Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Wenning en Arsjitektuerstudio by Adrian Light

Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Wenning en Arsjitektuerstudio by Adrian Light is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award yn Sulver in Arsjitektuer, Gebou en Struktuerûntwerp Competition Category.

SulverArsjitektuer· 2020

Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Wenning en Arsjitektuerstudio

by Adrian Light

Client: ONE20 Group Architects

A' Design Award yn Sulver Winner in Arsjitektuer Category

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The Design

About Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Wenning en Arsjitektuerstudio

Dizze ûnbidige oanpassing fan in net mear brûkte jittikfabryk is op in folslein duorsume wize útfierd. It brûkt net allinne in natuerlik skoarstien-effekt om de romte te kuoljen, mar de bou is ek dien mei in nulôffaloplossing. Der binne gjin ôffalkonteners brûkt. Alles op it terrein waard opnij brûkt, recycle of in nije bestimming jûn. De kelder waard omboud ta in arsjitektuerstudio mei dêrboppe in gesinswenning fan trije ferdjippingen. De faten waarden op in tûke wize op 'e nij brûkt as plantebakken, wurkplakken, húskes, waskerij en sels in fiskefiver. Natuerlik ljocht streamt it gebou yn troch it fuortheljen fan in tredde diel fan it dak om in túnhof te meitsjen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Sulver

Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Wenning en Arsjitektuerstudio is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Sulver, in bûtengewoan prestisjeuze erkenning foar topûntwerpen dy't prachtich en yndrukwekkend binne. Sulverwinners binne tige briljante en ekstreem kreative wurken dy't de treflike ekspertize, it talint en de skerpsinnigens fan har ûntwerpers yllustrearje. Fan Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Wenning en Arsjitektuerstudio wurdt ferwachte dat it in prachtich foarbyldwurk is, opmerklik profesjoneel en djip ynnovatyf. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Sulver is in tige opfallende, bewûndere útfining dy't foardiel bringt en de grinzen fan keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology ferleget. Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Wenning en Arsjitektuerstudio is in skepping dêr't breed oerjûn wurdt, dy't winsken wekker makket, positive gefoelens bringt en ferwûnderjen en fernuvering opwekket.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The sustainable adaptive re-use of a disused vinegar factory. The constructiion of the building was done with a zero waste solution. No skips were used. Everything on site was re-used, recycled or re-purposed. The basement was converted into an architecture studio with a 3 storey family home above. The vats were re-purposed as planters, Workstations, toilets, laundry and even a fishpond. Natural light pours into the building a result of removeing a third of the roof to create a garden court.
Dimensions & Packaging: 4 storey building. Ground floor is an Architectural studio. 3 Levels above are a family home
Tags: Warehouse, Factory Conversion, Architecture, Sustainability, Home
Production Technology: All building materials were collected onsite and sorted into recyclable catagories. Timber was placed in a pile outside and used by the neighbourhood for firewood. Steel was reshaped and cut to make flashings for the windows and doors. Bricks were smashed by hand and turned into drainage for the re-purposed vat planter boxes.
Design Challenge: To complete a building using zero waste in the construction process
Research: This project was in effect an experiment to see if a building could be constructed without the need to dispose of any waste to landfill. In Austrlaia, construction waste accounts for almost 46% of all volume of landfill.
Inspiration: Built in 1890, the building was a vinegar-making factory for the iconic Skipping Girl Vinegar brand.

The light filled building was designed to be sustainable down to the construction phase which involved a zero-waste policy. By using high performance windows, thermal mass, insulation, natural ventilation and shading, this project challenges the way we build things in a sustainable manner. By re-using each material found onsite, it can be said that the building itself was totally preserved.
Project Duration: The building was purchased in 2014 and construction of the final stage was complete in 2019 with the initial stage finished in 2017.
Operation Flow: This project was carefully constructed in a sustainable manner. There was considerable re-use of existing materials;
The 10m long timber beams that are now in the kitchen courtyard all came from the basement.
The broken bricks from the stable became drainage for garden beds.
The good bricks from the stable and the hole for the garage door were made into the BBQ and balustrade for the kitchen and the floor paving in the laundry.
The cut out concrete from the vats was used in the fishpond and as seating in the garden.
The steel scaffolding pipes were used as handrails to the stairs and as the support frame for the desks.
The old steel stair was relocated with new treads and is now the bottom stair down to the basement.
The old steel window were repaired double-glazed and are featured in the bedrooms and lounge.
Hardwood timber wall framing reused as door jambs, screening and gate to courtyard.
Planks from scaffolding and stairs were reused as shelving.
Steel grates from old windows are now in the garage as tool organisers on the wall.
Weights from double-hung windows used to stabilise chains on the walls for creepers.
Vinegar barrels reused as planters.
Steel bands from vinegar barrels reused in drains for water tanks.
Steel stair reused as wine rack
Vats reused as workstations, planters, toilets, water tanks.
Cut-off rafter ends as a sculpture.
Team Members: Adrian Light
Luca Calvanese
Lorelei Le Berre Soule
Image Credits: Photographer - Kit Haselden