One of the most absorbing projects to have been undertaken in the workshop for some time, this reception desk is now nearing completion.

Designed by Chris Thorne from architects Design Inc, for the new City of Melbourne CH2 project, the brief for this desk required the use of timber salvaged from street trees being replaced in the city.

Full size drawings were prepared showing the inner and outer profile of each of the fifty levels of the desk, each level in a different colour ink. These profiles were traced onto small sections cut from the partly decomposed timber, which were then bandsawn, sanded and finished, to be dry screwed into the desk.

When the building is ready for occupation, the structure will be taken apart and re-built on site.