Eastlight Community Homes

The first and second floors accommodate more traditional workplace settings but still with plenty of distinct personality. A roof terrace, herb garden and fully fitted kitchen provide exceptional relaxation spaces for colleagues and resources for the community, while bleacher seating in the boardroom increases its capacity and reflects Eastlight’s culture of team unity and communication.

Some of the most accomplished parts of the design are less evident but no less important, as they help to reinforce Eastlight’s requirement for sustainability and re-use many of the building’s original features.

Staying sympathetic to the design intent of this once environmentally progressive building, Claremont’s team designed a modern VRF to reduce the burden on the struggling natural ventilation and ground source heat system. This ensures an optimum temperature-controlled workspace and provides a more cost-effective solution than complete removal.  Further innovation was delivered with exceptional efforts to design and retro fit an LED solution to breathe new life into the original lighting which is set into the soffits and is a significant design feature. This maintains the building’s original interior architecture and ensures future serviceability.