Kelly Rattigan

Kelly Rattigan is an Australian architect and the founding managing director of Formworks Architecture.[1]

In 2012, the Architectural Review Asia Pacific wrote a piece on her titled 'One to Watch'[2] following the Australian Institute of Architects awarding her the National Emerging Architect Prize[3] for excellence in design, practice, education and community involvement, and the WA 40 awarding her under40[4] for entrepreneurial achievement and business leadership.

Education

Rattigan completed a Bachelor of Science (Environmental Design) at the University of Western Australia in 1994 in which she had a year of experience in Studio Daniel Libeskind.[5] She then completed a Bachelor of Architecture with Honours at RMIT University in 1998. Rattigan e studied under Peter Corrigan, whom Rattigan would later credit him as being the influence on her teaching that "any idea is a good idea," and to just "start and see where it goes".[6]

Prior to establishing Formworks Architecture in North Fremantle, Western Australia in 2001, Rattigan spent these two years working as a Graduate Architect at Peter Elliott Architecture & Urban Design.[5] In 2012, Rattigan was awarded the Australian Institute of Architects National Emerging Architect Prize for excellence, design, practice, education and community involvement, as well as a WA 40 under40 Award for entrepreneurial achievement and business leadership.[6] Upon being awarded the AIA National Emerging Architect Prize, Rattigan was recognised as having "demonstrated outstanding leadership in advocating for, and providing design for disadvantaged members of the community, particularly indigenous and rural communities, illustrating her admirable "design is for all" theoretical position. Her work for the disadvantaged, where fees and budgets are often insurmountable obstacles to the design and production of architecture, are for Kelly a challenge, rather than an impediment."[7] Along with her graduate studies at RMIT, Rattigan spent these two years working as a Graduate Architect at Peter Elliott Architecture & Urban Design.

Professional career

Practice

Rattigan has worked as Project Direction and Design Director on many projects in Western Australia, endeavouring to incorporate ESD principles and initiatives into her designs with the help of grants and other extra funding.[5]

One of Formworks' most noted works to date has been the Lime Street project for St Bartholomew's House in East Perth, Western Australia, completed in August 2012. The building is entirely devoted to housing homeless men in a safe, secure and pleasant setting, deftly taking into account the needs of clients and the various site-specific considerations, such as nearby roadways, and producing a consistently excellent response.[6]

Rattigan's firm is one of Australia's few fully integrated Building Information Management (BIM) practices, Along with this Rattigan developed a client briefing process called 'Success by Design' to educate clients about the design process and increase their involvement in the final design outcome.[8]

Publications

Innovation in Practice / When, How, and Why? Australian Institute of Architect, Western Australia Chapter publication The Architect March 2009[9]

Selected works

Built
Aged Care and Health
  • Yardinia Frail Aged Care Center
  • Clayton View and Middle Swan Children and Family Centres
  • St Bart's Lime Street Accommodation
  • Pilbara Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Hospitality and Tourism
  • Rottnest Campground Facilities


Community and Master Plan
  • Millar's Well Dance Hall and Changing Rooms
  • Kings Park Link Bridge Competition Entry
  • Badge Up Community centre
  • Clayton View and Middle Swan Children and Family Centres
  • 78 Brown Street – Multi-Generational Housing
  • Gumala Indigenous Housing
  • Horizon Power Offices and Depot, Esperance WA
  • Merredin Performing Arts Centre
  • Faulkner Park
  • Centre Stage-State Theatre Competition (1 or 5 shortlisted entries)
  • Kalgoorlie Golf Club (competition entry)

Notable project

Lime Street stands out as a project because of the deft and varied way in which Rattigan has identified and responded to the various site and program requirements associated with the building to form a highly effective and cohesive final scheme. Designed for St Batholemew's House, a support organisation for homeless people, the building sits alongside a major highway. Dealing with the need to safely and humanely house a range of residents in different states of distress while existing in a challenging pedestrian environment, Rattigan manages to responsibly deal with a budget of $34m in creating what is widely considered one of Australia's foremost care facilities.[10]

The building is a case of total design, with great sympathy being displayed for the situations of its potential residents, as visual cues of home and domesticity pervade the building, private rooftop gardens offer comfortable views both towards and away from the apartment blocks, as well as a chance for residents to express themselves.[11]

Recognition and awards
  • 2011 – WA Business News 40 under 40 for Entrepreneurial Achievement and Business Leadership[4]
  • 2011 – AIA Emerging Architect Award – Western Australia[12]
  • 2011 – Attended by CHOGM Delegates Tour
  • 2012 – AIA National Emerging Architect Prize[13]
  • 2013 – AIA WA Chapter – Harold Krantz Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing[14]
  • 2013 – Urban Development Institute of Australia – President's Award, WA Chapter[15]
  • 2013 – Urban Development Institute of Australia – Sustainable Urban Development Award, WA Chapter[16]
  • 2016 – World Cities Summit, 10–14 July 2016[12]
  • Named in Public Interest Design Global 100 as a person who has influenced public design worldwide Rattigan. Alongside Bill and Melinda Gates, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and Shigeru Ban.

References
  1. "KELLY – Formworks Architecture". Formworks.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. "One to Watch: Kelly Rattigan | Australian Design Review". www.australiandesignreview.com. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. "2012 Emerging Architect Prize". ArchitectureAU. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. "Kelly Rattigan | 40under40". www.40under40.com.au. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. "Kelly Rattigan | LinkedIn". Au.linkedin.com. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  6. "One to Watch: Kelly Rattigan". Australian Design Review. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  7. "2012 Winners – Australian Institute of Architects". Raia.com.au. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  8. "OUR POINTS OF DIFFERENCE – Formworks Architecture". Formworks.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  9. "The Architect March 2009" (PDF).
  10. "Lime Street, Perth, by Formworks". Australian Design Review. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  11. "Lime Street: Australia's Leading Social Housing Project". Sourceable.net. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  12. "Ms Kelly Rattigan | World Cities Summit". www.worldcitiessummit.com.sg. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  13. "2012 Emerging Architect Prize". ArchitectureAU. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  14. "Lime Street – Architecture Gallery – Australian Institute of Architects, The Voice of Australian Architecture". dynamic.architecture.com.au. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  15. Urban Development Institute of Australia. "Urban Development Institute of Australia – WA, Award for Excellence 2013" (PDF).
  16. Urban Development Institute of Australia – WA. "Urban Development Institute of Australia – WA, Awards of Excellence" (PDF).
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