The Woolwich Pier Hotel renovations take inspiration from the tradition of British pubs and particularly the rise of the contemporary British gastro pubs with a twist. There are a series of spaces broken up into distinct areas that come together to form a precinct that reflects the sensibilities of British influences and celebrates the social aspect of many clubs that were established in far flung colonial outposts of the empire around the world. In these clubs British citizens would socialise in an environment that was a home away from home and gave them a sense of nostalgia and familiarity.

The redesign is sympathetic of the heritage of the building – putting some soul back into the pub whilst affording a new lease on life with playful modern details and quirks. The new courtyard or ‘Terrace’ is a take on a vintage sports club with a subtle British influence that could just as comfortably exist in Australian sporting history. There are the Pavilions on ‘The Lawn’ and ‘The Clubhouse’ with an enticing kids area. The large ‘Dining Hall’ is bustling yet warm and inviting whilst ‘Upstairs’ takes its inspiration from British Colonial with a campaign influence. Here you will find antiques and curiosities gathered from travels around the world with all the finest treasures kept and displayed proudly in ‘The Good Room’. ‘The Balcony’ is a relaxed breezy wrap-around verandah with a British West Indies feel.

The initial design was completed by SJB Interiors with final design development and styling by Luchetti Krelle – two of Australia’s leading hospitality design specialists with the works being completed by Chris Field and his team at CWF Constructions.

Beyond AV looked after the audio visual requirements with an AMX Control System incuding 2 wall mounted touch screens, one on each floor to control each levels audio and visual requirements. They also provided an Ipad mini to allow for wireless control of all areas by the duty Manager when walking around the Hotel. All TVs are fully controlled by the AMX and switched by HDMI Kramer Switchers.

The Hotel is set up as ten independent audio zones– Kids Zone, Outside, Club House- Outside, Courtyard Outside, Atrium Grnd Floor, Sports Bar Grnd Floor, Gaming Room Grnd Floor, Upstairs Bar Level 1, Function Room Level 1, Balcony Level 1 and Toilets Grn flr and Level 1.

The Hotel is set up as six independent Vision zones: Kids Zone 60” LCD TV with local input for XBOX games etc, Club House 60” LCD TV, Courtyard 60” LCD TV, Sports Bar Numerous TVs inc 1 x60in, 2 x 32in and 4 x 24in, Upstairs 60” LCD TV x 2 Concealed in to wall mounted mirrors, Function Room Upstairs 1 x Projector and Motorised Screen, and Balcony 42in Wall mounted TVs x 2 for special events only.

JBL Control 23T speakers were installed in the Kds zone and clubhouse areas, the Courtyard area has EAW SMS4 speakers. Existing Australian Monitor and QSC amplifiers were is great condition and were serviced and reinstalled.

All TV’s are controlled by serial RS232 connection and allowing each TV to be controlled independently.

The AMX control system incorporates wireless control of the AV system via a proprietary AMX application that is installed and custom programmed onto an iPad via wifi network in Hotel.

The Kids Zone in the courtyard, and Function Room upstairs have additional local visual inputs to accommodate the display of an Xbox or other game console, and PC/laptop respectively. Audio from these inputs is available through those respective zones. Existing audio sources (ipods, etc) and additional auxiliary audio inputs are also available for selection into any zone.