Harrison and White (HAW)

Harrison and White (HAW)
New Ideas
Sustainable urbanism: Harrison and White’s scheme
exhibited in the 2010 Venice Beinnale of Architecture.
Harrison and White (HAW) is an award-winning architecture and
urban design practice formed in 2006 after a series of project
collaborations between directors Stuart Harrison and Marcus
White. New ideas, a fresh and engaging approach to architectural
problems and sustainability are the core directives of the practice.
The practice is dedicated to innovation and collaboration with clients
and stakeholders. The practice uses the latest in digital techniques
and has worked extensively with existing buildings, both in institutional
and residential work. Current and past clients include RMIT, VicUrban,
City of Darebin, City of Whittlesea, City of Wyndham, GPT Group, the
Anglican Church, Melbourne International Film Festival, University of
Melbourne, and several primary schools. Harrison and White were
project and design architects for a major redevelopment of the Preston
City Oval for the City of Darebin. The practice was also selected as
one of 17 Australian firms exhibited at the 2010 Venice Biennale of
Architecture.
Experience
Foyn-Johanson House, Northcote.
The planning envelope is subtracted from to maximise
sunlight access in to garden. Sustainable recycled plastic
screening to the rear facade. AIA Architecture award
winner, 2011.
Preston Oval Redevelopment, 2010-11; for Darebin City
Council. Upgrade and extension of existing function space,
change and administration facilities with a strong ESD
focus.
This dynamic practice has had broad experience in architectural
services including large-scale institutional and commercial projects
through to highly detailed residential projects. Harrison and White have
over 25 years collective director experience. Both directors of Harrison
and White have worked extensively in architectural and urban design
practice and have both continued to be involved in academic research
with RMIT University and the University of Melbourne. The practice
engages with cutting edge technology – both parametric computing
and a strong engagement with current construction technology,
systems and materials. Current consultant coordination experiences
involve extensive redevelopment of existing buildings and complex
servicing. Recent projects have demanded co-ordination of a range of
stakeholders from state government, local councils, private sector and
community groups and user groups.
Director Stuart Harrison worked for Denton Corker Marshall and
Edmond & Corrigan in the 1990s following which he has worked in
private practice all project types. He has had projects published in
Monument Magazine and Architecture Australia. The Tunnel House
project was short-listed in the AIA awards, as was the Joy Melbourne
radio studios project. Prior to the formation of Harrison and White Pty
Ltd, Marcus White worked for large commercial firms, gaining valuable
experience in commercial, retail, educational multi-residential work
and urban design. He worked in the role of project architect on the
Watergate Apartments project in Melbourne Docklands for Elenberg
Fraser Pty Ltd.
Harrison and White’s projects include residential work, public works
such as the Preston City Oval redevelopment, and educational
commissions for several schools, an upgrade to study spaces at
Melbourne University, as well as being part of the New Academic Street
Project for RMIT, the focus of which is student experience and services.
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Methodology
Harrison and White aim to have satisfied clients through establishing a
comprehensive brief early in design process and working closely with
the clients, community, quantity surveyors and other consultants to
produce high quality work within a budget. The practice aims for local
and culturally specific design – projects designed for the particularities
of the site to provide buildings that respond to the greater urban or
regional context.
In the early stages of the project Harrison and White seek to engage
all stakeholders and users of a project in order to understand and
involve all in the authoring through a collaborative approach. They seek
opportunities to minimise unnecessary spending and seek to explore
how facilities can be used in multiple and flexible ways to maximise
investment. Through several years work on the RMIT NAS project,
Harrison and White has developed a comprehensive understanding of
large University user groups, DRCs, Campus development committees
and retail groups.
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, new
entry and study centre, 2010-. Works within complex set of
existing buildings.
We have developed a clear and comprehensive strategy for working
with existing buildings - one that maximises the inherent qualities
of those existing buildings in order to minimise material usage in a
sustainable way. This comes from a strong engagement with services
consultants, such as Irwinconsult whom Harrison and White have
collaborated and developed a close relationship with.
Harrison and White aim to provide high quality services within strict
time-frames and budgets by being thoroughly conversant with
available high-end 3D technology, using it for both cost control and to
produce high quality design. They produce on-going testing of design
options through this 3D modelling to ensure a well-considered and
performing design.
The practice has a strong belief in the importance of good architecture
in all projects, and in the ability for design to improve the quality of
life of the users of buildings. Architecture is about seeing constraints
as advantages, working with technology and people equally to foster
innovation in the creation of spaces.
Tunnel House: Urban consolidation, working with existing
fabric; use of sustainable materials (recycled plastic
cladding). Project featured in Next Wave: Emerging Talents
in Australian Architecture, Thames & Hudson, 2007
Tully Bathroom (2010) Built prototype of investigation into
facilities for the aged and disabled. The project addressed
methods of innovation in design driven by issues of access
compliance.
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The practice is committed to environmentally sustainable architecture,
through building retention, densification, passive solar design, energy
minimisation and sustainable use of materials.
Capacity
Harrison and White’s highly qualified staff are dedicated to producing
quality work within very tight time-frames. All team members
are proficient in the latest high-end digital communications and
documentation technology allowing the firm to produce a large amount
of high quality work quickly. The practice’s mastery of the cutting edge
technology gives them the capacity to produce the work of a large
design firm with greater efficiency and speed, enabling them to better
service their clients, giving greater value for money.
The practice has over 25 years experience between its two directors.
The office has five staff and has facilities and the ability to expand
with additional staff when required. Harrison and White Pty Ltd carries
$10m Professional Indemnity Insurance and $20m Public Liability
Insurance through Resource Underwriting Pacific Pty Ltd. Harrison and
White is fully covered under Workcover. Harrison and White Pty Ltd is a
currently registered architectural company with the ARBV, and is listed
on the ARBV register at arbv.vic.gov.au (number C50988). Harrison
and White is listed on the Victorian Construction Supplier Register and
has worked with several local governments, including the Cities of
Melbourne, Darebin and Wyndam and Whittlesea.
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Current and Recent Projects
Current projects span institutional, educational and residential types.
The office is part of a practice team lead by Lyons undertaking works
for RMIT as part of the New Academic Street project (NAS). Harrison
and White have commissions for several primary schools, including St
Bernard’s Catholic Primary in East Coburg; and St Margaret’s Catholic
Primary in Maribyrnong. These projects have included stakeholder
engagement, master-planning, building design and landscape works
currently being tendered. The practice has designed a major upgrade
to gallery and study facilities for the University of Melbourne; projects
for City of Darebin have been undertaken in recent years.
Harrison and White were the architects for the redevelopment of
Preston City Oval, for Darebin City Council. This project brings together
two existing buildings and new area to create facilities for a VFL and
TAC Cup football clubs, as well as local Preston Cricket Club. In
addition to the new function room in the grandstand, the oval complex
has been upgraded to comply with access and safety requirements.
This $3m project has completed Stage 1 construction ($2.0m).
RMIT New Academic Street (NAS) project: media portal
and library study spaces.
Harrison and White undertakes specialist housing projects, and
have several houses under construction. The Pants (Heald) House,
on Mount Dandenong was featured in the Australian Pavilion at
the 2008 Venice Biennial of Architecture, and published in the
Weekend Australian. The Ennis House located in South Australia, is
an investigation into sustainable possibilities, generated with a focus
of locally sourced materials to minimise the carbon footprint. Other
clients include the Melbourne International Film Festival and several
private residential clients. Multi-residential projects include a five
unit conversion and extension to a heritage street building in West
Melbourne and a townhouses development in Ascot vale, currently
under construction. Harrison and White were also the architects
for a new light industrial fabrication factory in Brunswick, for joinery
manufacturers Cantilever.
In 2009, Harrison and White undertook a feasibility study with DARMS
property for affordable housing apartments in central Geelong for
VicUrban as part of Central Geelong Urban Living (CGUL) project. The
design comprises 24-48 apartments made up of one and two bedroom
units, within and behind an existing 19th Century brick building.
Pop-up bookstore for Architext; re-locatable book store
used in Melbourne and traveling to Sydney and Brisbane,
2011-12. In collaboration with Paul Coffey.
Harrison and White completed works for a private residence in Fitzroy,
this has been published in Monument magazine, and new residential
works to an existing warehouse conversion in North Melbourne was
published in 2014 in Houses Magazine. The Joy Radio Studios fit-out
converted generic offices space into four new acoustically separated
studios, upgraded remaining office space and staff facilities. There
was a strong emphasis on sustainability – both in the relocation of the
station into the city and in the use of sustainable materials. The project
was short-listed in the AIA awards in 2009.
Harrison and White were design and project architects for a 300
congregation Church, a 120 child Early Learning Centre (Child Care),
an office building, and four residential units in Sydenham, which has
received full planning approval. This project is for the Anglican Diocese
of Melbourne, who were represented by Montlaur Project services.
Pants (Heald) House, Mount Dandenong. This house is
formed to maximise cross-ventilation, views from key living
areas and the protected outdoor spaces.
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The practice is working widely on suburban infill developments and
private new and renovation housing projects. These are often tight
budget projects where understanding of planning constraints is
central in developing a successfully design approach. Urban design
consultancy forms another branch of the practice.
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Adaptive Re-Use
Harrison and White have become specialists in adaptive re-use
projects. Working with existing conditions has typified the majority of
projects the office has delivered. Stuart Harrison has authored several
papers on Adaptive Re-use, including a Design Guidance Note for
the SA Government. A considered and successful approach for reuse projects has been developed, which is centered around detailed
knowledge of existing conditions and structure. Creative use of
compliance constraints also typify the approach, and this can be seen
in projects such as works for Preston City Oval and numerous other
schemes for schools and community facilities.
Thayer-Burnett Warehouse re:conversion, 2013. New
elements inserted into existing fabric to respect original
spatial qualities.
The RMIT New Academic Street project was briefed by the client as
a best practice re-use project of post-war buildings. This project has
involved detailed investigations into 1960s era constriction and through
close collaboration with structural engineers Arup resulted in new
innovative solutions for additional structural elements and expression
of existing ones.
Joy Melbourne Radio Station (2008) Sustainable focused
inner city activation project in former Commonwealth Bank
Building. Careful navigation of existing building fabric. New
insertions using ply, straw panelling and no MDF.
Thayer-Burnett Warehouse re:conversion, 2013. New
elements inserted into existing fabric to respect original
spatial qualities.
Barry Road Community Activity Centre, concept design,
costing and community engagement, 2012- for City of
Whittlesea.
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Design for Education
Over the last four years, Harrison and White has become extensively
involved in design for education - at both at a urban design level, with
numerus master plan for schools in Melbourne, and at an educational
spaces level with contemporary flexible spaces designed to support
new technologies pedagogies. This work has been at all levels of
education, particularly at primary and tertiary level.
University level projects include the major redevelopment of five key
buildings at RMIT’s city campus. This is a $200m project with five
leading architecturally firms collaborating on delivery. Harrison and
White is one of these firms, lead by Lyons Architects. The project is
centered on the student experience, and is complete renewal of library,
student work spaces, student services and retail spaces. Harrison
and White has designed and delivered two three key components of
the project - new library collaboration areas, outdoor study spaces, a
Study and Learning Centre, general library areas, retail market spaces,
Innovative Design Showcase gallery and event space, the Media Portal
flexible use space and a large student terrace and kitchen space. New
forms of student work and the integration of technology have been
central to the project, construction for which starts in 2015.
Good Samaritan Primary School, Roxburgh Park, 2012-.
Masterplan, New Learning Hub (above), Staff Building
upgrade (in progress).
School projects have been undertaken with intensive stakeholder
engagement process, led by Harrison and White. This includes for
school wide masterplans outline 20 year visions for the site, to strategic
interventions on schools sites to maximise change with modest budget
projects. A large body of work has gone into marrying implementation
new spatial and teaching models, through close joint management
planning for school leadership teams.
Awareness and research into educational models has resulted in a
strong expertise in the area. Stuart Harrison was invite to participate in
the ‘Old School, New School’ symposium in Sydney in 2014 to discuss
recent educational projects to fellow professionals, managers and
educators.
Design for a new school sporting and community facilities
building in Mill Park that provides a civic presence for
the school. This project developed a new civic type with
extenvide street based shared community facilites.
St Bernard’s Primary School, Coburg. Masterplan,
completed building works and new Year 5&6 Hub (under
construction).
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Services
Harrison and White offers comprehensive services including
preparation of feasibility studies, urban design frameworks, structure
plans, community consultation, master planning, conceptual
design, town planning applications, design development, contract
documentation, contract administration and post-occupancy analysis.
Harrison and White have acted as lead consultants on projects with a
variety of stakeholders, such as the St. Luke’s Church project under
the Archdeaconry of Essendon and the local Parish and Diocese. This
project achieved a planning permit following community consultation
and direct engagement and support from local Council.
Recognition
RCG Cook Pavilion upgrade, concept design, costing and
community engagement, 2012; for City of Whittlesea.
Harrison and White have had work exhibited at the Venice Biennale
(2008 and 2010) and at the Victorian State of Design festival (2009).
Harrison and White won a commendation at the 2007 Architecture
Australia Unbuilt competition for their environmentally sustainable
urban design proposition ‘A Real Walking City’. Harrison and White
were commended by the judging panel for their ‘bold yet sensitive
design proposition’, for the Seaford Life Saving Club and Dune
Restoration competition entry. In 2005, Stuart Harrison was exhibited
in the Pavilions for New Architecture Exhibition at Monash University.
Harrison and White have had several projects published in both
industry publications such as Architectural Review Australia and
Monument magazine, community and national newspapers.
The Foyn-Johnason House won the Architecture Award in the
Australian Institute of Architects awards 2011, in the residential
alternations and additions category. The project has been published
in the Herald-Sun, Architecture Review Australian and Monument
Magazine.
Dedication to Design
Melbourne Central Rooftop: joint submission with Bent and
Breathe Architecture for development of a retail rooftop (for
GPT Group).
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The practice aims to produce high quality architecture that reflects
the identity and needs of the client. Both partners are dedicated to
producing quality design and have been involved in teaching design
and technology at RMIT, Monash and Melbourne Universities. Stuart
has worked in design radio broadcasting for 3RRR and the ABC. Both
Marcus and Stuart have received recognition by the profession for their
contribution to the architectural discipline. In 1999 Stuart was awarded
the Anne Butler Design Award for most outstanding graduate design
project at RMIT. In 2002 Marcus White was awarded the RAIA Haddon
Travelling Scholarship. In 2005 and 2012 Stuart Harrison received RAIA
Media Awards. Marcus was part of an awarded Australian Research
Council Grant for practice based-research in Sustainable Architecture
and Urban design – research that has been integrated into the practice
of Harrison and White. Marcus White won the inaugural National
Emerging Architect award in 2011 from the Australian Institute of
Architects (2011). Stuart Harrison is a design review expert, and sits on
several design review panels for the South Australian Government.
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HOUSE
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Stuart Harrison and Marcus White lead a trans-disciplinary
research project into bushfire design strategies called
‘Smarter Stay Smarter Go’.
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Quality Assurance
Harrison and White’s quality assurance systems are designed to
deliver a consistent set of outcomes over a range of projects to
meet our client’s needs and expectations with the highest level of
professional service.
The ‘hands on’ office structure is such that directors are actively
involved in every project and oversee and check all correspondence
including drawings, emails, uploads, etc. An accumulative digital and
hard copy system of minute taking is in place which ensures that all
meetings, conversations and decisions are recorded and that actions
arising from them can be tracked.
As well as specifically designed work methods refined through years
of experience, the office manual provides access to-up to-date AIA
practice notes to ensure ongoing consistency with industry standards.
We also utilise online versions of the National Construction Code
(NCC) and the Australian Standards.
The office utilises Building Information Modelling systems (BIM) and
both 2D and 3D CAD modelling and drafting systems, tailored to
specific jobs. Harrison and White’s mastery of cutting edge technology
as well as thorough understanding of international drafting standards
enables smooth collaboration between clients, consultants, project
managers and builders. Harrison and White use a password securable
online document delivery system to reduce client’s disbursement costs
and ensure rapid information sharing with consultants.
St. Luke’s Square: Masterplan (top) and clear 3D
imagery used for community consultation (above). Was a
contemporary reinvention of the suburban church in the
road-based landscape of outer Melbourne. The project
featured bio-retention swale, water retention, cross
ventilation, assisted air extraction.
A consistent office information management system of standardised
hard and soft copy file structure, document naming, revision
management, transmittal system and chronological records
of everything received and issued from the office to ensure
straightforward tracking of all information.
Schedules, time lines and checklists are used and regularly maintained
to ensure careful value management across all areas of quality,
time and cost. Time lines and production costs are monitored with
the Microsoft Project. Harrison and White use the network and data
management services of Bergin CT ensuring a reliable, current backup
of all server information is available at any time. Both on-site and offsite
backups are kept of all data.
OH&S
Seaford Life Saving Club: integration within sensitive dune
vegetation, shaded public deck areas (competition entry).
Harrison and White have an established office OH&S policy that is
distributed to all employees, please see the policy atwww.haw.com.au/pdf/HAW-OH&S.pdf
Both Directors have participated in OH&S training seminars with
ISM (Insurance) as well as completing the RMIT University’s OHS
workplace induction e-learning certificates, see http://rmit.edu.au/
staff for full policy. Staff have access to high quality equipment such
as Herman Miller Aeron Chairs and Wacom drawing tablets to reduce
potential carpel tunnel and other office work related problems. A
safe work practices manual is used by all staff via the office intranet.
Harrison and White also have experience working with specialist OH&S
consultants.
Equal Opportunity
Dense and compact medium density housing in West
Melbourne.
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Harrison and White are an equal opportunity employer. Both directors
have completed the RMIT University Equal Opportunity training course
in the past few years.
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