Mike Carney Toyota & Lexus Showrooms
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Mike Carney Toyota & Lexus Showrooms
The design of the new Mike Carney Toyota and Lexus showroom represents a fresh and innovative approach to customer service. Integrating sales and service through customer lounges and vehicle delivery, the centre creates an inviting and relaxed atmosphere while that representing the qualities of the individual Toyota and Lexus brands.
During the showroom’s long history in Townsville, the surrounding area has changed from open fields to a busy commercial district, with numerous brands competing for attention. Responding to this, each showroom has been designed as a high-end shop front, with large expanses of glazing and feature display windows to maximise views from the street front. Working extensively with the Toyota and Lexus corporate group, as well as the onsite team and builder, we delivered a design that was in line with each distinct brand identity whilst embracing an overall consistency.
Environmentally, our challenge was to balance the desire for maximum transparency and vision into the showrooms with the facade’s orientation to the western afternoon sun. Using a mixture of large overhangs, screening, and glazing types we successfully reduced the impact of the afternoon sun while still maximising natural light inside.
Stage A works included the refurbishment and extension of an existing two-storey classroom block as well as the construction of a new covered walkway through the centre of the school.
PROCESS
During the showroom’s long history in Townsville, the surrounding area has changed from open fields to a busy commercial district, with numerous brands competing for attention. Responding to this, each showroom has been designed as a high-end shop front, with large expanses of glazing and feature display windows to maximise views from the street front. Working extensively with the Toyota and Lexus corporate group, as well as the onsite team and builder, we delivered a design that was in line with each distinct brand identity whilst embracing an overall consistency.
METHODOLOGY
Environmentally, our challenge was to balance the desire for maximum transparency and vision into the showrooms with the facade’s orientation to the western afternoon sun. Using a mixture of large overhangs, screening, and glazing types we successfully reduced the impact of the afternoon sun while still maximising natural light inside.
TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND
The Gugu-Badhun People
COMPLETION
2022
LOCATION
Townsville, Queensland
CLIENT
Mike Carney Toyota
PROJECT CONTACT
PHOTOGRAPHY
Scott Burrows Photography
VALUE OUTCOMES
“GB-A were an absolute pleasure to work with. The team on site and in the office never cut corners and were committed to delivering a very high quality project.”
Jim Spainard, Golburn Enterprise
Designing for a sustainable future is a core part of our organisational philosophy. Drawing on the knowledge from our Greenstar accredited team members and specialist consultants in environmentally sustainable design, we ensure our project teams integrate creativity with scientific rigour, to create designs that are conscientious of the natural environment and local ecology. Designing for a sustainable future is a core part of our organisational philosophy.
PRINCIPLES OF PASSION
During the design process, our project team not only considers the physical context of the designs but also examines the social and cultural context. Through every design, we look for ways to inspire positive attitudes, behaviours and emotional responses in people to encourage the responsible use of resources, increase cooperation among occupants, and communicate the values of society and cultural diversity.
Designing for a sustainable future is a core part of our organisational philosophy. Drawing on the knowledge from our Greenstar accredited team members and specialist consultants in environmentally sustainable design, we ensure our project teams integrate creativity with scientific rigour, to create designs that are conscientious of the natural environment and local ecology.
We design built environments from a holistic, sustainable perspective: each project reconciles ecological and social impacts within the current economic climate. We holistically evaluate environmental, cultural and financial sustainability in every task we undertake.