Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats 住宅及建築工作室 by Adrian Light

Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats 住宅及建築工作室 by Adrian Light is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 建築、樓宇及結構設計 Competition Category.

銀建築· 2020

Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats 住宅及建築工作室

by Adrian Light

Client: ONE20 Group Architects

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 建築 Category

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The Design

About Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats 住宅及建築工作室

呢個廢棄醋廠嘅驚人改造項目，係以完全可持續嘅方式進行。佢唔單止運用天然煙囪效應嚟為空間降溫，就連施工過程都採用零廢棄嘅解決方案。全程冇用過任何垃圾斗，工地上嘅所有嘢都經過再用、回收或重新利用。地庫改造成建築工作室，上面則係一棟三層高嘅家庭住宅。原有嘅醋桶被巧妙地重新利用，變成花槽、工作枱、廁所、洗衣間，甚至係魚池。透過拆走三分之一嘅屋頂打造出一個花園庭院，令天然光傾瀉入建築物內。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats 住宅及建築工作室是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats 住宅及建築工作室將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Skipping-Girl Vinegar-Vats 住宅及建築工作室是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

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