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STUDIO 
RENOVATION.

Our new studio is a connection to community and busy streetscape.
Designed to maximise flexibility, transparency, and daylight.

It enables the local community to see the inner workings of a happy design studio, while providing our team with a light-filled, healthy workspace.

This project is a light-filled adaptation to an existing shopfront terrace.

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PROJECT TEAM.

Architecture and Interior Design
Cathi Colla Architects: Cathi Colla

Project Photography
Emma Cross Photographer

PROJECT DETAILS.

Architectural Services
Concept Design,
Developed Design,
Design Documentation, and
Contract Administration.

Project Status
Construction completed.

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This studio renovation is a commercial fit out for Cathi Colla Architects’ own design practice.

This studio renovation was a design challenge strictly bound by a tiny budget. Other restrictions include the extremely tight constraint of the existing available space plus a tiny construction time.

This design was an opportunity to express the studio’s design ethos – that is a focusing on the creation of calm, beautiful and sustainable environments – whilst having a minimal impact on the building shell of our existing Victorian era shopfront terrace in Carlton North.

Our project required rejuvenation of the lower level of a shared terrace into a flexible workspace for a small architecture firm. As a continuation of the CCA design philosophy, the intent of the design was to create a highly functional and harmonious space using some of our favourite ‘green’ materials such as reclaimed blackbutt (timber).

We have minimised change by adapted the floors, walls and ceiling. By maintaining the current floor-to-ceiling glazing the studio acts as an extension of the busy streetscape. It enables the public to see the inner workings of a happy design practice, whilst providing CCA with a light-filled, healthy workspace.

That's no mean feat for an inner city renovation, let alone one without a north orientation!

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