Sharing the vibrant workplace of Siemens Gamesa with you today. Housed in Botanicca 3, Gray Pucksand’s 2020 Burnley building and designed and delivered by Amicus. It’s got all the technology needed to accomodate the flexible work arrangements required by our modern workforce and adaptable meeting rooms and shared spaces.
1 Treasury Place
I spent a weekend in town last year, a belated celebration for my 40th birthday actually. Belated thanks to COVID, of course. It was the first weekend after the last big lockdown and the city was still beautifully sleepy and peaceful. I slipped out for a walk one morning and was drawn towards 1 Treasury Place, a favourite designed by Yuncken Freeman Architects in the 1960s.
Now as any photographer with a “serious” looking camera knows you can barely lift your camera around 1 Treasury Place without being asked to leave, but on this day they must have been feeling particularly generous. I think I was there for nearly 30 minutes before they told me to go away. I wasn’t finished but I was pretty pleased with the precious and rare time I had.
There’s an equally rare self portrait amongst these images to mark the occasion too!
Siemens Healthineers by Amicus
Sharing another stunning workplace by Amicus. This one in Hawthorn for Siemens Healthineers. As usual there was much to be impressed by in this workplace, the diversity and flexibility in collaborative and private workspaces, the striking colour pallet and textural surfaces and well equiped communal spaces. What struck me most however, was the inclusion of indigenous art (featured painting is by Perth based, Yamatji and Nyoongar artist, Darryl Bellotti) and place names for meeting spaces. Each name was accompanied by a QR code linked to a translation and explanation of the name - a nice touch - only wish there was time in a shoot to take them all in!
Edge of Darkness
By the time coronavirus lockdowns first reached us in 2020 I had already be been consciously exploring the idea of isolation for several years. As you will see from previous posts (‘Isolation’ 2017’, ‘Ships in the Night, 2018’, ‘Metropolis, 2018, ‘False Warmth, 2019’) it is something I have considered through varied subject matter.
In 2020 when large sections of the population were isolating at home it provided a unique opportunity to view our urban environment in a near complete state of isolation. Coronavirus amplified the experience of isolation for a great number of people and for many left them in or on the edge of darkness.
An office with a view
I have a great stack of work sitting around that I could have been sharing with you but I’ve been enjoying a brief hiatus from socials, as I do from time to time. I’ll get back in the swing of things with these impressive offices by Hot Black and Amicus, belonging to local technology success story, Dubber. The city views alone are something to behold and the fully equiped interiors are impressive too.
Collingwood workplace by Made For and Aquilla Interiors
Set in Hayball’s 2021, Gipps Street building, this Collingwood workplace is small in size but not in impact. Designed by Made For and built by Aquilla Interiors it’s a serene little oasis in a bustling street. Here are some highlights from the shoot.
Planet Innovation by Hot Black and Amicus
Another workplace for you today. This one full of mostly “top secret” not to be seen or spoken of technology. What a clever bunch of people at Planet Innovation! And as always, an impressive workplace by Hot Black and Amicus.
Metropolis
As promised, I’m sharing another body of work from recent years (well, a selection of images from it). This one, Metropolis, followed on from "Ships in the Night" and was also made in 2018. It continues my ongoing exploration on the theme of isolation, a theme that has taken on a whole new meaning since I made this work. In any case, I’m not done with it!
This body of work was exhibited in 2018 at Yarra Sculpture Gallery as part of the Fresh 18 Group show. These and all of my fine art works are available in limited edition prints - get in touch via the Contact page if you’d like to know more.
Metropolis
I am drawn to cities and never tire of capturing their beauty, overt and hidden. There is a certainty in the symmetries, patterns, colours and forms that is familiar and comfortable.
The city holds great appeal for me yet I feel an imbalance.
As our cities grow and sprawl, so too does our sense of isolation and loneliness. The rural villages of connected communities have given way to vast metropolises of concrete and steel, overflowing with profoundly disconnected, lonely individuals. Disconnected from each other and from nature.
