Project Team

design: Brand + Slater
builder: Fardoulys Construction
audio visual: JVG Sound Lighting & Visual

Suppliers

carpet: Brintons
furniture: Prototype
lighting: Luxx Box
epoxy flooring: Nuplex
laminates: Lamicolor, Laminex
paint finishes: Dulux
stone (bars): SNB Stone, Finestone
fabrics: Mokum, Materialised
tiles: Beaumont Tiles, National Tiles, Elite Bathware and Tile, Amber Albion
wall coverings: Eurowalls, Baresque
sanitaryware: Caroma (GWA), JD Macdonald
concrete bars: Pop Concrete

Brand + Slater have been involved in the design of the new Orion Hotel within the city of Springfield since it was conceived some three years ago. The Orion Hotel is the anchor point of the new extension to Orion Shopping Complex at Springfield Central. Brand + Slater Director, Luis Nheu said, “Springfield is a rapidly growing community and the client sought to make Orion Hotel ‘the local’ for surrounding residents”.

Accordingly, the design for the Orion Hotel takes advantage of the mild Queensland climate. As a venue it is predicated around maximising outdoor spaces and creating interiors that incorporate an indoor/outdoor experience. Dining is extended with gaming and function areas, sports bar and, intrinsic to the design, are outdoor areas that open to the terraced amphitheatre and a children’s play zone.

The hotel is conceptualised as a place to engage families and young people who comprise much of the Springfield population. This arrival point between the ‘end of the line’ railway station and the shopping centre is a community hub, offering facilities where the indoor segues with generous outdoor areas.

Nheu noted, “The challenge when planning the hotel was prioritising families whilst respecting other demographics – those clients who use the gaming and the sports bar. The floor plan ultimately arranged the function, dining and gaming areas to accommodate all parties who use the venue without disruption or inconvenience of the other.”

Willow High Stool

Willow stool is made of a stainless steel frame with timber seat. The steel frame can be powder coated in any colour and the timber 2pac or stained in any desired finish. Available colours: black.

Prototype



An open and welcoming verandah with tiered seating allows for all ages to gather overlooking this new city precinct. Cascading doors slide away to unite the indoor and outdoor dining. The entertainment terrace features high ceilings, a bar, entertainment stage and an amphitheatre created with terraced concrete steps. Exterior lighting and the amphitheatre create an inviting entry.

The terrace bar features a monolithic concrete design, the greenery a feature of the steel framed shelves behind. Soft yet focused lighting makes for an ambient area to gather and share.

Fringe Collection

A selection of high performance woven Axminster carpets available from stock in a sophisticated and on trend colour palette.

Brintons



Lively interiors are particularly detailed in the dining and function areas. In the dining area natural and colourful finishes have a youthful aesthetic including a custom designed mural graphic along the back wall. Timber paneling on the walls, mirror and stone tiles create a dining area that is clean, fresh, a little funky and family oriented. Feature timber beams in a random crossing pattern, with lighting from ceiling coffers and various pendants define zones within the venue.

More intimate interior spaces within the gaming room have been created with dark tones for carpet, wallpaper and ceiling finishes. High raked ceilings feature a timber truss design, and the function area may be extended as an additional dining area. The sports bar has a distinctive aesthetic: facing to the outdoors with full height glazing, and incorporating all weather pool tables, it is differentiated by its hint of nostalgia with a concrete bar and steel-framed display shelves which house reclaimed knickknacks.

Brand + Slater’s design of Orion Hotel has developed the versatile spaces required for this expenading community’s breadth of interests with verve and flair.

JVG Sound Lighting & Visual completed a design and construct package for the audio visual and control system.

Audio included the J Audio SV install range of timber 8″ and 6″ cabinets inside filling all zones. New outdoor Enviro range of 8″ speakers for both beer gardens, main stage outside using the Enviro VLA-12i line arrays 2 per side offering complete coverage 120degree horizontal and 60 degree vertical . V Series horn loaded subs mounted under stage stage all powered by the J Audio digital DSP range of amplifiers.

Crestron control 3 series with 3 iPads (1 per bar) controlling Ezi control HDBT 4K video matrix and Bose esp DSP 16×16 with Dante card. Integration to Clipsal CBus for all lighting and power control, screens and global presets.

The large screens were designed and supplied by V Screen. The beer garden HD screen is an outdoor Ultra series 4mm and the outside advert screen facing the car park and train station is the Ultra 8mm. Both screens have relay sequencing control and light presets. All commercial LG TVs supplied and installed by the JVG team.