A thorough workplace design strategy was paramount to The Mill Architecture + Design’s well-considered fitout for the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
In recent years, The Mill team has completed detailed workplace assessments, research, and strategy work to help CASA clarify what a modern workplace looks like to them. They have completed fitouts for their locations around the country, with the design strategy refined after each new office was completed and occupied.
The culmination of all this work was the design and construction of the new CASA Head Office in The Mill’s hometown, Canberra.
Completed in November 2023 and occupying 6,600 square metres of space across three levels, the CASA workspace represents best practice in accessible, healthy, agile working and includes spaces to gather, to retreat, to concentrate and to collaborate.
Workplace Design Strategy By The Mill Architecture + Design
The Mill Architecture + Design is a boutique Architectural and interior design practice located in ACT. They believe good design strikes a balance between the needs of inhabitants and its context, site, and climate. “We combine these elements to create refined designs that enhance our client’s personal and working lives,” explains Sarah Welsh, Director, Interior Designer and Manager.
“The approach is simple,” says Sarah. “We focus on transparent client relationships, long-term sustainability, and cost-effective service to provide clients with designs that are fully considered from all angles, and are the most efficient, economical, and pleasing resolution for a design. As everyone deserves great design.”
What Drives The Mill Design Choices?
- Unique prints with meaning
- Unique colour combinations
- Recycled content
- Environmental credentials
The Project Brief
- Efficiency in space usage to minimise costs, meet government space targets and align with CASA’s new agile working model.
- Economy through the ability to utilise components in different settings allowing change to simply be moving people and not walls.
- Flexibility to allow staff to utilise different areas for different tasks.
- Adaptability to allow the organisation to transition through periods of flux and change without the need to alter the built layout.
Further to that, CASA aims to deliver spaces that:
- Facilitate happy, healthy, and productive staff.
- Minimise CASA’s impact on the environment.
- Support and respond quickly to change and growth within the organisation.
- Reinforce CASA’s image as a professional aviation-based organisation.
The Result
The design of this incredible workplace is the result of countless hours of conversation, consultation, and research. It successfully puts people at the heart of the work they do and offers genuine variety of workspaces catering to diverse work styles and preferences. Ultimately showing that clever workplace design strategy pays off!
The Team & Credits
Design: The Mill Architecture + Design
Builder: Projex Building
Furniture: Zenith
Photographer: Adam McGrath, H Creations
Materialised Team: NSW
