Radford Receives Architectural Upgrade
05 September 2007
| Location: | Bruce, Australian Capital Territory |
| Country: | Australia |
| Client: | Radford College |
| Architect: | Cox Humphries Moss Architects |
| Project Architect: | Agnieszka Liso |
Radford College in Bruce, has received a modern 'industrial' addition to its campus with the completion of the stylish new Art, Design and Technology Centre.
As the college's existing art facilities were cramped and scattered over several buildings, Cox Humphries Moss Architects were brought in to design a brand centre that would solve all the space issues and give the campus an exciting new focal point.
In contrast to other buildings on the site which are predominantly made of brick, the new art centre stands out a mile with its industrial looking facade covered in COLORBOND® steel.
LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB® made from COLORBOND® steel was used to create an industrial, shed like look and covers the entire exterior of the centre. On the back wall, where the roof and wall appear as one element, sections of steel have been used in different directions to break up the facade and give the appearance of windows.
Inside, the new facility encompasses ceramics, visual arts, textiles and graphic design subjects spread over six classrooms, all with mezzanine levels to give each room a variety of space. The internal walls and ceiling of the building are covered in COLORBOND® steel to continue the industrial theme and also to absorb the sound from each classroom.
Agnieszka Liso, Project Architect for Cox Humphries Moss Architects, said: "We have been the principal architects for Radford College for over 20 years now, so when the challenge of designing the new arts centre came up we decided to do something completely different."
"The look we went for was an industrial shed because we knew it would stand out from the other buildings and reflect the creativity of the art centre, also. For the exterior and interior of the building, COLORBOND® steel was chosen as it was the only material that could really achieve this industrial aesthetic and remain good looking for years to come."
"We use COLORBOND® steel on many of our projects because of the wide variety of aesthetics you can achieve and its ease of use, and longer term because of its impressive thermal efficiency characteristics and because it's 100 recyclable."
