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Sustainability

Daylight

Geometric modelling of buildings in response to solar geometry enables controlled solar exclusion or harvest when unwanted, while allowing ingress of daylight when needed for warming.

Loreto Mandeville Hall | Education architecture and schools

Mandeville Centre, Loreto Toorak
The pinwheel concept that informs the design of the Mandeville Centre animates and orders the building program around a central atrium space drawing natural daylight within.

Innovations in high-performance glass have led us to design building facades that are transparent in the visible spectrum and block or re-radiate harmful wavelengths.

Melbourne airport Summer response - daylight exposure

Melbourne Airport T2 Expansion
A high performance double-skin glazed facade protects the interior from climatic conditions while glare is controlled through internal blinds that track the sun’s movements via a roof-top weather station.

1 Bligh Street Sydney | Daylight exposure

1 Bligh Street
1 Bligh Street uses a clever double-skin external glazing envelope with a sophisticated building management system. Together with a highly transparent inner atrium, this draws daylight deep into the offices within.