Habitat House's high-end facilities, combined with its natural light and creative, modern atmosphere, have it set to become Surry Hills' leading commercial address.
Architecture firm The World Is Round was engaged by April Group to re-position this 1960s former fashion warehouse as a premium offering, focussing on lifestyle, wellbeing, amenities and collaboration. MPA Projects completed the refurbishment across eight commercial levels, two basements and a conversion of the roof into a vibrant rooftop garden.
Aware of the correlation between mental health and access to green space, the owner conceived the rooftop as an urban escape to help support the wellbeing of their tenants. It can be used as an entertainment area, a meeting space, or even yoga and meditation. Inspired by The World Is Round's design theme and true to the owner's vision for the rooftop, Arcadia designed and engineered the communal rooftop space to create a green oasis where tenants can re-energize their minds and connect with others. Using ultra luxurious and contemporary finishes, the space includes an outdoor kitchen and bar, a breeze-block feature acoustic wall, a range of seating amenities, an outdoor lounge and a yoga deck.
Quatro Design manufactured the signature raised garden beds, a suite of bespoke tables and a custom seat planter for this spectacular rooftop garden. Quatro's cylinder planters were also used to provide additional internal height in the raised garden beds to showcase all feature trees. Quatro Design was able to guide Arcadia and MPA's design and estimating teams on the parameters of working with GRC (Glassfibre Reinforced Concrete) and mould-making, and provided valuable guidelines and product drawings to resolve the final designs.
MPA was awarded for their outstanding work on this project by the Master Builders Association of NSW. They were the 2020 Winners in the Refurbishment / Renovation / Extention $15,000,000 – $20,000,000 category. Quatro Design extends their congratulations to the entire team.
