United Petroleum?s new petrol (gas) station at Corio is the first in a series of innovative fuel and convenience retailing outlets that creates a bold new image for the company. The design by Peddle Thorp Architects is a dramatic exploration of sculptural form to create eye-catching imagery amidst highway, industrial architecture.

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Architects: Peddle Thorp Architects

Location: Corio VIC 3214, Australia

Architect In Charge: Pat Cutri

Area: 1650.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Jaime Diaz-Berrio

Client : United Petroleum

Structural And Civil Engineer: Klopfer Dobos
Builder: S.H.A Premier Constructions

© Jaime Diaz-Berrio

United Petroleum?s new petrol (gas) station at Corio is the first in a series of innovative fuel and convenience retailing outlets that creates a bold new image for the company. The design by Peddle Thorp Architects is a dramatic exploration of sculptural form to create eye-catching imagery amidst highway, industrial architecture.

© Jaime Diaz-Berrio

The design geometry is defined by two unfolding wings that form the canopy to the petrol bowsers with one canopy soaring up to create the sky-sign for the corporate logo. By contrast to other ser...