Nestled within the busy urban landscape, QC Chambers operates as a quiet space of contemplation for a QC within the Melbourne CBD.
Designed by FMD Architects and functioning as a workplace and meeting place, it is also a space to contemplate, a moment of respite from the daily happenings of the court – an opportunity to recharge and think ahead of the next case.
The Chambers pivot around an artwork, Plate Glass 2, by Melbourne artist Sam Shmith.
The urban train scene expressed, reinterprets the views out to the skyline beyond.
Black tones throughout the space and lighting by Christopher Boots continue the dialogue with the artwork, offering shifting perspectives of the art, the chambers, and the city itself.
This is a space which provides ongoing contemplation and inspiration.
Tasmanian Oak veneer joinery mimics the city skyline and extends from the deep green carpet, counterbalancing the dark tones, and housing the necessities of the working chambers.
A meeting table in the centre of the room greets guests, while a Churchill inspired standing desk on the far wall grants opportunities to work throughout the chambers.
QC Chambers reinterprets the traditional urban life of a barrister, expressing it in a contemporary way.
The chambers challenge the conventional perception of how a QC thinks and works.
The functional brief is accommodated within highly sculptural design elements.
The design oscillates between the pragmatic and the poetic, offering continual creative stimulation through the ongoing dialogue between the artwork and the interior architecture.
Project Details
Completion Date – 2020
Building Levels – 1
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Architecture
FMD Architects
FMD Architects is an architectural practice with extensive experience in architecture of varying scales, types and budgets.
The core work of the practice is boutique commercial, hospitality and residential work.
The focus on specific projects enables a high level of client service as well as an intense design process with rigorous detail.
Photography
Tatjana Plitt
Tatjana is an award-winning artist and architecture/interiors photographer based in Melbourne.
She completed her Bachelor of Media Arts at RMIT University and has exhibited her work throughout Australia and internationally.
Inspired by the power of architecture to shape how we feel, think and behave, Tatjana creates images that capture the mood and emotion of spaces.
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