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Issue 63 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 63

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Habitus 63 is arguably the most aspirational issue of the year with Kitchens & Bathrooms to dream about. Whether a family hub, an entertainer’s paradise or somewhere to grad a quick meal, how we live in and spend time in the kitchen is a very personal question that requires thought and an abundance of resources. Always the aspirational eye candy of design, we have some truly lovely kitchens from Greg Natale, YSG, Splinter Society, Sally Caroline and Studio Johnston. Bathrooms are just as important with Greg Natale, Studio Tate, YSG and Those Architects sharing some fabulous insights

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How to Transform: from Factory to Food
HospitalityAndrew McDonald

How to Transform: from Factory to Food

Australia

Transformer is a Fitzroy based experimental restaurant and dinning experience built out of the shell of a former electrical transformer factory.


After sitting vacant for a number of years the site of the former industrial property has been suitably transformed into a sophisticated and experimental restaurant. Designed by Breathe Architecture with the client’s wholefood vegetarian menu in mind, the greenery-enclosed space expresses the goal of Transformer, to honour the seasons.

The existing building has been largely retained, including a small courtyard covered in ivy, which informed the design concept of extending the idea of the garden to inside the restaurant.

Unique in its simplicity, Transformer is an exercise in creating more with less. The space maximises flexibility through retaining much of the existing warehouse, preserving the classic structure and texture of the electrical transformer factory.

Robust, unpretentious and functional, Breathe used a simple palette of honest, raw, local and natural materials for Transformer, referencing the vegetarian menu of the restaurant. These materials include a number of recycled timber battens, recycled messmate table tops from the old Geelong station, mild steel door frames & joinery, locally manufactured brass door furniture and tap ware, cyclone wire planting screens, and exposed cement sheet linings in bathrooms in lieu of tiles.

The final touch was to simply allow nature to take its course, with the greenery running wild in the space.

Photography by Peter Clarke.

Breathe Architecture
breathe.com.au

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Issue 63 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 63

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Habitus 63 is arguably the most aspirational issue of the year with Kitchens & Bathrooms to dream about. Whether a family hub, an entertainer’s paradise or somewhere to grad a quick meal, how we live in and spend time in the kitchen is a very personal question that requires thought and an abundance of resources. Always the aspirational eye candy of design, we have some truly lovely kitchens from Greg Natale, YSG, Splinter Society, Sally Caroline and Studio Johnston. Bathrooms are just as important with Greg Natale, Studio Tate, YSG and Those Architects sharing some fabulous insights

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