Burwood Brickworks

The former Brickworks industrial site in Burwood East has been transformed in recent years to become Burwood Brickworks; a new community including shopping centre, parklands, civic spaces and residential buildings.

As the first shopping centre to ever achieve LBC certification, Burwood Brickworks boasts some rather incredible sustainable aspects; The centre is powered by rooftop solar panels and offsite renewable energy sources, 20 per cent of the retail space is dedicated to agriculture, all grey and black water is captured, treated and recycled on-site and the centre has achieved a 6 Star Green Star Community rating.

For the shopping centre, our wayfinding concept was inspired by the striking architecture, using materiality and fabrication techniques that adhered to the strict rules of the Living Building Challenge – the built environment’s most rigorous performance standard for sustainability.

Meanwhile, the Garden Apartments incorporate tactile and textural materials across the contemporary and timeless architecture. Our typography based wayfinding system offered a restrained approach, extending on and integrating with the architectural design and introduced highlight colours to provide distinction from one building to the next.
Lastly, the Learning Trail at Burwood Brickworks provides an opportunity to promote connectivity across the site through messaging and tactile interpretation that helps connect to place, while providing information on sustainable initiatives in use across the estate.

Through thoughtful design, in a place of connection and community, this urban project continues to deliver on the ambition of social and environmental sustainability.