Adaptive reuse of a heritage listed building
Working collaboratively as part of the design team with the developer ICD, the architects of the tower BVN and the heritage podium architects FJMT, WSP provided design support (Building Services, Vertical Transportation, Sustainability, Fire engineering, Acoustics, Structural and Civil engineering) from DA submission, stage 2 DA to tender documentation.
Through our recent acquisition enstruct, we continue to provide Structural and Civil services for the construction partner Richard Crookes Construction.
The City Tattersalls Club renovation creates a destination hotel built through and over the heritage podium. Our structural experts appreciated that the structure had to weave its way around and through the heritage sensitive podium. With the design structure remaining respectful of the important heritage items while still being constructable.
City Tattersall Club - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
WSP conceived of methods to create the additional space under the heritage building and considered how to weave the existing structure into the new to bring the structural capacities up to current code, and with minimal modifications to the frame.
The tower offers challenges with cantilevers in two directions over the heritage podium. WSP enabled the architecture by achieving these cantilevers with walking walls. Enabling the architect to position the columns within the building for the best fit of the layout whilst achieving the necessary structural support. Minimising the impact on the layouts and providing constructability concepts that enable the contractors to control the tendering risk.