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Last updated: May 2009
Pro-bono and Related
A pebble in the ocean? Launching the 4-step CarbonTwollar Experiment. Next we will try and ask the good Twollar folks to consider a separate category in their scheme in the vein of this heartfelt discussion. You can ask too, if you think it a good idea...Let's see what transpires.
Carpooled with friends to get down-town and see and hear an insightful climate change policy initiatives presentation by representatives from non-partisan D!ssent and the Australia Institute. Enjoyed some great chats with decent movers and shakers afterwards.
The Carbon-Manna project gave our Pro-bono and Otto some nice publicity. They kindly acknowledged our endeavours in raising awareness for the benefits of micro carbon-crediting. Thank you!
Policy Contributions
LCADesign (see video below) introduced at the World Sustainable Building Conference SB08 by the Hon Peter Garrett, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. A project we are proud to have been associated with during its development.
Visited the SB08 (22-25 Sept) that this year has been held in the Melbourne Convention Centre in the heart of Melbourne CBD. Balmy 20 degrees, great exhibitors and very thought provoking scientific papers were presented.
Here, I downloaded all the abstracts for you. I particularly liked two streams:
Enhanced Sustainability Assessment Methods - Buildings & Components;
and
New Products, Technologies & Systems - Construction Products
The 20 Criteria to Building For Life added.
Building Design and Planning Projects
The Reconfigurable Shopping Plaza got the green light for stage 1 from local planning authorities!
That is, just as well before the ecomic downturn in VN may bottom out.
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With the many feedback we learnt that the information presented on our
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useful and you find it accessible.
Thank you, also, for letting us know about your
exciting projects.
Many many interesting and thought provoking ideas
- small and large.
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Preliminary
feasibility, profit projection analysis and
design for a Scalable
Reconfigurable Shopping
Plaza, Near HCMC Vietnam concluded,
preliminary design development
starts. Project to include
retail, office and apartment components all in a scalable arrangement.Associate ties with a company establishment to leverage our growing modelling knowledge is going ahead apace.
Mixed retail-residential in Richmond is in town planning evaluation, initial responses from Yarra Council are encouraging.
FLL - our maiden lighting information consumer guide with lots of home lighting tips passes the magic 10,000 page impression per month and starts its climb on the LED light guide 'Google ladder'.
Glen Eira terraces with a 'twist' an upcoming real estate associate only recently described as "suprisingly smart!" is in pre Town Planning stage awaiting approval.
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Placemark is
invited consultant to develop
sustainability application.
Feasibility design commences for a shopping facility
near Saigon, Vietnam.
Town planning is completed for a beach shack on Golden Beach.
Consulting starts on a shopping facility in Vietnam.
Brainstorming
is aimed at a
unique attractive feature that would win over shoppers with little, but
slowly growing disposable income. This
region in VN is growing at a rapid rate.
Schematic design starts on mixed retail/residential extension in Richmond.
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Multi-townhouse
apartments in Mount Waverley finishing
construction. Owner
just mentioned I'd need to organize photos, before it is too
late -
they will sell pretty fast. - And she likes very much how it is
coming up. Good news indeed.(Simple can be radical indeed ;-)
Effective towhnouse building strategies.
with the Highett Project.
We are shortlisted for Best Building Design State Award in the multi-residential award category.
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Construction
Innovation project (CRC for CI)We have been selected as the Building Information Model (BIM) developer. Previously we were shortlisted to provide 3D models linking to a buiding database for the CRC providing services for the Symphony building 27,000m2 (2900 SQ approx. in Markstaete in Brainpark III., Rotterdam) in the Netherlands - under construction.
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Construction completed on dual occupancy in Glen Waverley. Took photos when the front was successfully sold (for good price too!) after being about a week on the market.
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Multi dwelling (townhouses) in Glen Waverley (under construction.)
We managed to mold these unit residences to the site that is irregular and sloping heavily.
Together
with other selected building designers we produced our Dubai bid for a
joint application with the generous help from AusIndustry and the BDAV.
We feature here notable
projects with our past
participation.
This,
however, had to be shelved for some better times, because we had to
attend other local
projects that came up. Was sweet nevertheless. Tally Ho Business Park >>
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Residential extension in Hampton, complete with outdoor entertainment area
and detached granny flat (project.)
Multi
dwelling (townhouses) in Mt Waverley (tendering.)
New
residence in Mulgrave. Working drawings and detailed design
including interior design. This was one of the very few projects we
took to
VCAT because council had too many changes during the project's life.
(We found great and very convincing use for our 3D
modelling "mastery" on this one.)
Country
retreat in Canada. Collaboration with local building designer
(design development stage).
Energy modelling of commercial office buildings in NSW and Queensland.
Multi townhouse project in Banyule (under advertising).
Multi
unit project in Mulgrave - just won at
the VCAT tribunal!
Multi
townhouses in Mt Waverley (working drawings).
Multi
townhouses in Glen Waverley (planning permit stage).
Past completed projects:
Multi townhouses in Highett
Bayside
Apartment terraces, Toorak Rd, Malvern.
Townhouses and units in the Monash, Bayside, Kingston, Glen Eira and
Banyule areas.
New residence and garden on double acrage in
Lysterfield.
Residential renovation and extension in
Fairfield, Darebin.
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Office duplex in Buda Hillside, Hu EU >>
Homes, retreats and commercial
offices
in
Budapest and rural Hungary.
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