Project: CECC
The highly anticipated new centre for environment and climate change has opened in Newtown this week. This building not only houses education and conference facilities, but leads by example by recycling itself. CECC architect Natalie Adams from Fabric’d said “ Cultural and Environmental change are interlinked concepts and essential stepping stones to global sustainability so we designed a building that would challenge the way people think about waste and consumption.”
Set on a triangular site, the three recycling towers dominate the City road skyline and the floors wrap gently around to come to rest on Darlington St. The towers are conference rooms with operable, transparent wall cavities for disposal of rubbish. Paper, Glass and plastic are deposited in the walls and gradually fall through the wall down into the recycling plant in the basement. It is intended that people will realise both the process of recycling, but also the volume of waste that we generate day to day. On the Darlington St side of the building is a fourth, smaller tower which displays water education and the green roof educates about air pollution. Internationally renown architect Peter Stutchbury commented “by designing more efficient buildings that require less energy and produce less waste and are ecologically sustainable, architects can make a significant impact.”
This centre is the new hub of climate change education with an estimated 1000 school student tours each week. It also will be home to the annual Australian climate change forum. The transparent skin of the building allows views in from the street to these discussions further generating interest and awareness of the environment.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore says this building is an “important step in the sustainable Sydney 2030 strategy” and will quickly become an “international precedent for climate change education.”
Centre for climate change leads by example
The highly anticipated new centre for environment and climate change has opened in Newtown this week. This building not only houses education and conference facilities, but leads by example by recycling itself. CECC architect Natalie Adams from Fabric’d said “ Cultural and Environmental change are interlinked concepts and essential stepping stones to global sustainability so we designed a building that would challenge the way people think about waste and consumption.”
Set on a triangular site, the three recycling towers dominate the City road skyline and the floors wrap gently around to come to rest on Darlington St. The towers are conference rooms with operable, transparent wall cavities for disposal of rubbish. Paper, Glass and plastic are deposited in the walls and gradually fall through the wall down into the recycling plant in the basement. It is intended that people will realise both the process of recycling, but also the volume of waste that we generate day to day. On the Darlington St side of the building is a fourth, smaller tower which displays water education and the green roof educates about air pollution. Internationally renown architect Peter Stutchbury commented “by designing more efficient buildings that require less energy and produce less waste and are ecologically sustainable, architects can make a significant impact.”
This centre is the new hub of climate change education with an estimated 1000 school student tours each week. It also will be home to the annual Australian climate change forum. The transparent skin of the building allows views in from the street to these discussions further generating interest and awareness of the environment.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore says this building is an “important step in the sustainable Sydney 2030 strategy” and will quickly become an “international precedent for climate change education.”
CECC press release
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