Project Team
Design: Bernard Young Design
Builder: Hutchison Builders P/L
Suppliers
Carpet: Feltex Aust
Lights: National Lighting Adelaide
Kitchen and bar equipment and stainless steel work : Stoddart P/L
Beer dispensing equipment: Andale
Tiles: Bettertiles NSW
Furniture: Cubus, Café Culture,
Gilpratt
Fabric: Macquarie Textiles
Wall covering: Baresque
Paint: Taubmans Paint
Timber veneer: New Age Veneer
Laminate material: Laminex, Formica, Liris, Halifax
Murrumba Downs Tavern occupies approximately 1600 sqm on a site of approximately 6500 sqm. The venue consists of a public bar, bistro, function rooms, gaming room and the back of the house such as kitchen, toilets and other amenities. The client’s brief was to create an upmarket hotel without the accommodation component.
The building is stand alone set back from the main road. The exterior is lit softly with red LED light columns, which highlight the front façade making it impossible for cars to pass by without noticing.
There is a children’s playground placed next to the bistro, allowing parents to watch their children from inside. For the convenience of the patrons,100 car spaces are available in the exterior landscape area.
Energy saving planning has been included in the design, such as fully insulated walls and ceiling, cross-ventilation, solar impact etc.
The bistro and main bar are open-plan design. There are bi-fold doors that open up into the external terraces to create outdoor dining and drinking areas.
Luxurious high ceilings from 3 metres to 6 metres appear in the main bar, bistro and function rooms.
The gaming room is more intimately designed, with lower ceilings which consist of curved, stepped bulkheads on the side that echo the round feature light panels in the middle. The space between poker machines is very generous to allow players to move around and provide privacy and comfort.
The function room can be divided into two rooms and can seat 160 person banquet style when opened up into one. It is also situated next to the bistro so that it can be opened up for extra seating for the bistro when there is no function booked. A large pre-function area is also provided.
The design of the main bar has elements of cubism, the colours have been inspired by pool balls, while the bistro features free-form design. LED colour changing lights have been widely used in the bistro, main bar and gaming room to create ambiance and mood. Top quality audio-visual equipment is installed in all the venues of the tavern to ensure the thorough enjoyment of the patron.
ALA Series
Architectural Line Array Loudspeaker Systems
ALA02 Specifications:
| Transducer complement | 2x 91mm Fullrange Transducer |
| Frequency Response | 120Hz - 18kHz ± 3dB |
| Nominal Impedance | 4 or 16 Ohms |
| Sensitivity | 86dB @ 1 watt, 1 metre |
| Maximum Input | 60 Watts Program |
| Maximum SPL (Calculated) | 104dB @ 1 metre |
| Dimensions | 198mm(H) x 106mm(W) x 73mm(D) |
| Weight | 1.0 Kg |
The Murrumba Downs Tavern audiovisual and control systems were designed and installed by Rutledge Engineering with an emphasis on ease of use, maximum video source routing and high quality audio reproduction.
The system can be controlled from three centrally located touch panels at the main bar, lounge/dining bar and the function room. The control system implements control over all areas of display technology and audio reproduction, in addition, control up to seventeen video sources that can be distributed across twenty four video monitors located within the venue.
The audio system utilizes a combination of audio DSP units, allowing eighteen audio sources to be
Pasqual Bonnet from Acoustic Technologies provided design assistance and recommendations to the Rutledge Engineering team headed by Daniel Woodward to ensure the clients expectations were exceeded and the highest quality audiovisual and control systems were implemented.