The Cremorne Office and Residence is an adaptive reuse project that embraces the robust character of an existing warehouse while carefully inserting new program within its industrial shell, and extruding out through it. Rather than softening the building’s origins, the design retains exposed structural elements, allowing texture, scale, and material honesty to define the spatial experience.

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New interventions are organised around a series of high, three-storey voids carved between old and new structures. These voids establish strong visual connections across levels and back to the original fabric, amplifying a sense of openness and spatial generosity within the dense warehouse envelope. Light and air are drawn deep into the plan through the extensive use of glass walls, reinforcing the legibility of both the existing structure and the contemporary additions.

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Recycled timber cladding is introduced internally to temper the rawness of concrete and steel, adding warmth while maintaining an industrial sensibility. The result is a layered architectural language where old and new coexist in dialogue—an architecture of reuse that celebrates history, structure, and the transformative potential of space.