AUSTRALIA Woolstores of Brisbane, Victoria and Tasmania. A riverfront in Australia houses different woolstores of cultural significance, located in different neighborhoods. Three of these precedents of adaptive reuse, converted so as to accomplish higher density, better energy efficiency, and as a cheaper option that new build, will be seen in further detail: 1. Queensland Primary producers No, 4 Woolstore in Tenerife, Brisbane; 2. Dalgety's Woolstores in Geelong City, Victoria; and, 3. The Old Woolstore Apartments and Hotel, Tasmania. The woolstore typology was initially a three storey brick and timber warehouse, constructed during the 1930s[51]. Since the very feasibility of the industry of wool making in Australia has been slowly but surely challenged, abandoned woolstores can be seen today. Challenges faced in the conversion of this kind of typology include navigating around the structural system - the timber grid system is not necessarily conducive to apartment building codes, even with reuse flexibility; the fenestration, too, is not enough, and introducing more may either compromise on structural integrity, or overstep rules set by facades that are protected by heritage acts. The solutions to these would be to take the reuse process portion by portion, demolishing part of the structural system and reinforcing or reconstructing it. Regarding windows, designs can lean on borrowed light within certain interior spaces, in instances where facades are meant to be kept intact.
Queensland Primary No, 4 Woolstore, Teneriffe, Brisbane While keeping the same materials as untouched and original as possible, there are some cases where changes must be made. This occurred with the Queensland project, where the multicolored bricks were unable to be completely saved. Therefore, similar materials were sourced when reconstructing. The woolstore originally consisted of two storeys, but a third storey was added in the adaptive reuse. The materials for the third floor do not match the first and second - the original storeys joints were constructed with joists and beams. For the third storey now, however, Oregon Pine is being used. The reuse has converted the woolstore into mixed-use, with the ground and first floors having been changed into offices. Apartments are on the last floor, set
