The Council House 2 (CH2) office building was designed in collaboration with City of Melbourne to be a holistic system with its occupants as...
A pilot project for the City of Melbourne’s Zero Net Emissions by 2020 Strategy, Council House 2 was the first commercial project awarded a 6-star Green Star
Image 8 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Photograph by Dianna Snape
In researching Council House 2, arguably the most sustainable building in Australia, I’ve found that it’s method of having attained that status is surprisingly simple. Based on biomimic…
Council House 2 (CH2) of the City of Melbourne and Design Inc. Melbourne sets a new world standard in green building design and many of the processes used by the building are highly relevant to us in our own Domus design work. As a council project, detailed research and information into the processes of certain principles used by the building are provided on their webpage: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=171&pg=1933 and definately worth a look. They also provide diagrams and tables for good reference. I have posted some of the examples i found particularly valuable.
Image 17 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Bioclimatic Section Night / © DesignInc
Image 8 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Photograph by Dianna Snape
Image 9 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Photograph by Dianna Snape
Image 17 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Bioclimatic Section Night / © DesignInc
In researching Council House 2, arguably the most sustainable building in Australia, I’ve found that it’s method of having attained that status is surprisingly simple. Based on biomimic…
Council House 2 (CH2) of the City of Melbourne and Design Inc. Melbourne sets a new world standard in green building design and many of the processes used by the building are highly relevant to us in our own Domus design work. As a council project, detailed research and information into the processes of certain principles used by the building are provided on their webpage: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=171&pg=1933 and definately worth a look. They also provide diagrams and tables for good reference. I have posted some of the examples i found particularly valuable.
Council House 2 (CH2) of the City of Melbourne and Design Inc. Melbourne sets a new world standard in green building design and many of the processes used by the building are highly relevant to us in our own Domus design work. As a council project, detailed research and information into the processes of certain principles used by the building are provided on their webpage: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=171&pg=1933 and definately worth a look. They also provide diagrams and tables for good reference. I have posted some of the examples i found particularly valuable.
The Council House 2 (CH2) office building was designed in collaboration with City of Melbourne to be a holistic system with its occupants as participants.
Street of 105 homes hailed as high-quality architecture in its most environmentally and socially conscious form
In order to study sustainable approaches to design, I’ve selected the building, Council House 2 (otherwise known as CH2), as the focus of a short research project. By studying CH2, I intend …
Image 2 of 25 from gallery of Inventive Council Housing / Levitt Bernstein. Photograph by Tim Crocker
Image 13 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Section / © DesignInc
Image 6 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Photograph by Dianna Snape
Image 2 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Photograph by Dianna Snape
Image 25 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Plan / © DesignInc
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Image 10 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Photograph by Dianna Snape
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Image 25 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Plan / © DesignInc
Image 2 of 25 from gallery of Inventive Council Housing / Levitt Bernstein. Photograph by Tim Crocker
Image 25 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Plan / © DesignInc
Image 19 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Elevation / © DesignInc
Street of 105 homes hailed as high-quality architecture in its most environmentally and socially conscious form
Council House 2 is the first new commercial building in Australia to be awarded 6 Star Green Star rating by the GBCA.
The Council House 2 (CH2) office building was designed in collaboration with City of Melbourne to be a holistic system with its occupants as participants.
Image 21 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Plan / © DesignInc
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Image 22 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Plan / © DesignInc
Liverpool and its politics are different and it was Liverpool’s Tories who, in 1869, built the first council housing in Europe. In fact, the Council’s sanitary reforms and house-building programme…
Image 24 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Plan / © DesignInc
Image 17 of 25 from gallery of CH2 Melbourne City Council House 2 / DesignInc. Bioclimatic Section Night / © DesignInc
