Waterman Eastland

The Brief

ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects were engaged to design Waterman Eastland — a 3,300sqm premium co-working fit-out within Eastland shopping centre in Melbourne’s east. The project involved transforming a long, narrow, potentially internalised floorplate on Level 3 into a light-filled workplace with 37 private offices, 70-plus hot desks, 7 meeting rooms, and premium end-of-trip amenities.

The design language was drawn from the adjacent Mullum Mullum Creek: organic curves expressed across walls, bulkheads, and circulation paths throughout the space. Two surface specifications needed to carry that language through to built form — the reception counter and the amenities. Both needed to perform in high-traffic conditions, hold a premium finish, and integrate curved forms without visible joins or fabrication compromises.

Material Specification

Corian® Solid Surface — Platinum (reception) and Dune Prima (amenities)

The reception counter uses Corian® Platinum — specified for its tactile quality and ability to curve softly in two zones: a raised front-of-house arrival point and sides that curve downward to create an approachable, informal edge. The form echoes the creek-inspired curves of the wider fit-out.

The amenities specification presented an additional constraint: existing structural columns within the space that had to be worked around. Corian® Dune Prima was used across washplanes, vanity benchtops, and basins — fabricated to flow between columns in a way that reads as seamless and intentional rather than a compromise. The lightness of Dune Prima and the movement in its patterning gave the amenities the warmth and dynamism the design team were looking for.

In the words of Michelle Cavicchiolo of ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects: “We know Corian® and how well it performs which is why Corian® was our first choice when making selections. Both Dune Prima and Platinum colours delivered on their promise: environmentally, aesthetically and functionally, as we knew they would.”

Design Outcome

The curved reception counter reads as a single continuous form — no visible joins between the raised front face and the curved sides. In the amenities, the fabrication resolved the column constraints without any loss of the spatial quality the design intended. The result is a premium amenity that functions as a genuine point of difference for Waterman’s workplace offer.

Why It Works for Similar Projects

Premium commercial office fit-outs
Where the amenity offering is part of the commercial proposition — end-of-trip facilities, reception counters, breakout spaces — Corian® delivers a surface finish that holds up under daily use without requiring the maintenance that a premium finish typically demands.

End-of-trip and workplace amenities
Seamlessly integrated washplanes, vanity benchtops, and basins in a single continuous surface — no grout lines, no material junctions, no ledges that trap moisture. Corian® is non-porous and repairable in place.

Constrained or existing building fit-outs
Where structural constraints like columns or irregular floor plates create fabrication challenges, Corian® can be cut, shaped, and joined to resolve those constraints without visible compromise in the finished installation.

Curved or organic design languages
Where the design intent relies on soft curves carried consistently across multiple surfaces and elements, Corian®’s thermoformability and fabrication flexibility make it the material that can follow the concept without forcing a compromise at the point of fabrication.

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