Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Ntlo le Studio ea Meaho by Adrian Light

Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Ntlo le Studio ea Meaho by Adrian Light is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Meaho, Dikaho le Dibopego Competition Category.

SileveraMeaho· 2020

Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Ntlo le Studio ea Meaho

by Adrian Light

Client: ONE20 Group Architects

Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award Winner in Meaho Category

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The Design

About Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Ntlo le Studio ea Meaho

Phetoho ena e makatsang ea feme e sa sebetseng ea viniga e entsoe ka tsela e sireletsang tikoloho ka ho feletseng. Ha e sebelise feela phello ea tlhaho ea ho pheella ho pholisa sebaka, kaho ea eona e entsoe ka tharollo e se nang litšila. Ha ho na li-skip tse sebelisitsoeng. Ntho e ngoe le e ngoe setšeng e ile ea sebelisoa hape, ea sebelisoa botjha, kapa ea fetoloa hore e sebeliswe ka mokgwa o mong. Setulo se ka tlas'a lefatše se ile sa fetoloa ho ba studio ea meaho e nang le ntlo ea lelapa ea mekato e meraro ka holimo. Litanka li ile tsa sebelisoa hape ka bohlale e le libaka tsa ho lema, libaka tsa mosebetsi, litlwana tsa boithomelo, sebaka sa ho hlatswa, esita le letamo la litlhapi. Leseli la tlhaho le tšolohela ka har'a moaho ka lebaka la ho tlosoa ha karolo ea boraro ea marulelo ho theha lebala la serapa.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award

Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Ntlo le Studio ea Meaho ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e phahameng ka ho fetesisa, e ntle le e tsosang maikutlo. Bahapi ba Silevera ke mesebetsi e khanyang haholo le e nang le boqapi bo ikhethang e bontšang botsebi, talenta le bohlale ba baqapi ba eona. Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Ntlo le Studio ea Meaho e lebelletsoe ho ba mosebetsi o motle, oa mohlala, o nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha e tebileng. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award ke mohopolo o hlokomelehang haholo le o ratoang o tlisang molemo mme o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats Ntlo le Studio ea Meaho ke mosebetsi oo batho ba bangata ba o lakatsang, o tsosang litakatso, o tlisang maikutlo a matle le o tsosetsang ho makala le ho hlolla.

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