Linda Habak Design and Kacey Weber at Fulton Trotter are the July winners of ForestOne’s Specified Responsibly A&D Trade program. Through the use of EGGER’s wood-based décor products, the winning designs showcase quality and consideration for ethical and sustainable design principles.
Each month, ForestOne’s Specified Responsibly A&D Trade Program recognises designers whose projects exemplify the specification of sustainable materials, namely, EGGER sustainable wood-based products. Projects from winning designers and architects are automatically put forward into the 2023 Grand Prize draw to win a trip to Interzum, held in Cologne, Germany. In July, Project Harriet by Linda Habak Design (LHD) and Kallangur Satellite Hospital by Kacey Weber at Fulton Trotter were recognised for their Responsible Specification.
For clients who wanted a family home where they could entertain many guests, LHD sourced materials that purposefully fit this brief while utilising “a sustainable design philosophy that encourages decisions at each phase of the design process,” Linda expresses. After attending the 2022 Denfair exhibition in Melbourne, LHD saw first-hand the quality of ForestOne’s range. “We work with suppliers that have open communication and show true transparency with the products they are supplying,” she says. Thoroughly impressed with EGGER’s wood-based products, when choosing materials for Project Harriet, LHD employed EGGER’s “dark grey tones from the Anthracite Mountain Larch wrapped walls that enrich a sense of luxury [and] Brown Tossini Elm, creating an elegant and natural wood grain structure throughout the joinery.”
This selection reflected the studio’s approach to materials. “At LHD we have a genuine respect for the materials used in each project,” Linda remarks. Sustainability and health are at the forefront of LDH’s specification process, she explains. When it came to the EGGER products used for Project Harriet, “we were very impressed by the quality of their products,” Linda enthuses, “the colour selection has been amazing to choose from [and] it is also great to know that EGGER has a passion for their unique wood and its sustainable use.”
After attending the 2022 Denfair exhibition in Melbourne, LHD saw first-hand the quality of ForestOne’s range.
For Kallangur Satellite Hospital, Kacey Weber at Fulton Trotter responded to a brief that required inviting, warm and inclusive spaces, “which we interpreted as creating environments that are homelike in their aesthetic as opposed to a more traditional clinical design,” she explains. Ensuring a timeless design throughout the facility, Kacey’s selection of warm timbers complements the brick interior and muted feature colours that overall catered to the clients’ desired outcome. As only one of seven facilities and with a short timeline, Fulton Trotter embarked on sharing the workload with Conrad Gargett. “In the end, we created the overall design language and material selection together and applied them to each site individually with Conrad Gargett,” says Kacey.
Throughout the design of the satellite hospital, Fulton Trotter worked with a focused mindset of sustainability. “Being community-based projects, they have been in the spotlight, making it important to showcase them as projects that are thoughtfully designed,” notes Kacey. Knowing that responsible specifying comes with an array of choices and price points, Fulton Trotter engaged with ForestOne teams “who were able to answer any curly questions the client threw our way to ensure the products met their specific needs,” Kacey says. ForestOne’s recommendation of EGGER wood-based renewable materials for the interiors meant that “these projects will be the first health facilities in Queensland where the joinery is Net Super E0 with a -13.8 Co2 per squar metre Carbon.”
Ensuring a timeless design throughout the facility, Kacey’s selection of warm timbers complements the brick interior and muted feature colours that overall catered to the clients’ desired outcome.
With the help of ForestOne, Kacey Weber at Fulton Trotter and Linda Habak of Linda Habak Design have contributed to a more sustainable built future. Through purposely selecting EGGER wood-based products, both winners exemplify environmentally thoughtful design.
Author: Brett Winchester
Interior Design: Kacey Weber | https://www.fultontrotter.com.au
Interior Design: Linda Habak | https://www.lindahabakdesign.com.au
EGGER | https://www.egger.com
ForestOne | https://www.forest.one
