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himmelzimmer is an architectural design practice in Melbourne dedicated to investigating
an architecture that evolves from a continuous dialogue of imaginative and practical thinking.

As a studio we need to be able to define what building/design we aspire to the most:
For us this is ‘a room in the sky’, a ‘himmelzimmer’.

From its open window we can see the endless sky encouraging us that our ideas should be
dream-like without boundaries. With its window closed we can focus on the work on our desk
in front of us, the technical delivery of our ideas.

All our designs evolve from the dialogue of these two perspectives which are both essential
in the delivery of well-executed buildings that inspire and transcend the ordinary.

Our work is at its most successful where our window to the world is in a constant state of
in-between, where it is simultaneously closed and open.

We started in 2003 as studio505.
Following studio505’s closure in 2016 we are continuing our work as himmelzimmer

himmelzimmer is an architectural design practice in Melbourne dedicated to investigating
an architecture that evolves from a continuous dialogue of imaginative and practical thinking.

As a studio we need to be able to define what building/design we aspire to the most:
For us this is ‘a room in the sky’, a ‘himmelzimmer’.

All our designs evolve from the dialogue of these two perspectives which are both essential
in the delivery of well-executed buildings that inspire and transcend the ordinary.

Our work is at its most successful where our window to the world is in a constant state of
in-between, where it is simultaneously closed and open.

We started in 2003 as studio505.
Following studio505’s closure in 2016 we are continuing our work as himmelzimmer

lotus

wujin, china

nanyang primary school

singapore

ng teng fong + jurong

singapore

the strand facade

melbourne, australia

155 queen st mall

brisbane, australia

Patterson Lakes Primary School

melbourne, australia

norwood secondary college

melbourne, australia

watsonia primary school

melbourne, australia

royal domain tower art façade

melbourne, australia

the arena

melbourne, australia

bouverie street

melbourne, australia

wintergarden

brisbane, australia

Queens Rd Public Artwork

melbourne, australia

pixel

melbourne, australia

boronia structures

melbourne, australia

interpol

singapore

the strand interior

melbourne, australia

clt residential prototypes

Melbourne, Australia

waratah studio

rhs chelsea flower show 2013

fook kuin medical centre II

sabah, malaysia

australian pavilion 2005

aichi, japan

phoenix valley

wujin, china

suzhou

suzhou, china

suzhou

suzhou, china

facade architect

studio505

completion date

2006

client

PM Link Pte Ltd + Suzhou PM Link Pte Ltd

cost

$25 million

architect

Paul Andreu + Paris ECADI, Shanghai

facade engineer

Asse Consultants

local design institute

ECADI, Shanghai

interior design

DP Architects, Singapore

photography

Blain Crellin, Dashiell Gantner + Goh Swee Geok

An intricate yet simple and effective façade design to enclose and identify the massive Suzhou Science and Cultural Arts Centre.

The scheme comprises over 1.5km of façade enclosing the centre. The base building, designed by Paul Andreu, houses opera halls, cinemas, cultural centre facilities, galleries, gardens and all manner of support infrastructure.

The outer screen is continuous; a smoothly curved skin of large interlocking hexagonal panels. Each panel is clad in waterjet cut aluminium tiles which are designed with two orders of pattern: an interlocking grid of three hexagons, and a free-flowing calligraphic design to create an intricate depth in light, shade and scale. The inner weather skin is primarily a double glazed wall, but is also a simple metal clad wall in front of black box theatres and service zones.

queen st redevelopment

melbourne, Australia