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可适应性再利用

Media 九月 28, 2023

Work from home threat Australia can’t handle

Every Australian city is under threat from this consequence of more people working from home – but there could be a radical solution in converting offices into housing. Read the article in News.com.au. Image: Getty Images/iStock.

研究

从办公到住宅：新研究揭示“创新重塑”的潜力

Hassell最新研究调查了可适应性再利用在墨尔本CBD的光明前景。

Podcast

Ingrid Bakker on Talking Property from CBRE

Ingrid Bakker talks to CBRE’s Talking Property podcast about adaptive reuse in our cities. Listen to the podcast.

Media 九月 04, 2023

Could vacant office buildings in Melbourne be repurposed to boost housing supply?

A study by design studio Hassell, in partnership with Ethos Urban and the Property Council of Australia, found that around 90 pre-1990 office buildings in Melbourne’s CBD could be converted into 10,000−12,000 apartments, housing up to 20,000 people, through adaptive reuse.

Media 八月 30, 2023

From WFH to living in the office: How office conversions could unlock more housing

There are growing calls to transform empty older office buildings in city centres into apartment buildings to help alleviate Australia’s rental crisis and broader housing challenges. Fresh research — conducted by Hassell for the Property Council of Australia — has identified 86 office buildings in Melbourne’s CBD that could be repurposed into housing, potentially delivering up to 12,000 new homes. Hassell principal architect Ingrid Bakker, who led the research, said the potential solution to reactivate the city offered a sustainable perspective for the future. “There’s a bit of a radical rethink that needs to happen around looking at these buildings that obviously aren’t performing very well because a lot of them are empty,” Ms Bakker said. Read the article in RealEstate.com.au

Media 八月 17, 2023

Hassell workplace survey says change is key for office occupancy

Hassell has released its latest report, the Great Adaptations – 2023 Workplace Futures Survey, which provides a number of insights into workplace satisfaction. The general consensus amongst built environment professionals that people must be lured back to the office via good design has been proven correct by the survey, with companies that have made a change to their offices and way of working post-pandemic recording a 17 percent higher satisfaction score compared to those who haven’t. Read the article in Architecture&Design.

News 八月 21, 2023

Converting vacant CBD offices into apartments could create up to 12,000 Melbourne homes.

“Ripe for adaptive re-use”: Hassell’s latest Office to Home research, conducted on behalf of the Property Council of Australia in partnership with Ethos Urban, has identified 86 vacant Melbourne CBD buildings that could be converted into 10−12,000 new homes for 20,000 people.

Media 八月 19, 2023

Melbourne office towers considered ideal to turn into 10,000 new homes

In a property audit of the city centre, conducted by the design studio Hassell and planning consultancy Ethos Urban for the Property Council of Australia, more than 80 unoccupied and underused office buildings in Melbourne’s CBD have been identified as prime candidates “really ripe for adaptive re-use”, ie ready to be converted into more than 10,000 new homes. “If we only converted half of those, we could supply around 10,000 to 12,000 new homes, and each repurposed building would use roughly half the upfront embodied carbon compared to knocking existing buildings down and rebuilding,” said Ingrid Bakker, principal at Hassell. Read the full article in The Age. Image: Justin McManus.

Podcast

Samantha Peart on Vinzero Think Future

Hassell’s Head of Sustainability Samantha Peart joins the Vinzero Think Future podcast episode ‘Bee is for Built Environment.’ Listen to the podcast.

Media 八月 14, 2023

Hassell’s vision for a greener, more connected Uni of Melbourne campus

Hassell’s newly created masterplan for the transformation of the University of Melbourne’s campuses, Estate Master Plan, offers a glimpse and a blueprint into what is to come for the institution’s students and staff and their collective lives on campus.Green corridors, pedestrian-friendly thoroughfares, improved accessibility and enhanced educational spaces characterise much of the Plan, which serves as a tangible commitment to the University’s desire to meet long-term education and research needs. Read the article in Architecture&Design.

Media 八月 11, 2023

First Look: University of Melbourne Masterplan Unveiled

The University of Melbourne has revealed the masterplan for its Parkville campus. Hassell was the principal design consultant for the Estate Master Plan, a blueprint for the University of Melbourne’s precincts and campuses. Under the masterplan, more than 22,000sq m of new open green space will be created for students and the community to share at the Parkville campus. Grattan Street will become an expanded green corridor connecting the historic northern precinct and a contemporary southern precinct. Read the article in The Urban Developer.

研究

应对变化的适应性策略：2023办公未来趋势调研报告

我们的年度办公趋势调研报告研究了办公空间的转型和员工满意度之间的关联，希望能够抛砖引玉，引发更多思考和讨论。

Media 七月 30, 2023

Covid-deserted workspaces in Melbourne CBD could create 12,000 homes

Victoria’s Andrews government has asked for further investigation after a report found 90 buildings in Melbourne’s CBD could be repurposed to fix the housing crisis. Hassell’s study, conducted on behalf of the Property Council of Australia, found that subject to individual feasibility studies, approximately 86 office buildings are “ripe for adaptive reuse”. Hassell principal architect and case study leader Ingrid Bakker said the project also offers a possible solution to help reactivate the city, while also providing a sustainable outlook. Read the article… Image: courtesy Herald Sun.

Media 七月 25, 2023

City planning: In which the middle goes missing

Columnist and urban commentator Elizabeth Farrelly asks why Australia’s city planning has failed to rein in endless sprawl arguing we could easily end sprawl altogether, doubling and quadrupling our density while still creating lively, walkable streets and habitable dwellings. She points to “small pockets of success, like Sydney’s delightful Flour Mill of Summer Hill (designed by Hassell for EG Funds) and Melbourne’s Nightingale developments” as exemplars of sensitive, community-minded medium-density developments. Read the full article in ArchitectureAU. Image: Mark Syke.

Event 七月 11, 2023

Inhabit: Chemistry of the City

Hassell’s Sustainable Design Leader Sian Willmott joins an esteemed panel to explore how we can make our built environment more conducive to a healthier planet. 5pm Thursday 10 August at 530 Collins St, Melbourne. Find out more about this event…