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ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Symphony Orchestra Performance Space South Brisbane

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

ABC Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

Context Concept Queensland Symphony Orchestra State of the Art Facilities Sustainability Drawings
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ABC Headquarters

Cross-platform media production centre consisting of radio and TV studios, post-production facilities, online services, orchestra rehearsal hall, music practice studios, open plan office space, communal staff hubs, staff training rooms, boardroom, retail tenancies, loading bay, basement car park, end of trip facilities, and associated plant and equipment rooms.

Location
South Bank, Brisbane, Australia

Client
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Status
Completed in 2012

Gross Floor Area
15,000 m²

Context

The building is located in a prime location within the South Bank cultural precinct, adjacent to Brisbane’s significant cultural institutions. The site's prominent and public nature is reflected in the buildings' internal shared spaces that are open and transparent. The building has become a new landmark destination that realises the site's potential by reinforcing and contributing to the Queensland Government’s vision for the South Bank precinct and maximising activation and engagement with the public.

The ABC and the QSO are public institutions. The building's design responds to this by creating and defining open public spaces around its perimeter and by maximising transparency to and from the building, out to the surrounding streets Parklands.

The architecture of the new headquarters responds strongly to the constraints and possibilities of the site.

Michael Keniger
AA May/June 2013

Concept

The ABC Brisbane Accommodation building achieves a stimulating and healthy work environment, able to change in line with the future demands of the national broadcaster. The importance of ensuring a degree of flexibility and future-proofing for the ABC reflects the unique requirements and needs of the deadline-driven media industry.

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

The purpose-built, 600m² Media Production Studio (MPS) functions uniquely as a rehearsal space for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) and a TV & Radio production studio for the ABC.

Virtual acoustic modelling resulted in the design of operable acoustic panelling (absorbers, and reflective and diffusing elements), fine-tuned by KIRK and acoustic engineer ARUP in an iterative process. Numerous design modes manipulate operable elements and allow the MPS to cater to a diverse range of orchestral music and radio and television production.

State of the Art Facilities

The headquarter building for the ABC’s operations in Brisbane contains offices, specialist radio and television spaces with associated support spaces, a 600 m² rehearsal studio for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) hospitality and retail facilities.

Reflecting their status for the ABC and their potential to be highly visible to the public, the ABC’s local 612 Radio Studio is located in a prominent position on the corner of Russell Street and the Parklands arbour. The studios are configured, so they are highly transparent and visible from both Russell Street and the Parklands.

Sustainability

The project was awarded a 5 Star GreenStar by design rating and is targeting a 4.5-star NABERS as-built rating.

Ground Floor Plan
Level 1 Plan
Level 2 Plan
Level 3 Plan
Richard Kirk has concentrated a pronounced expression of the ABC's function and purpose in an emblematic crescendo of form and space...

Michael Keniger
Architecture Australia May/June 2013

Awards Team Publications
ASI QLD and NT Steel Excellence Awards 2014 Steel Excellence in Steel Clad Structures
RAIA Regional Commendation 2013
Landscape Architect Gamble McKinnon Green
Structural & Civil Engineers Cardno
Electrical Engineer Aurecon
Fire Engineer AECOM
Hydraulic & Mechanical Engineers WSP Group
ESD Consultants Cundall
Acoustic Consultants ARUP
Access Consultant Access All Ways
Building Certifier Certis
Contractor Leighton
Photographer Christopher Frederick Jones & Scott Burrows
URO Media 2015 'From the Ground Up: 20 Stories of a Life in Architecture' Download PDF
University of Queensland 2014, p.1 'UQ Architecture Course Brochure' Download PDF
BlueScope Steel (website) Nov, 2013 'ABC Brisbane Accommodation Project' Download PDF
Steel Profile Nov, 2013, pp. 34-41 'Good Vibrations', Fraser, M. Download PDF
Architecture Australia Vol. 102, No. 3, pp. 78-86 'ABC Brisbane', Keniger, M. Download PDF
Courier Mail May 2012, p.63 'Architects raise the roof' Download PDF
Brisbane News February-March 2012, p12 'Aunty's Home' Download PDF

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