Beerenberg Farm Stage 1, New Office and Warehouse Facility

Swanbury Penglase was engaged to further develop a previous Architect’s concept plan for the expansion of Beerenberg’s entire Operation Facility. The iconic South Australian food condiment brand required a design solution that factored in future expansion stages along with the overall aim of consolidating all its business operations within the one manageable area.  The development involved an extensive cut and fill exercise of rural land at the rear of Beerenberg’s existing food processing facility to make way for a new state of the art warehouse distribution area, food processing facility and office administration space.

Occupying the rear of this picturesque Adelaide Hills site, the facility comprises approximately 2,060sqm of warehouse distribution, 2390sqm of processing area and 825sqm of offices administration spaces.

The substantial size of the development combined with its high profile location required a creative approach to the external facade. Colour inspiration was drawn from the Adelaide Hills setting and the work of Hans Heysen, with colours selected from an abstract digitised image of one of his works. The result is a combination of thirty colours applied in a shifting palette that changes, depending on where the building is viewed.

Internally, administration has been located to take advantage of the iconic and picturesque setting, with the open office spaces and boardroom looking across the original farm resulting in a stunning outlook from the boardroom and one that encapsulates the Beerenberg brand.