BRISBANE KUALA LUMPUR BEIJING

KIRK
Architects and master planners committed to making authentic buildings and places; Working in a holistic manner from first principles; Embracing an integrated design process; Advocating, advancing & delivering sustainable design solutions; With multiple studios using small, project focused teams, a collaborative practice that supports and explores the best ideas.

ADVaNCED ENGINEERING BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLaND, AUSTRaLIa

KIRK was established in Brisbane, Australia in 1995 as Richard Kirk Architect. The practice has expertise in architecture, urban design and environmentally sustainable design, with studios in Brisbane, Beijing and Kuala Lumpur.
KIRK has a great interest in the role that well made buildings play in the communities and environments they intend to serve. With each project we work to make evocative places and buildings that are memorable and clearly legible in terms of how they are spatially organised and constructed. The practice has a deep passion for developing construction methods and material knowledge to produce unique buildings that respond directly to each client, brief and circumstance. KIRKs approach to client briefs is not only responsive but also pro-active. The diversity of projects within the practice has developed a robust design sensibility and process. Each project has the same team leader for all phases which ensures the continual refinement of ideas and building quality and a single point of contact for the client. It is through our efforts in the planning process, attention to detail and an intimate approach during construction that fine architecture is made at every scale. Current and recent projects range in values from $0.2M to $1B. The diversity of projects include furniture, landscape, single residences, interior fitouts, university and school buildings, master planning, infrastructure and urban design. KIRK utilises 3D CAD & BIM technology in each project to enable better outcomes through visualisation of our designs to clients, integration of building services and detailed design resolution. All architectural services are produced within a Quality Assured process. KIRK has third-party certification in ISO9001.

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BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

Richard Kirk has concentrated a pronounced expression of the ABCs function and purpose in an emblematic crescendo of form and space...
Michael Keniger in Architecture Australia May/June 2013

The prominent and public nature of the South Bank site resulted in the ABCs public spaces being open and transparent, reinforcing the sense of public ownership and promoting a sense of community within the building. The project was awarded a 5 star Green Star by design rating and is targeting a 4.5 star NABERS as-built rating. PROGRaM_Cross-platform media production centre consisting of radio and TV studios, post-production facilities, online services, orchestra rehearsal hall, music practice studios, open plan office space and retail tenancies CLIENT_Australian Broadcasting Corporation AREa_15,000m2 COST_$70M STaTUS_Completed AWARDS_ 2013 AIA Regional Commendation - Commercial Architecture

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QUEENSLaND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRa

BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

The purpose-built, 600m Media Production Studio (MPS) functions uniquely as a rehearsal space for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) and a TV & Radio production studio for the ABC.

Virtual acoustic modelling has resulted in the design of operable acoustic panelling (absorbers, and reflective and diffusing elements), fine-tuned by KIRK and acoustic engineer ARUP in an iterative process. Numerous design modes manipulate operable elements and allow the MPS to cater for a diverse range of orchestral music, as well as radio and television production.

PROGRaM_250-seat media production studio, music practice studios and post-production facilities CLIENT_ ABC & Queensland Symphony Orchestra AREa_600m2 STaTUS_Completed

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BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

FITZGIBBON COMMUNITY CENTRE

With an oxidised steel shell wrapping around a series of community gathering spaces, Richard Kirk has marked the importance of place while re-asserting the poetry of cast-of materials
Steel Profile 114 April 2013

The building provides the new neighbourhood with a vibrant, active community hub within a typically Australian landscape setting. Situated near regenerated bushland used as an unregulated dumping ground for vehicles and other refuse, the centre redefines and redeems this relationship to the landscape in built form. The building addresses its street frontage without being sited on the street, with its facade line modified to incorporate the rare remaining trees on site. This in turn helps with the building programme of a mixed use cultural centre incorporating allied health, offices, meeting spaces, retail and community halls. The heart of the scheme is a large open covered space, which forms a gateway on the axis from the new commercial centre of Fitzgibbon to the bushland tracks and trails to the North. This gateway acts as a starting and finishing point for the trails, with essential amenities and a retail outlet.

PROGRaM_Community Centre with offices, community kitchen and multipurpose spaces CLIENT_Urban Land Development Authority AREa_600m2 COST_$2.9M STaTUS_Completed AWARDS_ 2013 AIA Regional Commendation - Public Architecture 2012 Australian Steel Institute National Award Clad Structures Steel Design 2012 Australian Steel Institute QLD State Award Clad Structures Steel Design

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UQ SIR LLEw EDwaRDS BUILDING

BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

The six storey multi-purpose teaching building for the International Language School occupies the most prominent site on Campus and overlooks the University Forecourt.
The project responds to the site by addressing its largely landscaped setting and the surrounding buildings. The buildings success lies in the manner in which it engages with the existing campus master plan and provides the University with a new building typology that exemplifies significant advances in the inclusion of Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) features (natural day lighting, rainwater re-use andmonitoring). PROGRaM_Multi-purpose teaching rooms, lecture theatre, offices, breakout terraces CLIENT_University of Queensland AREa_10,000m2 COST_$40M STaTUS_Completed AWARDS_ 2009 RAIA QLD FDG Stanley Award for Public Architecture 2009 CCAA Public Domain Award 2009 RAIA QLD Regional Commendation 2008 IES Lighting Design Awards of Excellence

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UQ ADVaNCED ENGINEERING BUILDING

BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

AEB establishes a new benchmark for sustainability and explores new possibilities for teaching and learning spaces in engineering disciplines.

The vision for the project is to create a building to celebrate, collaborate, create, learn, innovate and sustain, all within an integrated engineering landscape. The project is designed to stimulate innovation, education and awareness of advanced materials and manufacturing processes. The structure of the building is as open as possible, to allow a high level of visibility of processes and equipment to visitors and staff alike. AEB is a 5 Star Green Star certified building. This was achieved through the use of simple systems, including a central atrium to introduce tempered air and light into the building, highly efficient faades, mixed mode ventilation, night purging and excellent daylight levels.

PROGRaM_Research facilities, teaching spaces and office accommodation for the School of Civil Engineering and the Queensland Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM) CLIENT_University of Queensland AREa_20,000m2 COST_$113M STaTUS_Completed
Project in joint venture with Hassell.

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QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT 2

BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

CIP2 is connected to the broader university and arts community via new digital technologies to facilitate the creation of an internationally networked hub of creative enterprise and cultural experience.

KIRKs strategic placement of the Creative Industries building was the critical element in the master plan. The buildings key function as the new home for the creative disciplines was an opportunity to make a landmark facility for both University and community. The co-location of diverse creative disciplines provided an opportunity for the building to have a rich expression. Most of the studio spaces have access to natural light and ventilation, leading to a unique building form with degrees of visual transparency not normally associated with acoustically driven spaces. The openness of the building, for a range of diverse functions, yielded variable facade edge conditions that allow light and ventilation to penetrate deep into the plan. KIRKs extensive experience with acoustic separation and structural isolation detailing is leveraged to stack the double height studio volumes vertically, maximising ground floor public and exhibition areas and provide transparency (through extensive glazing) into the dynamic dance, movement and music studios. The CIP2 project is targeting a 5 star Green Star As-built rating.

PROGRaM_Multi-purpose education facility comprising of teaching spaces, office accommodation and specialist teaching studios for the creative arts faculty (music, dance, drama and visual arts) CLIENT_Queensland University of Technology AREa_12,000m2 COST_$80M STaTUS_Under Construction
Project in joint venture with Hassell.

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UQ BUSINESS SCHOOL
BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

The new building will occupy a prominent site in the University forecourt and play a critical role in establishing a new identity for the Business School.

The new school will be an open, interactive and connected facility offering business knowledge leadership with global reach. The outward focus of the school will forge a culture of collaboration, effective and a place for sharing and engagement with the business community. UQBS will be a 5 Star Green Star rated building that will have numerous ESD initiatives integral to the design including operable facade systems, mixed-mode ventilation, solar array and rainwater harvesting.

PROGRaM_State-of-the-art facility showcasing the UQ Business School with a focus on providing world class teaching and learning environments for students, staff and industry leaders CLIENT_University of Queensland AREa_16,400m2 COST_$100M STaTUS_Design
Project in joint venture with Hassell.

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NTU RESIDENTIaL HaLL

SINGAPORE KIRK completed Schematic Design for this student accommodation project at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore as part of an international design competition. Conceived as being a welcoming, communal village for both students and faculty staff, this vibrant cultural hub will be a place for learning and a benchmark in sustainable living. The NTU Residential Hall facilitates communal living and social integration for undergraduate and graduate students in single and double occupancy rooms and self-contained apartments. Accommodation is strategically planned to provide a discernible level of privacy for the faculty residents and their families. PROGRaM_1500 unit student accommodation and public facilities, including theatrette, function spaces and retail CLIENT_Nanyang Technological University AREa_70,000m2 STaTUS_Proposed
Project in joint venture with Clare Design and DCA Architects.

The building celebrates the parkland setting of the NTU campus and provides a three-dimensional framework for landscape to interweave with the buildings.

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AIICS MULTI-PURPOSE HALL

BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

The expression of the efficient steel structure is deliberately simple and repetitive, supporting a large mono-pitched roof.

The AIICS Multi-Purpose Hall is a continuation of the new building work as part of KIRKs master plan and staging strategy for the school. In a prominent position near the schools entry, the hall provides a large naturally ventilated indoor space that adjoins numerous sheltered external spaces. The materiality and structural concept is in keeping with the previous school buildings at AIICS by KIRK, with the primary steel structure expressed to reveal its careful detailing and structural efficiency. The structure is deliberately simple and repetitive, supporting a large mono-pitched roof. This skillion roof is a large rainwater catchment area which leads to rainwater tanks that provide landscape irrigation to the entire school.

PROGRaM_Multi-purpose hall for indoor sports, assembly and school performances CLIENT_Aboriginal & Islander Independent Community School AREa_945m2 COST_$1.8M STaTUS_Completed AWARDS_ 2010 Australian Steel Institute Commendation Clad Structures Steel Design 2010 Australian Steel Institute QLD State Award Clad Structures Steel Design

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ANTING SCHOOL
ShANGhAI, ChINA

Anting is located West of Shanghai and is the core residential precinct for Shanghai International Auto City. Located on the towns South, the Anting School forms a major new urban landmark and presents a significant opportunity to strengthen Anting as a community.

The school is the heart of the public life of Anting and its success as a place for learning will directly contribute to the success of Anting as a community. The layout of the school encourages social interaction, forges enduring relationships, stimulates the incidental exchange of ideas and fosters a high degree of teaching excellence.

PROGRaM_Middle and Senior School AREa_26,593m2

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DUNCaN STREET APaRTMENTS

BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

The design concept challenges conventional development models, with buildings running perpendicular to the river to achieve improved solar orientation. Substantial riverside landscaping forms linear parks between the buildings that offer improved amenity and river views for accommodation towards the rear portion of the site.

KIRK won a limited design competition for the redevelopment of a three hectare light industrial site on the Brisbane River for medium density residential accommodation. The site is the largest land holding in the West End Riverside South Precinct, constituting a significant component of the current redevelopment of this part of Brisbane. The large site is articulated by the proposed new road resumptions whichcreate two parcels of land. Tolink the sites, a significant landscape space is used to visually connect the separated parcels. These spaces contain large water features, which are idealised memories of the Riverine Rainforest that once occupied thisarea. PROGRaM_Multi-residential buildings and communal landscape spaces. CLIENT_Tower Holdings COST_$200M STaTUS_ Completed | Master Plan by KIRK
Project in joint venture with ML Design.

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CUTTING EDGE
BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

Richard Kirks sophisticated premises for the cutting edge post-production company is an elegant and thorough solution to a complex brief, site & experience
John Macurther, Architecture Australia July/August 2004

The building has 3 street frontages with differing scales and relationships to the immediate context. The white insitu concrete fins rotate on the critical corner junction to reveal different views of the river and connect the differing elevations to the River (transparent open) and Park (closed articulated openings). PROGRaM_Film and television post-production facility, flexible work spaces, offices, audio studios, recording studio rooms, digital editing suites, multimedia suites, visual effects suites, theatrette for 60 people and roof top terrace with restaurant CLIENT_Cutting Edge AREa_4,500m2 COST_$9.4M AWARDS_ 2004 RAIA Beatrice Hutton Award for Commercial Architecture 2004 RAIA QLD Award for Commercial Architecture 2004 RAIA QLD Regional Commendation

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ALbION FLOUR MILL

BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

The project facilitates the development of an obsolete Flour Mill in Brisbanes inner-city. The site represents an urban renewal opportunity with significant community and transit-oriented outcomes.

The project incorporates a range of integrated uses including high density residential, commercial and retail uses, designed in an integrated scheme around a network of public spaces, including streets, plazas and public transport. The development is directly linked to Albion railway station and has a significant interaction with the existing Albion Village centre and areas west of the rail corridor. A principal objective of the proposal was the retention and reuse of the heritage-listed Albion Flour Mill as a coherent part of the overall redevelopment to preserve the cultural significance of the area and create a central landmark for the site. PROGRaM_Redevelopment of a heritage listed site to include a mix of studio, 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom apartments, boutique retail and commercial tenancies, covered and open plaza spaces CLIENT_FKP Commercial Developments Pty Ltd AREa_48,000m2 STaTUS_Proposed

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bINHaI waTER PaLaCE

tIANJIN, ChINA

Silently it rests, as an exquisite object amongst the calm waters of the lake. It appears not as a building, but as a beautiful object that belies the space within - an experience reserved for the person seeking an authentic experience.

Binhai is a place of water. Like the Ying and Yang, land and water share the landscape equally, creating a balance in the environment. The water and land forms are organic in their shapes, occupying a horizontal plane that blurs into the horizon. It is this mystical quality that has inspired our proposal for the Tianjin Binhai Lake Resort. PROGRaM_Luxury Resort and Spa AREa_26,000m2

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GOLD COAST RAPID TRANSIT

GOLD cOAST, AUStRALIA

The Gold Coast Rapid Transit is a 17km light rail system, running between Parkwood and Broadbeach within existing road corridors. The project will form the first stage of a more extensive tram system for the Gold Coast.

The Queensland Government short-listed three consortia to partake in a Request for Proposal process with the aim of awarding a design, construct and operate contract for the Gold Coast Rapid Transit. The project is being delivered by the Queensland Government in partnership with the Australian Government and Gold Coast City Council and has secured funding totalling AUD$949 million. KIRK provided lead design services to a consortium bidding for the Gold Coast Rapid Transit project, with the purpose of providing access to high quality design leadership and ensuring built elements would be delivered to high standard commensurate with the significance of the project for the Gold Coast. The locations of up to 16 tram stations have been identified along the route, with major transport interchanges at key locations.

PROGRaM_17km light rail system including stations, depots and substations CLIENT_Rapid GC Consortium
Project in joint venture with Clare Design.

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ALICE STREET PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

KIRK were invited to develop a concept for the Alice Street Pedestrian Bridge as a part of the City Centre Master Plan Transformative Areas project. The proposed pedestrian bridge creates a destinational link between Brisbanes city centre and neighbouring suburb Kangaroo Point, and provides a green gateway into the CBD. The bridges form is developed from the structural solution, which simply and clearly expresses the flow of internal forces through its static system. The languid curves of the river provide a framework for the geometry of the bridge. The double

curve aligns the Alice-Edward Street intersection with Thornton Street, Kangaroo Point, and creates an elegant gesture across the river. The bridge contributes to an environment that increases the viability of a full range of sustainable travel choices in the CBD and improves integration with existing and planned public transport services. PROGRaM_Pedestrian and Cycle Green Bridge CLIENT_Brisbane City Council

The strategy for the bridge is driven by ideas of aesthetic simplicity, economy and efficiency in construction. The intention is to deliver a bridge which minimises impact on the river and contributes an elegant, mature form to an evolving city skyline.

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wwI & wwII MEMORIALS

cANBERRA, AUStRALIA

Passing of the day and seasons are powerful analogies for remembrance and the memorials follow this notion, formed by the passage of the sun and the passing of time as recorded by the suns position.

The sun animates the memorials at different times of the day and year activating the space and marking the ground around, to create a differing emotive experience depending upon the event that is memorialised. The memorials design avoids overt symbolism, narrative or the figurative, contemplated instead as enduring symbols of loss, separation and sacrifice. The intention is for the memorials to appear as though they have always been on the site, where they have evolved into their current form. They are deliberately neutral and abstract to allow for multiple meanings as well as creating an inherent and unique quality of commemoration specific to the events and impact on Australia in the past and into the future.

Cuts and slices are made through the blocks using the suns location on key dates and times of the important events during the two World Wars. It is the process of carving/cutting removal of the form of the memorials that emulates the violence and the tragedy of the losses and separation. The use of a simply detailed single material for the memorials Australian granite means the representation of the idea remains pure, powerful and enduring across the generations. PROGRaM_National WWI & WWII Memorials CLIENT_National Capital Authority STaTUS_Winning Competition Entry

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ROSaLIE RESIDENCE
BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

The plan is organised to address views of the city to the North-East and Mt Coot-tha to the South-West. The resulting footprint provides private courtyards and terraces adjacent to main living spaces.
Rosalie Residence is located in one of Brisbanes established inner city suburbs. The five-bedroom family home sits on a hillside among the peaks and gullies that characterise the suburb of Paddington. The house rises from a solid base as a 3-storey lightweight structure. The exterior is predominantly recycled Tallowwood weatherboard and pre-weathered zinc cladding generating a reinterpretation of the timber and tin tradition prevalent in the area. Sun-shading and privacy is achieved with operable timber screens and external venetian blinds that sit in front of bespoke window joinery. The interior is an ensemble of Red Mahogany flooring and Jarrah panelling, set against white walls and ceilings. The house includes solar hot water, 40,000L in-ground rainwater storage for landscape irrigation and low energy lighting.

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TINbEERwaH RESIDENCE
SUNShINE CoASt, AUStRALIA

Tinbeerwah Residence is a semi-rural retreat located in the Sunshine Coast hinterland for an international client. The design continues KIRKs commitment to simplicity of form and planning. Great emphasis was placed on the material qualities of the house, with a shared commitment between Client and Architect to produce a building that will age and mature over time. The materiality of the dwelling is defined by an exterior and interior skin. The external zinc cladding acts as a robust barrier to the elements, wrapping and folding to protect the inner envelope generally made of bespoke timbers employed

as facade systems and cladding layers. The internal skin is comprised of a number of timbers selected for their durability and colour. The timber is tailored like bespoke joinery to the specific requirements of each space and treated in a similar manner whether internal or external. The exterior cladding is largely custom profile Western Red Cedar which continues seamlessly into the interior. Western Red Cedar is sustainable and durable making it suitable for the environment of the Sunshine Coast. The distinguishing feature of the timber is its ability to weather naturally to reach a silver colour.

Siting of the residence has been carefully considered to respond to environmental conditions and control the transition from the designed landscape of the residence to the natural bushland beyond.

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ARbOUR HOUSE
BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

The dwelling adopts a courtyard typology with two pavilions linked by a large double height stairwell and courtyard. The form is conceptualised as an object carved from a solid with the courtyard providing a protective volume and enabling cross-ventilation to the spaces organised around its perimeter.

Located on the Bulimba Reach of the Brisbane River, Arbour House is a study in siting and intricate articulation to yield views and landscape connections. The long 13 meter wide site is located between two key public spaces, a historic fig tree arbour and a public river boardwalk. Unlike the riverfront houses adjacent, the dwelling is sited a respectful distance from the rivers edge, preserving an 80 year old Poinciana tree and public views from the boardwalk to the adjoining heritage listed dwelling. The large setback creates a platform for a private garden under the shade of the Poinciana tree. The level of the platform and the height of the tree and arbour established two datums for the setout of public and private spaces of the dwelling. The public riverfront living levels are adjacent to this space whilst the rear living spaces are elevated to look into the canopy of the arbour. The private bedroom spaces of the upper level are raised again to a height that affords views of the tree canopy and river, but creates privacy from the river boardwalk.

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HIGHGATE HILL RESIDENCE

BRISBANE, AUStRALIA

The house is located on a south facing ravine adjacent to one Brisbanes oldest ridgeline roads. The steepness of the site has resulted in a verdant and mature landscape, creating the opportunity to place the house within a rich landscape environment.

As a result of the site and the desire to connect to an outdoor ground plane the house adopts two distinct identities the north (landscape) and east (street) is a diminutive floating single level volume hovering over fine steel pins the south and west (distant views) the vertical and monumental character is revealed of the tall three level residence. To the North and East, the living level embraces the landscape as the upper level hovers over the ground plane as a protective canopy. In these areas where the building is more intimate, the materials and detailing are deliberately fine and diminutive.

To integrate the landscape with the living spaces on the middle level, the external openings are of a significant scale so that the internal floor plate opens up completely to the outdoor spaces that consist of a series of floating platforms of constructed ground planes of timber decking or turf. In response to the dominance of the landscape, the house is entirely clad in timber and uses timber glazed faade systems where each species is selected to age in response to its orientation and weathering.

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