AISSA, Greenhill Road Tenancy Fitout

In 2015 Swanbury Penglase was engaged to prepare a Facilities Plan/Design Brief for AISSA (Association of Independent Schools of South Australia), to clearly define their future accommodation requirements. AISSA was, at the time located within three separate office buildings in Unley and Malvern and a significant aspect of their business – the provision of professional development seminars for their members, was not served well by this arrangement.

In 2016 and 2017 we undertook feasibility assessments of two separate potential premises and in 2017 AISSA agreed to relocate to a tenancy space on Greenhill Road. We were commissioned to realise the interior fitout of their new offices in addition to miscellaneous works to the building’s undercroft car park including the provision of under-floor insulative cladding to the concrete soffit.

Working closely with AISSA representatives we developed a very efficient working environment with a focus on both individual offices as well as large multi-purpose seminar rooms.

Two such rooms are flanked by a multi-purpose breakout space to cater for visitors to the building before and after conferences and a new open-plan communal kitchen/work café facilitates staff engagement and interaction.

The fitout was delivered in a highly collaborative and structured manner by specialist fitout contractors SHAPE and thanks to a detailed set of documents, a cost-effective approach to selections and a ‘best for project’ approach, the project was finished on time and under budget.

AISSA is delighted in their new work environment; it is a light, airy and socially engaging workspace and a team that was previously located in a disparate manner across different buildings has been brought together to share their experience, knowledge and social engagement in a central location on the city fringe.