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Bresic Whitney, Rosebery

Josh Mulford was design and project architect for Bresic Whitney Rosebery at Chenchow Little Architects, who retain full copyright and project attribution.

Bresic Whitney are one of Sydney’s leading Estate Agents. The business has operated on passion and an unwavering commitment to high-end quality. The same principles were embedded into their new office fitout. Working within a heritage-listed warehouse and a limited budget and timeframe, the office interior is designed as a theatre-set, without solid walls to reduce cost and expedite completion.

Project Type

Commercial Office Fitout

Studio

Chenchow Little Architects

Status

Completed 2018

Bresic Whitney, Rosebery
Bresic Whitney, Rosebery

Circular working and meeting pods are arranged with wrapping perimeter curtains, becoming an installational spatial device. At capacity, 25 staff distribute across 3 pods of varying size, encouraging collaboration and allowing flexibility for different team sizes and the staging of increased staff levels.

Circular geometry is introduced as a counterpoint to the warehouse grid, and facilitates a diagonal circulation link between the existing street and rear precinct entry. The placement of each pod guides circulation, and with movement, creates the dynamic compression and expansion of space, drawing the visitor towards the reception desk.

Bresic Whitney, Rosebery
Bresic Whitney, Rosebery

The S-fold velvet curtains provide a level of opulence and surprise to an office interior, and are paired back seamlessly with low-tech materials such as birch plywood and industrial concrete paint. The majority of joinery and furniture is custom-designed in plywood to continue the circular geometry and reduce the palette of materials.

Vintage, turn-of-the-century, colours such as olive green, indigo blue 
and pastel pink, were selected to reflect the buildings heritage and denote each pods function. Floor finishes, curtain tracks and joinery supports match associated curtain colours to create a singular, monochromatic colour palette, appearing as rooms within a volume. Curtain tracks are suspended from the pitched warehouse ceiling, retaining the overall coherence of the warehouse, and the thick velvet curtains are raised above the floor, creating the strange appearance of a weighty mass hovering in mid-air.

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Bresic Whitney, Rosebery
Bresic Whitney, Rosebery

The endless configuration of curtain positions and rich layering of vintage colours creates an elemental and always-changing interior experience, flexible in both its mode and appearance, creating the maximum effect with an economy of moves.

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Bresic Whitney, Rosebery
Bresic Whitney, Rosebery
Bresic Whitney, Rosebery
Bresic Whitney, Rosebery
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Bresic Whitney, Rosebery
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Bresic Whitney, Rosebery
Bresic Whitney, Rosebery
Bresic Whitney, Rosebery

Photography

Peter Bennetts & Ben Hosking

Publications

  • The Local Project, 2018
  • Inside Magazine (Australia), Issue 100, 2018
  • Yellowtrace, October 2018

Awards

  • Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2018, Winnner, Best ‘Workplace Under 1,000sqm’ Category
  • Australian Institute of Architects, NSW Chapter Awards 2018: Shortlisted, Interior Architecture
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Josh Mulford Architects are a Canberra and Sydney based architecture studio focused on bespoke residential and commercial projects.

We believe in a collaborative approach to design, working with our clients to skilfully guide their project from inception to completion. We are passionate about good design and elegant space-making as a means for enriching our client’s daily lives.

Click on the following publications to find out more:
The Design Files
Habitus Living
The Canberra Times

Nominated Architect: Joshua Mulford
NSW Architecture Registration Number: 9876

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