Fenestration Australia Design Awards Winners Magazine 2017 | Page 14

Winner
AISF Best Use Of
powder coating
commercial
Australian Aluminium
Finishing
Power Street Loop Project,
Transurban City Link,
Melbourne, Victoria.
The “Habitat Filter” was designed by Matt Drysdale,
Matt Myers and Tim Dow, and consists of a functional
sculpture disbursed across an urban forest on the site.
The eight fixed ‘Pods’ include solar panels that transfer
electricity into the grid and water storage tanks for rain
water collection. The urban forest filters the air while
creating a habitat for fauna. As the designers described
it, the project would “close the loop of creating a
sustainable urban sculpture and land care project on
the site.”
JUDGES’ COMMENTS
An excellent use of powder coating, both technically
and aesthetically, that fully met the design brief while
using recycled materials and creating a real work of art.
A striking application of powder coating.
Architect Matt Drysdale, Matt Myers & Tim Dow,
The OCD
Builder 2Construct
Fabricator Steelvision
Photographer Christian Pearson, Misheye
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