councilhouse2 VIC -council house 2 Shading Systems of Australia THE NEED TO DEVELOP “Ferrari”, Shading Systems has employed an NEVER BEFORE SEEN manual and environmentally sound, specially coated and automatic shading systems, some with full-loop woven polyester radiation screen to be the first motorised control, and provide an line barrier in controlling solar radiation. environmentally friendly product in the process, meant that Shading Systems of Australia was the WORLD FIRST – TIMES THREE perfect shading solution supplier for CH2. Peter Scrivenor, Technical director of Shading The company, which has a strong and Systems of Australia, says “to satisfy all the respected, component engineering and design criteria for the designers and client, we actually background, was the first choice to provide the started from scratch to develop 3 “first of their shading system requirements for the 6 green kind” products especially for CH2. stars Melbourne project. Shading Systems’ The first of these is an external, permanently and air conditioning) delivering the world’s first specialist expertise, and its particular fixed, “light shelf in-fill”. These are genuinely fully integrated shading system. experience in developing new products from prefabricated aluminium frames designed to architectural briefs, set it apart from its neatly insert into the steel framework to be The final product developed for CH2 by the competitors. Having worked within the installed above each North facing balcony. Shading Systems team, is a unique internal roller shading system that operates from a building, construction, architectural and Comprised of a series of decreasing size, hidden location in an upwards direction. interior design industries for many years, removable shading panels, Shading Systems Extending above the aforementioned targeted Shading Systems of Australia has vast will fill these frames with the special Ferrari shade panel mechanism, this will provide the experience in developing specific shading environmentally friendly textile. solutions for unique and difficult assignments shade for the upper section of all the external including glazed areas in both vertical facades The second product Shading Systems has windows on the North of the building. and horizontal roofs for the shading designed for CH2 is a moving “targeted shade The CH2 project, with its unique requirements, requirements of the new wave of panel system”. Using a unique and exclusive has provided many challenges for the Shading environmentally conscious developments. system, this mechanism will operate a moving Systems of Australia design team. With its panel of shade fabric up and down a series of background in component engineering and It was in fact Shading steel guides to provide adjustable “targeted” Systems’ unique design, as well as complete Shading System shade to the internal office areas concentrating installations, the company has been able to experience in working on the specific layout of seating, desks, VDU’s meet these challenges and develop exciting with environmentally etc. within the office depending on the intensity new products for what is to be Australia’s sound materials and of light and the time of day. In an exciting greenest building. delivering world first development, Shading Systems will environmentally supply this product into CH2 with a number of friendly products that full loop controlled motorised versions to SHADING SYSTEMS OF AUSTRALIA helped the company provide shade at the top, bottom and 9/1-7 Canterbury Road secure the coveted CH2 intermediate levels of the large, lower windows Braeside, VIC, 3195 contract. Working for CH2’s North façade that are fully integrated PH: 03 9588 1200 closely in conjunction into the BMS and for the very first time will FX: 03 9588 1233 with French textile provide complete positional feedback to the www.shadingsystems.com manufacturing company main computers (that are controlling lighting [email protected] MIGLAS WINDOWS a clear environmental vision MIGLAS WINDOWS WAS Miglas manufactured and supplied the specialised ESTABLISHED IN THE EARLY 1970’S BY windows for the CH2 project. Mr. Miglas said that WALLY MIGLAS as a family joinery business. no other window manufactures could meet the The business evolved and developed and was stringent requirements for timber windows in the 10 continued on by his son Anatol Miglas. storey environmental, sustainable development. Located in new premises in Montrose Victoria since One of these requirements was that the timber was 1985, Miglas specialises in window design and sourced from re-growth forests. manufacture. The company boasts the latest, state-of- “All timber, for every project, is sourced from the-art machinery, guarantee a consistent product and sustainable re-growth forests. The native timber is continue to develop innovative, sustainable designs. private or state forests approved by the Victorian “All the products are designed in-house and we are Department of Natural Resources and Environment for continually improving the design and construction selective logging of re-growth timber.” said Mr. Miglas. methods. The result is a product that we believe Miglas are continually developing their products with outperforms anything in the market under NATA the environment in mind. Recently the company was approved laboratory tests. Recent tests on our Ali selected to manufacture and supply windows to two Clad window exceeded 2000 pa of water pressure” sustainable housing developments – K2 in Windsor, said Mr. Miglas. Melbourne and Walford Terraces in Hobart. As well as producing high quality products, environmental sustainability is an important part of For more information, please telephone the company philosophy. MIGLAS WINDOWS on (03) 9728 3999 52 55 Ronstan International VIC -councilhouse2 VIC -council house 2 SCOTT DEVELOPMENT are involved refurbishing the new CH2 building which is part of the Melbourne City Council project. The refurbishment consists of the new 6 metre high Trespa panels available from Laminex Industries. The panels are 8mm and 13mm thick and will be installed in the foyer of the building and the exterior creating a new state of the art appearance. The Trespa panels will also form the vanity benches and wall paneling to the wet areas. In addition to the CH2 building Scott Development are intensively involved in a number of projects throughout Australia specialising in retail and commercial fitouts from the various bars at the M.C.G. to extensive works at the new R.A.C.V. building in Melbourne. “We are proud to be associated with some of Australia’s leading designers and architects” said Mr. Barry Scott. In addition to these works Scott Development are committed to retail fitouts and building refurbishment, for example the new Instyle Head Office in Richmond, Victoria which was designed by Mr. Philip Adams from Design Empathy in Sydney. Boral Concr ete Our retail expertise ranges from pharmacies, As part of the Green Building Council of reducing the impact on the environment but optical shops, clothing, hairdressing salons and THE CITY OF MELBOURNE Australia’s assessment of building materials also supplies a wide range of high bars from the Westfield Shopping Centres, the SET AN AMBITIOUS GOAL used in CH2, “green” concrete was Gandel Group and various shopping strips. of sustainable building with the design of performance and architectural concrete Council House 2. This challenge was met by acknowledged to be exceptionally products