2019 Victorian Architecture Awards Edition by Australian Institute of Architects

Architect Victoria Victorian Architecture Awards 2019

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Message from the Chapter President

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Awards Committee

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Awards Partners and Sponsors

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Victorian Architecture Medal

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Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

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Urban Design

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Heritage Architecture

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Interior Architecture

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Public Architecture

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Educational Architecture

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Sustainable Architecture

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Enduring Architecture Award

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Melbourne Prize

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT The awards are a time for us to celebrate.

THE FACTS

The awards are a time for us to reflect on what has been and what is.

We weren’t breaking any records in terms of entry numbers this year, but we certainly saw a very even and consistent playing field. With a total of 248 entries across 14 categories, there was a spike from last year in public projects with 24 entries, a 54 per cent increase from 2018. In terms of the top entries this went to Residential Alterations and Additions with 35 entries. This was closely followed by Residential New and Interior categories with a total of 34 entries each.

The awards are an opportunity for us to communicate to the greater public the important role that architecture plays in building sustainable communities for our growing population. The awards are a time for us to communicate the inherent value that clients, consultants and contractors bring to the process of making holistic and compelling outcomes. This is a team effort.

BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES – DESIGNING THROUGH LONGEVITY Each year we see the bar being raised. We are able to celebrate the exceptional work of our members and acknowledge the important contributions that have been made to our evolving city. With the Metro Tunnel works well underway we have seen our city shift and change through temporal disturbances. We have seen our members and various other industry bodies stand up and strongly state their position in regard to the proposed changes to Federation Square. We have seen the effects of our procurement processes playing out through the Lacrosse tribunal and we are starting to see the knock-on effect of these outcomes. Architecture produces very real issues. Ones that not only affect those within our profession but are far reaching. 2019 is not only the year to say ‘yay’ to those who have demonstrated enormous tenacity and care in the delivery of exceptional architecture, but it is also the year for saying that we need to make change. Now is the time. People are listening. We are not saying that the world is broken we are just acknowledging that particular areas of our profession could do with a little reset and adjustment. This is about having the ability to build sustainable communities through longterm interventions. This is about longevity. This is about building a legacy for our cities and regions. As a profession, we are not the only ones acknowledging that changes need to be made so let’s get on with achieving this together.

Presentation to the Juries was held over two days at the Learning and Teaching Building at Monash Clayton. For the third year in a row the event was opened to the public through the NGV Melbourne Design Week.

CONGRATULATIONS As a profession we take our role very seriously and the contribution we are making to our built landscape. I would like to acknowledge all submitting practices and practitioners for your contributions to our built landscape. As architects we are very cognisant of the efforts it takes to deliver exceptional architecture. On behalf of our members and those within the greater community thank you for your contribution to the evolution of architecture within Victoria. We would also like to acknowledge and congratulate the Victorian National Award recipients for 2019 who received prizes at the recent National Architecture Conference held in Melbourne this year and for associated prizes awarded earlier this year. These include the National Presidents Prize, which was awarded to Tim Ross; a position on the 2019 Dulux Study Tour which was awarded to Alix Smith from Hassell along with four other recipients and the Australian Institute of Architects Graduate Prize winner for Victoria, which was awarded to Louis Nuccitelli.

AWARDS MENTORSHIP AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT The awards program at a state and national level are in constant review making incremental changes. For the second year in a row the Victorian juries included a non-voting graduate juror on each panel to ensure that we are providing mentorship within the awards program. This program was acknowledged at national level to be a positive initiative and is now being introduced across the states.

THANK YOU On behalf of the members, thank you to the 2019 Jurors and Jury Chairs for their dedication to the cause and tireless efforts. Thank you to the Awards Committee members Hamish Lyon, Ingrid Bakker, Jesse Judd, Melissa Bright, Matt Gibson and Rosemary Burne who was our Chair of Juries this year. Thank you also to the Victorian Chapter staff, particularly Jason Stanton, Ruth White and Kelsey Calder for their considerable contribution to the program and meticulous matrix sorting. Lastly, thank you to all members that contributed their significant time and effort to ensuring that the Victorian Architecture Awards remains the pre-eminent architectural awards program in our industry. Strength in numbers. A collective voice.

Amy Muir Victorian Chapter President

Congratulations also to Rodney Eggleston from March Studio as our most recent winner of the 2019 Victorian Emerging Architect Prize that was announced at the Victorian Architecture Awards. And finally, congratulations to Peter John Williams LFRAIA appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his outstanding achievement in the service to the profession of architecture and other fields of endeavour in Australia and internationally.

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Parliament of Victoria Membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Annexe | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design | Photographer: John Gollings

VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE MEDAL The Victorian Architecture Medial is the highest honour awarded by the Victorian Chapter each year. The Medal derives form the original ‘Street Architecture Medal’ introduced by The Royal Victorian Institute of Architects (RVIA) in 1926 as an award for the design of a building of exceptional merit. Buildings were judged on their urban propriety and architectural etiquette; the building had to front a street, road, square or court to which public had access. It was expected to have a civic character, offering its architectural qualities to the greater public realm of the city. Today’s Victorian Architecture Medal is selected by the Jury Chairs from the field of Named Award winners in each category. The Winner of the Victorian Architecture Medal is therefore judged to be the most outstanding project of the entire field of entries, a building of exceptional merit. Category Sponsor

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VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE MEDAL | Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design The Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe is recognised for the highest levels of design accomplishment, which have transformed its precinct and civic institution. The highly considered design approach, evident at all levels of urban design, architecture and interiors, is founded upon a strong commitment by the client to addressing the significance and sensitivity of this project. The outstanding design demonstrates confidence in making public architecture and was executed by traditional architect-led means, with long-term decision making at the forefront. The many challenges of working within the Parliamentary Precinct, seemingly highly restrictive, have all been brought into the design narrative. The project is in dialogue with its site, heritage and the institutions of this precinct. The form benefits from a close collaboration with landscape architecture, resulting in careful siting, the sculpting of a sheltered courtyard and a landscaped roofscape. These design tactics fold the annexe into the surrounding gardens. Sustainable design principles are integrated throughout by longer term thinking. Materials and systems were carefully researched to minimise environmental impact and carry meaning, often being selected from Victorian sources. The offices accommodate our elected parliamentarians in an egalitarian setting for their days in office. The Members’ Annexe forms a much longerterm legacy to the city and to architectural practice for its design leadership. Practice Team: Peter Elliott (Design Architect), Catherine Duggan (Project Architect), Sean van der Velden (Project Architect), Chris Jones (Project Architect), Tim Foster (Graduate of Architecture), Grant Dixon (Project Architect), Hosna Saleem (Graduate of Architecture), Juliet Maxsted (Project Architect), Shigeru Iijima (Graduate of Architecture), Geoff Barton (Project Architect), An Thai (Graduate of Architecture), Justin Mallia (Project Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Irwin Consult (Structural & Civil Engineer, Service & ESD Engineer), Taylor Cullity Lethlean (Landscape Architect), Glen Waters Arboriculture (Arboriculture Consultant), AECOM (Facade Engineering), Philip Chun (Building Surveyor), Architecture & Access (Access Consultant), Acoustic Consulting Australia (Acoustic Consultant), 18

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NATIONAL AWARD CATEGORIES

AWARDS CRITERIA The core judging criteria applicable across all categories covers the areas of: Conceptual framework Public and cultural benefits Relationship of built form to context Program resolution Integration of allied disciplines Cost/value outcome Sustainability Response to client and user needs

AWARD TYPES NAMED AWARDS The most outstanding project submitted in each category is awarded a Named Award. The Named Award bears the name of an architect whose contribution in a specialist area is still highly regarded. There is only one winner of the Named Award in each category in any year.

ARCHITECTURE AWARDS Architecture Awards are awarded in each category to projects of excellence that demonstrate consummate architectural skill and make a valuable contribution to the advancement of architecture in Victoria. There is no restriction on the number of Architecture Awards a jury may grant.

COMMENDATIONS Commendations are awarded in each category to projects of special merit which demonstrate significant architectural skill. There is no restriction on the number of Commendations a jury may grant.

NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS Projects awarded Named and Architecture Awards in each state progress to the National Architecture Awards forming the field of entries considered by the National jury for National Architecture Awards.

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RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - HOUSES (NEW) The Residential Architecture â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Houses (New) category recognises achievement in the design of projects which are residential in nature, designed for single occupancy or up to two selfcontained dwellings, and must be new builds. Generally, projects considered in this category fall within BCA Class 1a.

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HAROLD DESBROWE-ANNEAR AWARD | North Melbourne House | NMBW Architecture Studio In 1922, Desbrowe-Annear advocated for universal, modest Australian housing via the publication, ‘For Every Man his Home.’ Almost 100 years later the need for modest, sustainable, affordable housing remains. NMBW’s North Melbourne House confidently tackles real issues – an aging population, rising house prices, sustainability and urban sprawl. The urban-infill occupies the rear garden of an existing cottage, adapting its language from ‘fence’ to ‘building’ as it flows from the rear laneway to a quaint streetscape. Inside, the spaces are endlessly reconfigurable, with plumbing points and unused doors hinting to future uses. Should the client’s financial situation change, the house can become two separate dwellings, allowing one to be rented out or sold off. As the client grows older, the house can adapt itself to serve accessibility requirements. Central to the project is a timber workshop where the client lovingly fabricates new fixtures for the house. The ongoing customisation reveals how NMBW have designed a robust building willing to propagate ‘Wallace and Gromit’ styled contraptions that reaffirms the architecture. The continual dialogue between house and inhabitant combined with the plethora of issues addressed left the jury with no other choice than to give it the 2019 Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award. Practice Team: Marika Neustupny (Design Architect), Nigel Bertram (Design Architect), Lucinda McLean (Design Architect), Byron Meyer (Graduate of Architecture) Consultant / Construction Team: Perrett Simpson Stantin (Structural and Civil Engineer), PLP Building Surveyors (Building Surveyor) Builder: CB Maintenance Pty Ltd Photographer: Peter Bennetts

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AWARD | Hawthorn House | Edition Office From the street the Hawthorn House appears to be distinctly un-Hawthorn. Set amongst Californian bungalows and mock Edwardian bricks veneers, the house confidently contrasts the streetscape. In a location that would typically be driven by ResCode’s ‘neighbourhood character’ guidelines, the architects have instead presented a refreshingly blank canvas. The two story high monolithic study of board formed concrete, stretching almost the entire width of the block, captures the dappled shadows of a large Lemon-scented gum. The resulting animated façade is wonderfully lyrical, speaking more to the project’s relationship with nature than of the suburban backdrop it is escaping from. Upon entering the house one understands the building as two containers, connected via a courtyard and walkway. The act of hollowing out the concrete shrouds allows the garden to be experienced from different vantage points – always present, but often different. Through the combination of lush vegetation, highly textured concrete, and Niemeyeresque interplay of arches one imagines a toucan will land on the fence at any given moment. The architects have created a house to escape to, and the client reaffirmed this during the visit stating, ‘why go on Holiday when you can stay at home?’ We tend to agree. Practice Team: Kim Bridgland (Design Architect), Aaron Roberts (Design Architect), Jonathan Brener (Project Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Eckersley Garden Architecture (Landscape Consultant), David Farrar (Engineer) Builder: Flux Construction Photographer: Ben Hosking

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AWARD | House in the Hills | Sean Godsell Architects GSPublisherVersion 0.0.100.97

House in the Hills challenges our assumptions as to the critical dimensions and nature of dwelling and the understanding of place. Located on a country property in western Victoria, the conceptual nucleus of this house is a horizontal hovering parasol that in plan encapsulates two pavilions. It is simultaneously a restrained and expansive element; a datum by which the site is read and experienced. This structure is designed as an intriguing fifth elevation, one that addresses the visitor’s approach to the house from an elevated position on the hill. This subtly variegated parasol establishes a new landscape underneath that is characterized by dappled shade – creating a shelter from the sun – one that is understood as quintessentially Australian. The broad extent of the canopy creates a cooling microclimate for the house, while defining a more intimate middle-ground within the building’s highly expansive rural setting. Slight changes in light, shade and air movement are amplified within the living and working areas of the house. With precise and immaculate detailing and refined material resolution, these internal spaces of the house serve as a quiet foil against which the changing effects of the parasol are measured. Practice Team: Sean Godsell (Project Director), Hayley Franklin (Project Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Perrett Simpson Pty Ltd (Engineer), Nelson McDermott Pty Ltd (Building Surveyor), Plan Cost Australia (Quantity Surveyor), Greenshere Consulting (ESD Consultant), Eckersley Garden Architecture (Landscape Consultant) Builder: Poulsen Builders Photographer: Earl Carter

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AWARD | Sandy Point House | Kennedy Nolan Set within the coastal tea tree dunes of Sandy Point, this house celebrates the holiday retreat as place of reflection and engagement with the natural environment. Through the adroit use of a pinwheel plan, discrete living and sleeping quarters are distributed around a central sheltered courtyard which acts as the social heart of the home. This courtyard draws light, air and climatic conditions into the day-to-day lived experience of the building, and through its subtle manipulation of levels, creates a series of varying spatial experiences that mediate the shifting topography of the site. While formally adept, the architecture emphasizes the tactile, incorporating a warm material palette of natural timber and stone. This sophisticated project provides an alternate approach to coastal houses whereby framed views to the surrounding context are a series of intimate experiences rather than broad panoramic vistas. The design supports and celebrates a range of social and familial scenarios from the solitary to large gatherings: in doing so is a holiday house that expressly conveys the sense of being a home. Practice Team: Patrick Kennedy (Design Architect), Rachel Nolan (Design Architect), Matilda Blazey (Project Architect), Catherine Blamey (Project Architect), Michael Macleod (Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Tim Hall and Associates (Engineer) Builder: Gene Laity Builders Photographer: Derek Swalwell

AWARD | Daylesford Longhouse | Partners Hill The Daylesford Longhouse borders the edge of the Residential category, accommodating under its single 900msq roof a private residence, cooking school, greenhouse, working farm and guest quarters. While at one end of the Longhouse is a very compact home, the footprint for dwelling is far broader and dispersed: its kitchen is the cooking school, its dining table can seat a crowd and its hearth is a courtyard campfire. Partners Hill have handled transitions in scale and privacy with dexterity: from external landscape to internal microclimate and from community to private residence. The picturesque entry drive is curated to break down the mass of the building and on arrival the drama of the shedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scale is exploited to provide a beautifully framed view of the hills beyond. Inside the shed, eclectic forms, refined detailing and vibrant colour create pockets of intimacy and playfulness that soften the industrial structure. A carefully resolved envelope of varying translucency creates a new microclimate to propagate a kitchen garden, in stark contrast to the windswept landscape outside. Territories are subtly demarcated and endless invitations to explore around corners and upstairs are rewarded by new outlooks and rich sensorial changes. Practice Team: Timothy Hill (Design Architect), Domenic Mesiti (Architect), Jonathan Chamberlain (Graduate of Architecture), Michael Hogg (Architect), Andrew Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Occhio (Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Nick Andrew (Construction Manager) Builder: NAC Construction Photographer: Rory Gardiner

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AWARD | Springhill House | Lovell Burton Architecture Springhill House impressively balances the aspirations of the architecture with the realities of a tight budget. Lovell Burton have taken every limited opportunity to elevate their response to the site and owners. The simple structural rhythm of the building frame creates efficiencies in construction while responding to the local vernacular of hay sheds. Grouping of wet areas simplifies plumbing but also assists in zoning the house. The careful siting of the building allows the simple arrangement of the living area and bedroom to frame three distinct landscapes: the western tree canopy, the foregrounded paddock to the north and distant eastern views. Materials have been selected for their cost effectiveness and for their tactile qualities. The concrete structural slab provides thermal mass and grounds the timber tectonics. The plywood sheet adheres to the structural grid, provides bracing and adds warm tones to the interior. The galvanised steel sheet reflects the western sun and colours of the surrounding landscape, while providing adequate fire resistance. The floor plan, room proportions and detailing are all tightly controlled however there is enough attention to human comfort and occupation that this rigor feels like the logical culmination of the architectsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; care for their clients and the site.

LONG SECTION

Practice Team: Stephanie Burton (Design Architect), Joseph Lovell (Design Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Meyer Consulting (Engineer) Builder: Nick Andrews Construction Photographer: Ben Hosking

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Sited within a leafy inner suburb of Melbourne, this project is a celebratory essay on the enduring relationship between house and cultivated landscape. Positioned to take full advantage of a deep block, the house is oriented to facilitate long views across the undulating topography of the garden, punctuated by two beautiful mature elm trees. The building comprises a lyrical, formally sophisticated series of sweeping curves to further accentuate the overlap between soft landscape and architecture.

LOVELLBURTON

Photographer Derek Swalwell

This home does not attempt to domesticate its inner Fitzroy laneway but instead takes cues from its robust urban context. A clever arrangement of screening, pocket gardens, stairs, balconies and voids make the house feel more generous than the impression conveyed by its tight site and this enables different home office and guest configurations. Tightly framed views of the surrounding rooftop landscape culminate in a generous top floor window that gives as much life to the laneway as it does to the occupants.

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Bluff House | Rob Kennon Architects The impressive structural logic of the Bluff House allows the building to be constructed on the most desirable area of the site that would otherwise be undevelopable. Perched on a cliff at the edge of a landslide fault line, the lower level acts as an inhabitable footing, anchoring the upper floor, allowing it to cantilever over the fault line to stretch towards cinematic views of Western Port Bay. These impressive structural gymnastics are on show, and when combined with the detailing restraint of a deft hand, the architect has delivered a gem of a project. Builder: On the Rise Constructions

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Torquay House Eldridge Anderson S K Dunstan Builders

JURY CHAIR REPORT | RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - HOUSES (NEW) The Residential category of 2019 attracted thirty-four entries ranging in a variety of size and budget. The jury deliberated extensively and arrived at a shortlist that saw thirteen projects from every corner of the state receiving a visit. What was confirmed during the site visits was the sheer breadth of talent on display this year. In what was a jaw dropping and humbling experience, the jury had great pleasure experiencing a diverse range of experimental projects, set amongst a variety of landscapes and contexts. The jury had the difficult task of separating the projects, establishing methods to compare and quantify the varying sites, client briefs, and budgets. One project could be fifteen times the price of another project and footprints ranged from 100 sqm to 1000 sqm. The jury felt that social and environmental sustainability and affordability remain the key issues facing the Australian housing climate and that the architectural profession has the opportunity and responsibility to provide leadership in these areas. Given the judging criteria, it was these concerns that ultimately separated and decided the named winner. In the end the jury was comfortable recognising nine projects, an above average number but justifiable given a particularly strong shortlist, in which every project pushed the residential typology into new territory, challenging our preconceptions of housing.

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JOHN & PHYLLIS MURPHY AWARD | Powell Street House | Robert Simeoni Architects The jury was moved by the poetry of Simeoniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s architecture. The original house has been tended with an uncommon degree of sensitivity. The architect has listened and observed, uncovering its charms and enriching them with his own. Throughout the house, though much has been done, the line between old and new is often faint to see. It is difficult to imagine that this project is the result of mere drawings and specifications. In every corner, one sees that the architect was present for the moment of transformation, testing every latch, turning every brick in his hands to understand what role it might play in his delicately reworked production. This is design in situ. While the exterior of the new extension cuts a striking profile, it is the watery, dream-like quality of the interiors that define this work. Rooms are merely fringed with light, forming pools of deep, enveloping shadow. The eye recalibrates to a quieter, more introspective existence. A home perhaps not suited to everyone, yet perfectly tailored to this client, their artworks and furniture. Simeoni has achieved a masterful project; gentle, confident and immaculately nuanced. Practice Team: Robert Simeoni (Design Architect), John Watson (Project Liaison), Nicholas Murray (Architect), Drew Hynninen (Architect) Builder/Consultant: The Zimmerman Oz Pty Ltd Photographer: Derek Swalwell

AWARD | Caroline House | Kennedy Nolan Where a swimming pool can often clutter and overpower a site, Kennedy Nolan have harnessed its potential as a primary formal generator, lending colour, motif and spatial liveliness to this two storey extension. Deep, round and green, it sinks into the centre of the house like a core sample of the ocean itself. Around it, a curved brick walls rises up, accentuating the plunge, its ship-like porthole windows peering out from above. So much more than a mere leaf-collector, the pool proves its value throughout the year, providing cool cross-ventilation in summer, reflecting watery light deep into the house in winter. Its curved bounding wall maintains a strong presence inside, lending continuity to the living spaces, shaping moments of movement and stillness within the plan. Likewise, the interior finishes draw on the poolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crisp, lush palette, featuring fresh whites and ocean greens, while terrazzo flooring reminds wet feet this house was built for poolside life. The jury was impressed by the material and compositional finesse of this project which, though rigorous, has a simple ease brimming with delight. Practice Team: Patrick Kennedy (Design Architect), Rachel Nolan (Design Architect), Adriana Hanna (Project Architect), Dominic Wells (Graduate of Architecture), Thurston Empson (Student) Consultant/Construction Team: Webb Consult (Building Surveyor), Amanda Oliver Gardens (Landscape Consultant) Builder: Overend Construction Photographer: Derek Swalwell

AWARD | Garden Wall House | MAKE Architecture This modest yet highly-wrought project displayed a level of precision that could only have been executed by a highly skilled and experienced practitioner. The second storey addition - a sharply defined dark brick veil - appears to rest lightly on the terraceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing party walls - a seemingly simple composition that demonstrates a mastery of junctions. Unflinchingly clean lines hold the composition of the design, and form strata within the living spaces that continue outside into the garden and form the basis of joinery and the stairs. The manipulation of natural light finds it glancing across the largely monotone palette of exquisite textures such as hard plaster, bagging and brickwork. Its source is primarily from two sculptural, double-height skylights that manage to pull sunlight into the long terrace space through an act of spatial acrobatics; and provide an airy sense of daylight to the downstairs living area. The project clearly reflects and supports the life of its occupants, providing an almost monastic response to the contemporary domestic condition downstairs that is tempered by a gentle and inviting private living and sleeping space above. Practice Team: Melissa Bright (Design Architect), Emily Watson (Project Architect), Rob McIntyre (Architect), Todd de Hoog (Architect) Consultant/Construction Team: BSGM (Building Surveyor), Hive Engineering (Structural Engineering), Eckersley Garden Architecture (Landscape Consultant) Builder: Build2 Photographer: Sean Fennessy

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AWARD | Fitzroy Terrace | Taylor Knights Re-imagining a two storey terrace house is a familiar project type for Victorian architects based in Melbourne. Just as the limitations of space, lack of access to natural light and small dark outdoor spaces are common issues for the families that live in them. As a type however, they contribute to the rich heritage fabric of the city while providing comfortable housing in close proximity to the city. Fitzroy Terrace is full of surprises, exceeding the expectations of what is possible within this architectural trope. The usual arrangement of living down and sleeping up is reversed, allowing the new public areas of the home to reach for the sky and bring natural light into the plan where it is needed most through a skilful manipulation of both plan and section. Outdoor living areas located on each level and the roof provide a large amount of very useable outdoor space not usually associated with a terrace house. The competent approach to the design extends from the spatial and planning. Moving through to the bold material palette of concrete, stone and glass which is handled in a sculptural manner that complements and enhances the original Victorian fabric of the original house. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

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Oak House | Kennedy Nolan

Photographer Tom Blachford

The jury commended the architects on skilfully arranging the living spaces of a small terrace to create an outcome that was inviting whilst belying the small footprint available to it. The clever integration of the outdoor living areas, part-height partitioning, layered materiality and openings to the sky come together to demonstrate the value that architectural thinking can bring to even a relatively modest project. Builder: Grundella Construction

Photographer Derek Swalwell

As architects one of the more valuable contributions we can make is to create enduring homes for families to live in. Oak House stands out as a brilliant and considered example in the cannon of this important project type. A design full of character and joy that is evidence of a highly competent architect flexing their design skills. The variety of colours, materials and spatial planning are unified through a deep understanding of the domestic. Builder: Weiss Builders

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JURY CHAIR REPORT | RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE HOUSES (ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS) The jury was impressed by the standard of consideration and quality displayed by the entries to the Alterations and Additions category this year. The level of design was incredibly high, perhaps driven by increased client and professional exposure to local and international architectural design through both social and traditional media. We note that the 2019 entry pool was largely centred in the inner city. Representing perhaps both a move towards greater investment in urban living and the realities of rising land prices encouraging more people to maximise liveability within their local communities, amending what they already have rather than starting anew. It was refreshing to see architects delivering projects that bravely turned against popular conceptions of ‘tasteful’ design. We noted a number of projects that heightened drama and sensory experience through dark, textured and brooding spaces. The play of light, both natural and artificial was often further exaggerated within these spaces. Similarly, the relationship between indoor and outdoor spaces has also been explored by this year’s contenders. Sometimes scattered throughout the house to create a series of outdoor rooms; sometimes starting on the roof and filtering through the built fabric to the ground; other times completely divorced from the interior. Whilst an array of spatial relationships with the exterior were presented, those that were purposefully executed were most successful. The jury would also like to make a special mention of Acheson Place, a collaboration between Workshop Architecture and the artists Ben Armstrong and Moya McKenna; which demonstrated the strong role architects can play when traditional domestic typologies are questioned; enabling strong client vision to manifest.

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Scarborough and Welkin | Justin Mallia Architecture

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RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - MULTIPLE HOUSING The Residential Architecture â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Multiple Housing category recognises achievement in the design of projects which are residential in nature and which include two or more self-contained dwellings (whether or not the building includes uses for other purposes).

Richard Middleton Jury Chair

Bonnie Herring Juror

Jesse Linardi Juror

RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - MULTIPLE HOUSING

THE BEST OVEREND AWARD | Scarborough and Welkin | Justin Mallia Architecture It is encouraging to see a growing number of residential developments that are not only built with a broader community narrative in mind, but are also designed to serve multiple generations with a lighter environmental footprint. Within and abutting an existing heritage home that had been affected by prior renovations and an enduring collective of family guests and residents, Justin Mallia Architecture has delivered several residences that cleverly appear as a singular exercise in adaptive reuse. Further investigation reveals a labyrinthine, yet considered, practical and delightful series of intersecting and overlapping volumes. Two of these are homes that can be joined as one, or separated as its occupants downsize, while the other is isolated as a single family home. All are accessed independently and focus on verdant private open enclaves that illuminate and ventilate their associated habitable areas. Landscaping has been intricately resolved and laps onto rooftops to offer a net increase to the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planted area. While rich in its provision of environmentally positive initiatives, it was this projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall message of successful reuse, its self-awareness, adaptability and efficient footprint that led this jury to consider it an exemplar for residential densification and worthy of the 2019 Best Overend Award. Practice Team: Justin Mallia (Design Architect and Project Architect), Julian Tuckett (Architect), Felicity Soh (Graduate of Architecture), Gabriele Parente (Architecture Student), Rifat Muharram (Architecture student) Consultant / Construction Team: Perrett Simpson (Engineer), Philip Chun and Associates (Building Surveyor), Robert Sands (Heritage Consultant), CR Knight and Associates (Services Consultant), Urban Initiatives (Landscape Consultant), Blue Lotus (ESD Consultant), Terrain Consulting Group (Land Surveyor), Outdoor Designs (Landscape Consultant) Builder: Martin Builders Photographer: Peter Bennetts

AWARD | Whitlam Place | Freadman White in collaboration with Anon Studio Empowered by an ambitious client, orchestrated through a confident and clear narrative, Whitlam Place is a rigorous and welcome addition to the rapidly maturing multiple housing typology. It offers a wholistic and competent blueprint, delicately and effortlessly balancing the challenges inherent in commercial architecture. Located adjacent to a small pocket park, directly opposite the old Fitzroy town hall, the proposition cleverly and respectfully acknowledges its place, receding submissively into the street and community, somewhat mature beyond its age. Subtle references abound, fluted concrete acknowledges the classical Victorian column detailing from the civic building opposite, copper infused concrete, a nod to Nonda’s Victoria Terrace. The examples are exhaustive, the foundation for a strong proposition. Effectively a boutique offering, the functional plans and ensuing architecture bypasses the often-repetition and banality of apartment living, with individuality apparent and clear in the multiple apartment types. The terraced balconies cleverly offer a fabulous outlook through the amenity of the mature park trees to the suburb beyond, almost as if one was living in a tree house. Generous breathing spaces, not overly rationalised, are critical and unashamedly luxurious. Refreshingly, the joy and consideration of architecture was abundant and rigorous. Clearly the relationship between architect and client was bold, ambitious, unrepentant and aligned. Practice Team: Freadman White in collaboration with Anon Studio Builder: Visioneer Builders Photographer: Tom Ross

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This project is a rigorous expression of simple ideas executed thoroughly. Sheathed, shaded and protected; the shifting expression of activity beyond the folding façade humanises the built form in a manner more delicate and dappled than it suggests. At its heart, the light drenched internal courtyard is a no fuss, all fun means to cross ventilate, circulate and progressively infill with potted plants and incidental gatherings. The luxurious interior palette is a novel counterpoint to this raw and stripped structure – a surprise flourish of domestic grandeur.

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Underpinned by the community spirit of the client, Hawke and King inverts the often isolating multi-story apartment typology by designing in diversity and incidental social exchange. Punctured by open-air pathways and a series of finer grained street addresses, this collection of vertical communities is scaled and detailed to facilitate neighbourly familiarity, differentiation and residential identity. Passive and efficient apartment planning combined with an intentional, simple suite of sustainability initiatives has delivered an affordable, robust scaffold where resident ownership and agency can thrive. Builder: Manresa Constructions

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JURY CHAIR REPORT | RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - MULTIPLE HOUSING Like most years the 2019 multi-residential category contained a wide range of project types; four student residences, dual and tri occupancy housing, alpine accommodation, townhouse clusters, medium density inner city regeneration and aged care and respite facilities were represented along with medium to high rise towers offering single bed studio apartments to luxury penthouses. Social housing projects were not represented this year. Generally the jury was impressed by the quality of the architecture submitted and, in particular, the inclusion of projects that demonstrate an awareness of their role in contributing to society. It was also encouraging to observe a growing awareness of the impact that population and development have on our natural environment and how the profession is taking some responsibility towards making a contribution. Whilst this is a positive sign, we certainly hope that architects and the built environment can will play an increasingly greater role as a source of leadership, inclusivity and enlightenment for all. The projects presented all skillfully tackled various commercial imperatives, yet there were few that sought to tackle the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;big issuesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; currently affecting us. Relevant design standards varied between project types and resulted in a broad definition of amenity and value across the field. Whilst the effects of the Better Apartment Design Guidelines are slowly coming to fruition, it would be great to see these continue to evolve for the benefit of all, with a view to delivering more socially and environmentally positive buildings. The most successful projects this year offer renewed social, cultural and environmental currency in the typology - a warm welcome to the collaborative and crafted, the hopeful and fun.

Doubleground | MUIR + OPENWORK | Photographer: Peter Bennetts

SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE Projects in this category will be those considered to be “small” in terms of area or budget. Projects are recognised that have been constrained by space or cost restrictions, but have achieved a level of invention, creativity and craftsmanship despite these constraints. This category can accommodate projects, typically projects in the public realm, which may be over-looked against larger scale projects in other categories or may be transient or experimental in nature, such as exhibition design, set design, playgrounds, architectural sculptures or installations that may or may not be able to be visited by the Jury. Projects of all functional types may be considered. Exclusions: •

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KEVIN BORLAND AWARD | Doubleground | MUIR + OPENWORK Temporary architecture presents an opportunity for practitioners to examine bigger questions and cultural values within the context of Australian architectural theory and practice. MUIR and OPENWORK are to be commended on their project, DOUBLEGROUND. An outstanding example of the value in thoroughly investigating several architectural hypotheses, whilst simultaneously engaging with the general public. Doubleground is an emotionally charged commentary on the way memories are formed through interactions with spatial conditions. A highly curated assortment of architectural fragments, sampled from a series of photos of the newly opened NGV, and translated onto the site as landscape elements. A tilted field of wildflowers, a concertina enclosure, a familiar veil of mist, a bamboo court. There is an undeniable synthesis between the existing garden and the interventions. The occupant (both adult and child) is encouraged to see the Groundsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; building anew, to follow their curiosity and to engage with the space in an alternative and perhaps unexpected way. The depth, clarity and nuance of the Muir + Openwork collaboration is remarkable, and within an ever-crowded calendar of pavilions and pop-ups, should be celebrated. Practice Team: Amy Muir (Project Team), Mark Jacques (Project Team), Alessandro Castiglioni (Project Team), Benjamin Kronenberg (Project Team), Elizabeth Herbert (Project Team), Jack Stirling (Project Team), Marijke Davey (Project Team) Consultant/Construction Team: Irwinconsult (Construction Team), DBG Projects (Construction Team), Programmed (Construction Team), Show Works (Construction Team), Charles Sandford (Construction Team), Brickworks (Construction Team), Gunnersen, (Construction Team), Higgins (Construction Team) Photographer: Peter Bennetts

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Doubleground | MUIR + OPENWORK | Photographer: Peter Bennetts

AWARD | Super Field | Baracco+Wright Architects SUPERFIELD is an immersive sonic and visual exhibition that highlights the work of Australian and international artists engaging with remote regions and their communities. Exhibition designers, Baracco & Wright, are to be recognised for their success in actively engaging audiences through considered and compelling spatial interventions. Whilst singular in their gesture, these interventions prioritise the spatial condition and allow for multiple and unexpected experiences. Scrim hangs from the high ceiling, partially concealing speakers hung at varying heights and clusters, creating a field of sound. A raised mound in the floor, constructed to appear as part of the existing floor, engages with the scrim, leading the listener into a compressed space. Within the secondary exhibition space, a bulge appears from the wall, creating a sense of tension, an uncomfortable presence of otherness. The occupant is encouraged to wander through, navigating densities of space and discrete zones of aural and visual experience. In acknowledging the potentials of context, Baracco & Wright have developed a highly communicative environment. One that allows the viewer/listener to gain a deeper sense of appreciation and advocacy for the places captured within the works. 1

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AWARD | Jock Comini Reserve Amenities | Kerstin Thompson Architects Jock Comini Reserve Amenities is a thoughtful, generous and considered building that transcends its utilitarian purpose. Safety and equality drive the subtle, shifting plan of translucent, semi-circular compartments. The skin of these secure, private units permits daylight and transforms them into lanterns at night to welcome travellers. The low-lying form sits gently between the highway and bush, with the singular roof nestled behind a rise in the landscape. The understated composition hides structural feats with a cantilevered projection extending over the car spaces for sheltered access. The minimal palette of reflective materials accentuates the variance in the curved glass and flat stainless steel elements while drawing attention to surrounding bushland, creating delight in an unexpected location. The jury commends Kirstin Thompson Architects for raising the standards of public amenities in Victoria. Practice Team: Kerstin Thompson, Scott Diener, Claire Humphreys, Michael Archibald Consultant/Construction Team: Perrett Simpson (Structural Engineering), RegionalRoads Victoria (Civil Consultant), TJ Consulting (Building Services), Regional Building Surveying Services (Relevant Building Surveyor), VicRoads (Geotechnical), Slattery (Cost Consultant) Builder: CBPS Projects Photographer: Kerstin Thompson

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New Agency is a travelling exhibition and research project that explores housing models for an ageing population. Visitors participate in a topic that challenges Australia’s historical norms, while meditating on ideas for their own futures and contributing data for research. Sibling conceived and fully realised this inclusive and optimistic ongoing project. In so doing, they have demonstrated an inspired example of an architecture practice expanding their reach and relevance to society. Builder: RMIT Design Hub

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Maddison Architects RACV Tiny Home Simple Motion Pty Ltd

JURY CHAIR REPORT | SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE The entry criteria for Small Projects changed in 2019 to allow only non-residential projects. This contributed to a highly diverse range of projects and project types entered for consideration. The jury congratulates the twenty-one entries, eight shortlisted and four awarded projects for the high standard of work presented. With all entries presented, the jury had the task of comparing projects with disparate briefs, budgets and functions. Along with buildings, entries included exhibition installations, mobile structures, public installations, joinery items, fit-outs and landscapes; all limited by space or budget. In such a diverse and strong category, the jury looked for work that took the extra step, exceeding the brief and expanding the role of the architect within the project. Each of the shortlisted projects represents an outstanding architectural response to brief. Two are contrasting exhibits that were installed at RMIT Design Hub; Super Field had a sensory focus while New Agency is an ongoing research project investigating housing typologies for an ageing population. Doubleground is an installation experimenting with spatial memory. The design of Sunda Bar and Restaurant challenges regulations and type. Jock Comini is a detailed and surprising roadside amenities block. RACV Tiny Home is a mobile showcase demonstrating the opportunities of building small. Smith Beach Life Saving Tower is a rugged shelter designed with a light touch. Together Apart involved the architects negating the need for a building extension, as briefed, by instead designing a crafted piece of joinery for twin sisters. The awarded projects all demonstrate exemplary outcomes where the architects have transcended constraints and gone beyond the parameters of the brief to provide surprise and delight.

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Parliament of Victoria Membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Annexe | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design | Photographer: John Gollings

URBAN DESIGN The Urban Design category recognises achievement in design which enhances the quality of the built environment or public domain leading to the betterment of the broader city for the general community. Projects considered in this category may be single buildings, a group of buildings or non-building projects, studies or master plans of a public, civic or urban environment.

Adam Pustola Jury Chair

Veryan Curnow Juror

Jocelyn Chiew Juror

URBAN DESIGN ARCHITECTURE

JOSEPH REED AWARD | Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design You might miss the project as you walk down Macarthur St or roll past in a tram. The Members’ Annexe makes sense of the city around it, even as it seems to stand apart. The degree to which it exists within the public realm is worth consideration. It’s for our politicians, but what does it offer to the city or for the street? The urban design responds to the import of its site and the significance of its place. The project draws upon these; the view from the library, the bowling green, the federation oak, the skewing of the Hoddle Grid, the nod toward St Patrick’s. It gives new life to that unfinished civic foci that is Parliament. As an artefact, it will remain within the city for as long as Parliament operates there. The city will change around it, and the project will continue to register the forces that shaped it. By this totality of a dialogue with the city and the precinct, the Members’ Annexe is the most outstanding example of urban design. Practice Team: Peter Elliott (Design Architect), Catherine Duggan (Project Architect), Sean van der Velden (Project Architect), Chris Jones (Project Architect), Tim Foster (Graduate of Architecture), Grant Dixon (Project Architect), Hosna Saleem (Graduate of Architecture), Juliet Maxsted (Project Architect), Shigeru Iijima (Graduate of Architecture), Geoff Barton (Project Architect), An Thai (Graduate of Architecture), Justin Mallia (Project Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Irwin Consullt (Structural & Civil Engineer), Irwin Consult (Service & ESD Engineer), Taylor Cullity Lethlean (Landscape Architect), Glen Waters Arboriculture (Arboriculture Consultant), AECOM (Facade Engineering), Philip Chun (Building Surveyor), Architecture & Access (Access Consultant), Acoustic Consulting Australia (Acoustic Consultant), Slattery Australia (Quantity Surveyor), Andrew Long & Associates (Aboriginal Heritage Consultant), AHMS (European Archaeologist), Trethowan Architects (Heritage Consultant), Douglas Partners (Geotechnical & Enviromental), MASS (Signage & Wayfinding)

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Builder: Icon (formerly Cockram Construction) Photographer: John Gollings (middle and opposite page), Dianna Snape (top)

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COMMENDATION Rosanna Station | MGS Architects and Jacobs Architects

Photographer: Latreille Architectural Photography

Photographer: John Gollings

The rebuilt elevated Rosanna Station successfully resolves the challenges of the former at-grade precinct. The public realm concourse forges multiple cross-precinct connections across challenging levels and enhances visual permeability and integration with surrounding Rosanna Village. Drawing from the local context and bushland, the assemblage of tactile and colourful building and landscape elements reduce the bulk of infrastructure to create a finer grain and more joyful community setting. The project demonstrates the benefits of locally engaged design thinking in ‘big infrastructure’ delivery.

The Swan Street Bridge is key urban infrastructure that also acts as a landmark between the CBD and sports and entertainment precincts. The upgrade significantly enhances the pedestrian and cyclist experience with wider pathways and greater separation from high traffic. The design responds to the river with dynamic structural fins and integration into the river embankment. Procured through a design competition, the design approach was tenaciously defended. Overall, the upgrade has successfully transformed VicRoads infrastructure into a more delightful urban experience.

Builder: North East Project Alliance (Laing O’Rourke and Fulton Hogan)

Builder: Seymour Whyte Construction

Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal | Cox Architecture with ASPECT Studios

Photographer Peter Clarke

As infrastructure, the project removes nine problematic crossings and introduces five elevated railway stations, new open space and shared pedestrian and cyclist pathways. Each station is capped, forming a landmark that differs to its context. Safety and surveillance have been thoroughly considered, with new visual connections to surrounding streets and commerce will foster precinct renewal. New playful landscapes complement each station and deliver much needed colour, animation and public recreation alongside transport. Overall, the project creates a solid benchmark for integrated station design. Builder: Lendlease Engineering / CPB Contractors

Swan Street Bridge Upgrade | BKK Architects with McGregor Coxall and Relume

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JURY CHAIR REPORT | URBAN DESIGN This year the category comprised ten entries and the jury chose to shortlist five projects. The field of entries was diverse, spanning across standalone buildings and major infrastructure, and across typologies of multi-residential, commercial, pubic buildings and transport. The shortlisted projects were selected for their potential contribution to the public realm. The site visits were highly decisive for the jury to better understand how the design intentions were resolved in the built form, connection to context and public experience. The Membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Annexe was the outstanding project, demonstrated through its thoughtful engagement with its complex site. The design resolves the dynamics of program while being highly attuned to its place within the parliamentary precinct and city. And, it was delivered under traditional means that recognized the value of architectural design leadership. The jury chose to award three Commendations to infrastructure related projects; two for rail and the other for roads. The State has heavily invested in these and they were procured under contractor-led models. These projects attract high degrees of public interest, often lurching into controversy. Expectations of expedient delivery, minimal disruption and reduced travel times are political promises that propel these projects into reality. These expectations also restrict the time provided for adequate design exploration, documentation and delivery. Ultimately, design quality is challenged; here it is a measure of the robustness of these assets and but also the imagination and creativity by which they can transform their precincts. Urban design may be mediating the infrastructure, rather than leading it. All three projects succeeded with commendable design outcomes. The endeavor and commitment of the design teams sometimes belies the physical artefacts. The creation of our shared public realm and infrastructure will only benefit from increased creative design leadership, that is given the time and means to more fully realised. 63

Sacred Heart Building Abbotsford Convent Foundation | Kerstin Thompson Architects | Photographer: Derek Swalwell

HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE This category is for any built conservation project or study developed in accordance with the Australia ICOMOS Burra Charter, or any adaptive reuse of a heritage structure.

Category Sponsor The Heritage Council of Victoria values Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heritage as an asset to be enjoyed and appreciated by all and we are proud to sponsor the Heritage Architecture category at the 2019 Victorian Architecture Awards

Matt Gibson Jury Chair

Janet Beeston Juror

Vicki McLean Juror

We advise the government and others on how to conserve and protect historically important objects and places for the enjoyment of current and future generations. We are an independent statutory body and we provide legal protection for places and objects that are important to the history and development of Victoria

HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE

JOHN GEORGE KNIGHT AWARD | Sacred Heart Building Abbotsford Convent Foundation | Kerstin Thompson Architects In a year where the Heritage category has been redefined into sub definitions of Conservation and Creative Adaptation, this project offered an exemplary representation of both. Included on the National Heritage List, the Sacred Heart Building (formerly Magdalene Asylum) holds an important place in Australia’s social welfare history. Assisting the Abbotsford Convent Foundation, KTA successfully repurposed the abandoned buildings in a highly uplifting acknowledgement of the site’s past. Honoring the lives of the women and girls who lived and worked there, while reprogramming the site as a centre for community, arts and culture. Containing a palpable sense of history, a tribute to the architect’s light touch, the approach is one of minimal intervention and legibility. Working with several heritage experts, the process involved an elaborate and rigorous conservation approach. Avoiding the temptation to unify the resultant architecture KTA chose to reveal and expose, contributing to interpretation, the heightening of meaning and providing a human point of reference.

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A heavier hand would have inscribed a more pronounced newness. The approach here is one of balance and appropriateness. The new incarnation of creative workplaces, learning and artisan retail spaces is cleverly orchestrated, symbiotic and sustainable. Allowing flexibility to adapt, evolve and incarnate again. Practice Team: Kerstin Thompson, Erica Diakoff, Scott Diener, William Samuels Consultant / Construction Team: Stephen Rogers (Project Manager), Scott Walker (Project Coordinator), Greg Broadhead (Site Manager), Kersulting (Structural Engineer), Umow Lai (Building Services), Marshall Day (Acoustic Engineer), Bryce Raworth (Heritage Consultant), Hendry Group Pty Ltd (Building Surveyor), Harlock Consulting (Quantity Surveyor)

Photographer: Derek Swalwell

Builder: FDC Construction & Fitout

AWARD - CREATIVE ADAPTATION | classical gas - original stereo version | multiplicity with mel ogden landscapes This project is notable for its skilful adaption of a former industrial building into a bold and contemporary residence. Faced with many challenges including a low height basement under a single volume of grand proportions, the architects have delivered a variety of domestic spaces that are distinctive and engaging while also celebrating the character of the Victorian era building. A light touch has been applied. The early form and character of the heritage building are highly readable. Change has occurred through a series of innovative responses, a high level of craftsmanship and a thorough investigation of materiality. The floor plan is inverted to provide living spaces in the basement and private spaces above ground. Soaring double height spaces and vertical integration of the levels is achieved by the selective removal of floorboards. Private space is created via a central pod crafted from steel battens and clad in steel mesh. Innovative moveable screens have been designed to provide flexible regulation of privacy and light allowing connection with the borrowed landscape to occur in unexpected ways. There are multiple opportunities for contemplation and delight in this well considered and successful adaption of the former industrial site. Practice Team: cimone mcintosh (Project Architect), sioux clark (interior designer), tim oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sullivan (Design Architect), mel ogden (landscape designer) Consultant / Construction Team: ASA building consultants pty ltd (Building Surveyor), tim hall & associates (Engineer), plancost australia (Quantity Surveyor), change parts pty ltd (stainless steel curtain fabricator), environmental earth sciences (EPA consultant), intuitive consulting (fire engineer) Builder: caedman constructions Photographer: Emma Cross Photography

AWARD - CONSERVATION | FLINDERS STREET STATION FACADE STRENGTHENING & CONSERVATION | Lovell Chen The many challenges faced in undertaking a substantial conservation works program to a Melbourne landmark have been successfully met at Flinders Street Station. The project employed best practice in Conservation by following the Burra Charter principles for the preservation, restoration and refurbishment of building fabric. This project is particularly notable for the heritage outcomes that benefit both the profession and the community at large. The essential works to address roof drainage and structural stability were complex issues that required great care and clever technical solutions to minimise impact on the heritage fabric. The result is a successful balance between these not so glamorous and often hidden conservation works, with the highly visible external finishes restoration which included a return to the original colour scheme. The huge scale of this complex has resulted in broader outcomes for the community with the resultant specialised trade skills training that occurred on site in the traditional trades. This conservation project has ensured the longevity of the heritage significant fabric of the station and has provided the platform for future works to reinvigorate the vast spaces within this Melbourne landmark. Practice Team: Peter Lovell (Project Director), Deirdre Heffernan (Project Leader), Suzanne Zahra (Heritage Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Bonacci Group (Structural Engineer), Philip Chun (Building Surveyor), DCWC (Quantity Surveyor), NDY (Services Engineer), CCMC (Compliance) Builder: Built. Photographer: Martin Leitch FLINDERS ST

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COMMENDATION Albert Park College Liberal Arts Centre | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

Photographer: Peter Clarke

This project is an important and successful example of creative thinking about public heritage assets and adaptive reuse. The complex celebrates heritage values at the same time as providing a contemporary facility to match the school’s progressive approach to education. The Albert Park College Liberal Arts Centre demonstrates the positive outcomes that can be achieved with a collaborative approach by architect and building users. The challenges of site contamination and existing built form have been holistically embraced and used to inform the design of the new additions, resulting in a complex that is highly valued by the students, staff and the wider community. Builder: Existing Building Works (Stage 1): Neo Construct New Build and Landscaping (Stage 2): Stokes Rousseau

Kagan House | Kennedy Nolan

Photographer: Derek Swalwell

In a time where many exemplary Mid-Century homes are being lost to flagrant demolition, this project provides an excellent example of adaption whilst retaining the tenants of its heritage. The clients’ new program is cleverly retained with the existing footprint, avoiding the need for more intrusive adaption or addition, while numerous small but highly effective alterations provide considerable improvement to the living environment. An amount of the early fabric has been replaced and a strong new language introduced. Finishes and devices are referential of the period providing a highly cohesive and evocative composition within local controls. Builder: Weiss Builders

Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design

Photographer John Gollings

This project is notable for its strong but considered response to one of Victoria’s premier heritage sites. While navigating state level heritage controls over the existing the building, the rear gardens designed by Guilfoyle, and several significant trees, the architects have skilfully addressed the requirements of a contemporary Parliament building. The new annexe has a strong and distinct character of its own, but does not detract from the prominence of the heritage assets or interfere with views to and from the heritage precinct more generally. Builder: Icon (formerly Cockram Construction)

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JURY CHAIR REPORT | HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE A change within the Heritage category this year saw an initiative to ignite the re-emergence of ‘Conservation’ projects as a stream within the category. After 2018, the Vic Awards committee decided to follow the lead of NSW whom recognise Awards for the sub categories of ‘Creative Adaptation’ and ‘Conservation’. While the jurors contemplated that the terminology of ‘Creative Adaptation’ and ‘Conservation’ may not exactly appropriate ‘heritage’ projects into two clear encapsulating bundles, it provided a reasonable departure point for acknowledging Conservation projects, which make a highly valuable contribution to the built environment. Perhaps as a result, the heritage entries more than doubled. This year twenty-six entries were submitted - fifteen ‘Creative Adaptation’, seven ‘Conservation’ and four were clearly both or neither. The jury debated the definition of conservation and what constituted a ‘true’ conservation project. One shining example that was acknowledged via a shortlisting was the Royal Mint Wall Remediation by HLCD. Although this project had virtually no noticeable new intervention, it involved a highly rigorous and sensitive conservation approach to protect the brick retaining wall of the state listed asset. It delivered a project that was an exemplar of correct Burra Charter process. Even though the project was ‘unseen,’ as the applicant rightfully said, “it may not have been an eye catching solution but nor should it have been”. It was a success this year to see projects such as this entered within the category. Unanimous decisions were made on the three award winners - Classical Gas for its innovative creative adaptation, Flinders Street went close to winning the named award for its incredibly technically rigorous conservation, yet Sacred Heart was the overwhelming named award winner for its social importance to the community, ability to sustain its heritage as it is now and create a new heritage. It was a stand out for both its adaptive re-use and conservation components.

Category Sponsor The Heritage Council of Victoria values Victoria’s heritage as an asset to be enjoyed and appreciated by all and we are proud to sponsor the Heritage Architecture category at the 2019 Victorian Architecture Awards We advise the government and others on how to conserve and protect historically important objects and places for the enjoyment of current and future generations. We are an independent statutory body and we provide legal protection for places and objects that are important to the history and development of Victoria

Powell Street House | Robert Simeoni Architects | Photographer: Derek Swalwell

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE The Interior Architecture category recognises achievement in the design of an interior spatial environment and may include projects completed within a new building or the interior refurbishment of an existing building. Category Sponsor

Karen Alcock Jury Chair

Eugene Cheah Juror

Oliver Duff Juror

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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

MARION MAHONY AWARD | Powell Street House | Robert Simeoni Architects The Powell Street House represents a series of interventions, including a single room extension in the garden transforming a pair of small attached apartments into a single dwelling. The substantial re-working of the interior spaces has created an exceptionally expressive interior filled with moments of surprise, beauty and personality. Challenging the conventional approach to the garden interface, an opaque pleated steel window focuses inward, creating a truly internalised experience. This window as well as the series of smaller gestures found through the original rooms demonstrate a refined reflection on the insular nature and muted light of the original art-deco style interior. Expert manipulation of light and shadow can be found throughout the project. A skylight high in the new kitchen ceiling is directed specifically to a blank wall, the light drawing you through from the entrance to the living space at the rear. Materials are often raw and expressive, highlighted by the varying qualities of light found within the rooms. The Powell Street House eschews trend-based design to provide a unique and intimate interior tailored to the client whose personality is expressed with a rare clarity in the design. Practice Team: Robert Simeoni (Design Architect), John Watson (Project Liaison), Nicholas Murray (Architect), Drew Hynninen (Architect) Builder: The Zimmerman Oz Pty Ltd Photographer: Derek Swalwell

AWARD | The Club Stand | Bates Smart The new members stand is a beautifully resolved piece of commercial architecture that has benefited from the seamless collaboration between the interiors and architecture teams and a supportive but demanding client. Simple, elegant planning conceals the pragmatics of the buildings allowing 360-degree views and longterm flexibility. On race days crowds can vary from 10,000 to 100,000. The logistics of providing services to this many people is enormous, the plan is critical to the success of the building. On each level two food and beverage options are provided either side of a central spine. Each restaurant is serviced by a dedicated core, which like Dr Who’s TARDIS hides a complexity not obvious from outside. The main building and interiors are designed to be a constant. The circulation and ceilings are independent from the fit-outs and simple design guidelines minimise damage and make good if fit-outs change. The design of each of the restaurants is thematic, acknowledging the history and culture of racing and fashion at Flemington with memorable moments of plaid and floral. Delivering a project of this type should not be underestimated. This is a complex building that feels effortless and has some real moments of joy. Practice Team: Kristen Whittle (Project Director and Architectural Design Leader), Jeffery Copolov (Project Director and Interior Design Leader), Jan Eastwood (Interior Design Leader) Stephen Davies (Project Architect), Molly Rizzo (Designer), Jane Tuck (Interior Designer), Samantha Poole (Interior Designer), Josephine Guevarra (Project Architect), Amelia Williams (Interior Designer), Kerryn Minehan (Project Architect), Denisa Syrova (Project Leader), Rupert Murphy (Designer), Andrew Raftopoulos (Project Architect), Jane Zandonai, (Interior Designer), Chatarina Larsson (Interior Designer), Celine Herbiet (Designer), Mikhail Rodricks (Designer), Iain Walker (Designer), Keith Feeney (Project Leader), Theresa Ricacho (Designer), Cian Davis (Designer), Shueh Mei Lim (Designer), Rachael McCarthy (Interior

Designer), Jacek Urbanowicz (Graduate of Architecture), Adam Kane (Design Architect), Sharon Sclarr (Interior Designer), Seona Kelly-Pearce (Interior Designer), Rachael Hirth (Designer), Willem Huang (Project Leader), Sharon Louey-Sheldrick (Interior Designer), Cameron Donald (Project Architect), Janice Cui (Interior Designer), Christopher White (Model Maker), Jared Kennard (Project Architect), Megan Doody (Project Architect), James Christophidis (Design Architect), Amy Aghaei (Designer), Michael Blancato (Designer), Johan Hermijanto (Design Architect), Namrata Durgai (Designer), Brian Mason (Draftsperson), Stuart Paterson (Interior Designer), Lorenzo Ju (Designer), Katherine Wardlaw (Interior Designer), Dharman Gersch (Designer), Ian Potter (3D Visualisation Specialist) Consultant / Construction Team: Arup (Acoustic Consultant), Arup (AV Consultant), BSGM (Building Surveyor), Architecture & Access (Access Consultant), Arup (Civil Consultant), Multiplex (Construction Manager), Arup (Services Consultant), Arup (Engineer), Lovell Chen (Heritage Consultant), Bates Smart (Interior Designer), Barber Design (Landscape Consultant), Electrolight (Lighting Consultant), Case Meallin (Project Manager), WT Partnership (Quantity Surveyor), Chris Love Design (Kitchen Consultant), Walter Wager (Food & Beverage), Arup (Façade Engineer), Arup (Fire Engineer), Arup (Vertical Transport Engineer), MEL Consultants (Wind Engineer), Fabio Ongarato Design (Signage & Wayfinding) Builder: Multiplex Photographer: Sean Fennessy

AWARD | Denton Corker Marshall Studio | Denton Corker Marshall The Denton Corker Marshall Studio embraces the unique opportunities and challenges inherent when a practice designs its own space, with a quiet confidence and unwavering clarity. The pivotal move from a longstanding office spread over multiple storeys, into a single floor in one of IM Pei’s Collins Place towers, has enabled the practice to eloquently articulate its agenda in material and form. The raw, reductivist palette, minimal gestures and rigorous details result in a rich interior architecture experience. The arrival experience deliberately lacks any transitional lobby space typical of offices in commercial towers. This allows an immediate, clearly delineated, and almost completely enveloping sensory experience that starts at the lift doors, and continues, consistently and uncompromisingly, throughout the studio. Walls, storage and services are wrapped in hard edged galvanised steel sheets to form a seamless surface that winds its way through the studio. The seemingly weightless aluminium reception is contrasted against the soft forms of the aluminium reception seat that speaks of the ductility of the metal. Pervading through all aspects of the design, the ethos of the practice is evident, distilled and expressed with a unifying singularity and strength. Consultant / Construction Team: Arup (Structural Consultant), Umow Lai (Services Consultant), Marshall Day (Acoustic Consultant), Before Compliance (Access Consultant), Philip Chun & Associates (Building Surveyor)

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COMMENDATION Kia Ora Apartment | Baracco+Wright Architects

Photographer: Rory Gardiner

Kia Ora is a carefully considered and modest interior that displays an exemplary attention to detail. This project demonstrates the value of a series of small, simple and sensitive gestures, adding new layers to the art-deco interior while retaining the architecture in its entirety. The architecture is directly informed by, and reflective of its context, yet stands out from the original. A restrained palette of materials and finely crafted detail flows through and enhances each of the original spaces. Builder: Atma Builders

2 Southbank | BVN

Photographer: Tom Ross

2 Southbank exemplifies the transformative effect of thoughtfully considered and skilfully executed architecture. The existing lobby space is reoriented by an internal lane that draws the public realm into the private territory of the tower. A palette of robust materials â&#x20AC;&#x201C; brick paving, timber planters â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and furnishings to accommodate a range of interactions, underscore the civic intent. The design blurs public and private divides, encouraging diverse and inclusive spaces. The impact extends beyond the limits of the building, into the surrounding urban domain, creating a series of new connections and opportunities. Builder: Built

Whitlam Place | Freadman White in collaboration with Anon Studio

Photographer Gavin Green

Whitlam Place shows that it is possible to design beautiful homes with character and individuality in an apartment development. This was a personal project for the client Anon Studio who was also a collaborator on the design. Delivered under a traditional lump sum contract this is an exemplar project. Demonstrating the benefits of a committed client, architect and traditional procurement method. Builder: Visioneer Builders

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Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design Icon (formerly Cockram Construction)

JURY CHAIR REPORT | INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE There were thirty-four entries in the Interiors category for this year’s awards. Projects varied in size from small residential projects, the new Parliament House Extension to the expansive Club Stand at Flemington with budgets from $300,000 to $128 million. The category captures a broad range of briefs and typologies. Comparing projects across the category can be difficult, the jury focused on projects where the contribution of the architect and the design team had shown innovation, sensitivity and exemplar outcomes. Many excellent projects didn’t make the shortlist simply because the category was so competitive. The jury was impressed with the elegant outcome of the Club Stand, the delicate beauty of the Kia Ora apartment and the uncompromising intensity of DCM’s new office. Whitlam place demonstrated that clever planning and an understanding of where to invest a budget can deliver uplifting multiresidential housing. 2 Southbank proved that good design can add commercial value by changing an aging office building foyer from a circulation space into a community hub and destination. Finally, the Powell Street House celebrated the connection between the client and architect. Delivering a unique, uncompromising home with some very special moments of joy. The jury was encouraged by the level of design excellence demonstrated in this category, and the continued development and sophistication of the interiors generally.

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SIR OSBORN MCCUTCHEON AWARD | Private Women’s Club | Kerstin Thompson Architects The Private Women’s Club by Kerstin Thompson Architects is a joyous piece of architecture. KTA has cherished the heritage of this Club, its rhythms and rituals; intimacy and collegiality. The project reaches its crescendo at the new conservatory, an inspiring and timeless space, blurring the boundaries of internal and external realms. From an external perspective the project is located in a highly sensitive area. The rooftop extension enhances both the streetscape and the original building by Ellison Harvie through a new double-height façade that blends old and new into one. Elegant folded screens and projecting timber rafters respond to the majestic neighbouring tree canopy, providing a visual dialogue across the street.

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The project has required intensive consultation with a highly engaged stakeholder group over many years and the result is a testament to KTA’s pursuit of good design. Practice Team: Kerstin Thompson, Claire Humphreys, Lynn Chew, Scott Diener, Ben Pakulsky

Builder: McCorkell Constructions Photographer: Derek Swalwell

Consultant / Construction Team: Plancost (Quantity Surveyor), WSP (Services Engineer), Contour (Town Planner), DuChateau Chun (Building Surveyor), Chris Love Design (Kitchen Consultant)

Internally, the original club floors are refreshed, maintaining their sense of decorum. The linking central stair, transforms as you ascend. The timber handrail remains constant as the wall surface behind changes to dark mirrored glass. Arriving at the new floor you are immediately enveloped and drawn to the framed vista of the neighbouring plane tree, the architecture echoing its diffused light.

AWARD | RACV Cape Schanck Resort | Wood Marsh Architecture Cape Schanck Resort is an impressive architectural achievement by Wood Marsh. Set amongst the rolling coastal landscape of the Mornington Peninsula the project oscillates between contextual responsiveness to bold sculptural statement. Designed in the round, the design utilises the site’s topography to its advantage, creating a delightful sequence of experiences. The cantilevered upper form creates a strong and dynamic horizontal reading of the building, offering drama upon approach. Pragmatically the heavy servicing requirements of a complex of this size are expertly integrated within the architecture. The floor by floor mechanical plant is concealed, the central commercial kitchen seamlessly provides servicing for conference facilities on one side, and hotel dining to the other. Circulation sweeps around the curved wings reducing the overall perceived scale of the development whilst offering connection to unexpected key vistas. The slipped room layout allowed for the strong façade staggered expression but required significant riser co-ordination in order to be realised. Material selections throughout reinforce the notion of escapism and a connection to place. Wood Marsh is to be congratulated in delivering such a high-quality contemporary design outcome for a project aimed at an ageing demographic. The project has transformed RACV’s resort offering and has become a sought-after tourist destination. Practice Team: Roger Wood (Design Director), Randal Marsh (Design Director), Lachlan Anderson (Project Architect), Nick Stathopoulos (Graduate of Architecture), James Stewart (Architect), Gemma Cooke (Architect), Penny Pan (Architect), Daniela Chiu (Graduate of Architecture), Kathrin Pentke (Graduate of Architecture), Natasha Maben (Architect), Holly Board (Architect) Consultant/Construction Team: Arup (Services Engineers), Arup (Structural Engineer), Arup (Acoustic Consultant), Taylor Cullity Lethlean (Landscape Consultant), Glowing Structures (Lighting Consultant), Philip Chun (Building Surveyor), Umow Lai (AV Consultant), Umow Lai (Comms + Security), Wallbridge and Gilbert (Civil Consultant), Before Compliance (DDA Consultant), GTA Consultants (Traffic Engineers), Hydrautech Designs (Aquatic Engineers), Lake Young & Associates (Fire Safety Engineering Consultants), Architecture and Access (OH+S Consultants) Builder: Kane Constructions Photographer: Peter Bennetts

AWARD | Melbourne Jetbase | Cox Architecture Cox Architecture lifts the bar for airport terminal architecture in Australia. Set amongst a landscape of mundane airplane hangars and industrial A-frame sheds, the Jet Base in Tullamarine provides a refreshing addition to our aviation scene. The building boasts a strikingly beautiful roof that is dynamic in form and structure yet elegant in its positioning. Its singular form serves as the linking element to the various functions of the Jet Base including the private jet hanger, high-end passenger terminal, showroom, customs facility, passenger and pilot amenities. The fluid nature of the roof form is reflected inside the terminal with a curvaceous quality to much of the interior, creating a physical manifestation of streamlining consistent with the brief to optimise efficiency between ‘air-side’ and ‘land-side’. Interior finishing evokes a sense of the Australian outback and the joy of flight. Of particular note, is the impressive tessellating diamond panel ceiling that follows the complexity of the curved roof. The project’s brief, along with its security and safety requirements, presents a degree of complexity that would have tested most design teams. Cox Architecture articulated these elements with beauty and ease within a highly complex and striking form, delivering a project that deserves reward and recognition. Practice Team: Sam Lock (Design Architect), Ian Sutter (Design Architect), Andrew Lyons (Andrew Lyons), Daniel Colaneri (Designer), Christina Prodromou (Interior Design Director), Alex Purdon (Interior Designer), Chloe Mikronis (Interior Designer) Consultant/Construction Team: ARUP (Services Consultant), Arup (Project Manager), WT Partnership (Quantity Surveyor), Tract (Landscape Consultant), Lumicom (AV Consultant) Builder: Hutchinson Builders Photographer: Peter Clarke 84

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Artbank is a conceptually sophisticated reinvigoration of a warehouse in Collingwood. Responding to the brief to make the archives publicly accessible, Edition Office rendered them a body in space: a body of cultural enquiry and collective consciousness. The palette is restrained, with selections based on latent qualities of materials. The intent is that over time the act of cultural production will leave its mark on this space, adding a new layer of history and meaning to the inner-city fabric. Builder: Basis Builders

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JURY CHAIR REPORT | COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE The jury was delighted to review a range of high-quality projects of all scales and typologies. From the original eighteen entries, we shortlisted to seven and then elected four for awards. Each project was assessed on its completeness – the rigor of realisation of its conceptual position whilst realising the client’s brief as a full piece of architecture. A key consideration that separated projects at this level was the architect’s ability to positively integrate value management and/or unexpected client directional changes into a holistic design solution, irrespective of budget constraints. Some observations from our esteemed shortlist include: • Carr created a ‘wonder full’ central mirrored bathroom experience as the fulcrum point for their bespoke hotel rooms • Kennedy Nolan playfully explored the opportunities of manipulating surfaces in a central shopping arcade space to create place • Jolson skillfully delivered a sumptuous double curvature entry experience where landscape and building merge to create a memorable spatial threshold • Cox were immersed in the celebration of flight, creating sumptuous spaces and carefully crafted details that showed a dedication to architectural rigor • Wood Marsh provided an architectural statement in the round, a form which both works with and then delights in breaking free from the rugged beauty of the costal topography • KTA provided an essay in how to cherish and leverage heritage, creating a space which is both contemporary and timeless, joyful and reflective • Edition Office transcended the brief, delivering a space that reimagines how we view art whilst celebrating the materiality of space and surface We congratulate the winners and shortlist, it was a pleasure to see firsthand these architectural works and how they are contributing to design excellence in Victoria’s built environment.

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PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE The Public Architecture category recognises achievement in the design of projects which are predominantly public or institutional in nature. Generally, projects considered in this category fall within BCA Class 9. Category Sponsor

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WILLIAM WARDELL AWARD | Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design The Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe is an extension to one of Victoria’s most identifiable buildings – and the first significant extension to Parliament House in 150 years. It is an outstanding project and clearly the result of a successful collaborative relationship between a skilled architect, an intelligent client, dedicated consultants and a skilled contractor. The project has been conceived with all design aspects thoughtfully and rigorously integrated –from urban design, heritage, sustainability, interiors and landscape. In deference to the context of the site, with its historic landmark buildings and gardens, the annexe reads as a series of garden spaces, with central courtyard and masonry garden walls – seamlessly integrated into and completing this important cultural precinct. The building accommodates 102 offices, arranged around the courtyard in four wings over 1-2 floors. In a very democratic way each office is identical in size, layout and finish. Every office is provided with a landscaped view and have access to the same ‘neighbourhood’ amenities. The interior palette is restrained and quiet and makes extensive use of Victorian building materials and finishes. The craft and detail, inside and outside, is exceptional. This is a legacy project that will serve many generations of Victorians to come. Practice Team: Peter Elliott (Design Architect), Catherine Duggan (Project Architect), Sean van der Velden (Project Architect), Chris Jones (Project Architect), Tim Foster (Graduate of Architecture), Grant Dixon (Project Architect), Hosna Saleem (Graduate of Architecture), Juliet Maxsted (Project Architect), Shigeru Iijima (Graduate of Architecture), Geoff Barton (Project Architect), An Thai (Graduate of Architecture), Justin Mallia (Project Architect)

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Consultant/Construction Team: Irwin Consullt (Structural & Civil Engineer), Irwin Consult (Service & ESD Engineer), Taylor Cullity Lethlean (Landscape Architect), Glen Waters Arboriculture (Arboriculture Consultant), AECOM (Facade Engineering), Philip chun (Building Surveyor), Architecture & Access (Access Consultant), Acoustic Consulting Australia (Acoustic Consultant), Slattery Australia (Quantity Surveyor), Andrew Long & Associates (Aboriginal Heritage consultant), AHMS (European Archaeologist), Trethowan Architects (Heritage Consultant), Douglas Partners (Geotechnical & Enviromental), MASS (Signage & Wayfinding)

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AWARD | The Club Stand | Bates Smart

This is a project of state significance, elevating what was formally a somewhat rudimentary and barely functional member’s stand for the V.R.C to a facility that delivers an experience matching the racing club’s status on the world stage. The Club Stand extends the trend of the last decade or so in sports facilities becoming 24hr, 7-day a week entertainment venues. That will be just as active and vibrant outside of race-day whilst still delivering on all the pragmatic requirements of a sports stand to watch horse races. Inside, the many food and beverage outlets create a wealth of experiences and the mastery of the interiors are a demonstration of skilful and experienced designers working at the ‘top of their game’. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the project is the way services, structure, gambling infrastructure and back of house pragmatics have been so fully integrated. They appear almost invisible, to create a building ‘in-the round’ that has no service side. This project is an exemplary demonstration of a design team collaborating impeccably with a strong, aspirational client. Together they have produced a seamless integration of architecture and interiors that is so demonstrably appropriate for its use and heritage setting. Practice Team: Kristen Whittle (Project Director and Architectural Design Leader), Jeffery Copolov (Project Director and Interior Design Leader), Jan Eastwood (Interior Design Leader), Stephen Davies (Project Architect), Molly Rizzo (Designer), Jane Tuck (Interior Designer), Samantha Poole (Interior Designer), Josephine Guevarra (Project Architect), Amelia Williams (Interior Designer), Kerryn Minehan (Project Architect), Denisa Syrova (Project Leader), Rupert Murphy (Designer), Andrew Raftopoulos (Project Architect), Jane Zandonai, (Interior Designer), Chatarina Larsson (Interior Designer), Celine Herbiet (Designer), Mikhail Rodricks (Designer), Iain Walker (Designer), Keith Feeney (Project Leader), Theresa Ricacho (Designer), Cian Davis (Designer), Shueh Mei Lim (Designer), Rachael McCarthy (Interior Designer), Jacek Urbanowicz (Graduate of Architecture), Adam Kane (Design Architect), Sharon Sclarr (Interior Designer), Seona Kelly-Pearce (Interior Designer), Rachael Hirth (Designer), Willem Huang (Project Leader), Sharon Louey-Sheldrick (Interior Designer), Cameron Donald (Project Architect), Janice Cui (Interior Designer), Christopher White (Model Maker), Jared Kennard (Project Architect), Megan Doody (Project Architect), James Christophidis (Design Architect), 92

Amy Aghaei (Designer), Michael Blancato (Designer), Johan Hermijanto (Design Architect), Namrata Durgai (Designer), Brian Mason (Draftsperson), Stuart Paterson (Interior Designer), Lorenzo Ju (Designer), Katherine Wardlaw (Interior Designer), Dharman Gersch (Designer), Ian Potter (3D Visualisation Specialist) Consultant/Construction Team: Arup (Acoustic Consultant), Arup (AV Consultant), BSGM (Building Surveyor), Architecture & Access (Access Consultant), Arup (Civil Consultant), Multiplex (Construction Manager), Arup (Services Consultant), Arup (Engineer), Lovell Chen (Heritage Consultant), Bates Smart (Interior Designer), Barber Design (Landscape Consultant), Electrolight (Lighting Consultant), Case Meallin (Project Manager), WT Partnership (Quantity Surveyor), Chris Love Design (Kitchen Consultant), Walter Wager (Food & Beverage), Arup (Façade Engineer), Arup (Fire Engineer), Arup (Vertical Transport Engineer), MEL Consultants (Wind Engineer), Fabio Ongarato Design (Signage & Wayfinding) Builder: Multiplex Photographer: Peter Clarke

AWARD | Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal | Cox Architecture This project sets the precedent for the shape of Melbourne’s future public rail system. The project comprises the removal of nine level crossings and the construction of five new elevated railway stations. It has delivered a series of smart architectural and engineering solutions to bring new local landmarks and activity centres to each suburban station along with an impressive 22h of lineal park below the elevated tracks. Below the tracks are well utilised, family friendly and fun spaces for running, dog-walking and cycling. Maximising amenity and reducing visual bulk has been achieved by splitting the tracks and keeping the concrete pylons to their minimum structural dimensions. Each elevated station is wrapped in a consistent and distinct architectural form providing a sense of identity to the rail corridor and a sense of connection between adjoining suburbs. Within the stations there is also a consistency of layout – a natural transition from street to platform – via new urban plazas with active edges and good connectivity to complementary transport modes such as taxis, buses and bikes. All stations have a consistent material palette – natural and robust – with coloured highlights that are station specific and designed to reflect the local context. This is a very skilful and accomplished project at all levels. Practice Team: Jonathan Gardiner (Design Architect), Patrick Ness (Design Director), Zoran Babic (Graduate of Architecture), Amanda Barker (Project Architect), Parinaz Bezchi (Graduate of Architecture), Gate Boonklurb (Graduate of Architecture), Julio Brenes Bolanos (Graduate of Architecture), Yitian Chiew (Graduate of Architecture), Venu Chippa (Graduate of Architecture), Stephanie Courtis (Graduate of Architecture), Ivana Dancova (Graduate of Architecture), Duy Dang (Graduate of Architecture), Kirsty Fraser (Project Architect), Majid Ettefaghioun (Graduate of Architecture), Rachael Halstead (Graduate of Architecture), Stuart Harper (Design Architect), Vanessa Jackson (Project Architect), Sef Kazi (Graduate of Architecture), Mark Kowalyov (Graduate of Architecture), Salim Jalal (Graduate of Architecture), Stephen Lawrance (Graduate of Architecture), Zen Lee (Urban Design), Daphne Liang (Graduate of Architecture), Daisy Lorrimar (Graduate of Architecture), Richard Morrell (Graduate of Architecture), Danielle Ohlson (Interior Design), Maki Robinson (Graduate of Architecture), Daniel Romano (Graduate of Architecture), Simon Smith (Graduate of Architecture), Elizabeth Stonehouse (Document Controller), Livee Tan (Design Architect), James Thomson (Graduate of Architecture), Paul Trinchi (Graduate of Architecture), Jeffery Truong (Project Architect), Colin Wilson (Project Architect), Martinus Wiriyanto (Graduate of Architecture), Edmond Wong (Project Architect), Thomas Zachariassen (Interior Design)

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AWARD | Port of Sale | fjmt The Port of Sale is an exemplar project which reflects the shared vision of client, architect and the Gippsland community. The adaptive reuse of the Stephenson and Turner late-modernist brutalist-style office building into a vibrant community hub has been skilfully handled. Transforming two disused courtyards into expansive atria with curving roof forms allows for light-filled activity spaces below. Subtle angling and shading of skylights provides bright northern light suitable for a lively amphitheatre on one side with diffuse southern light for the Gippsland Art Gallery on the other. Local Gippsland timbers are combined with meticulous detailing to create a cohesive and tactile visitor experience. The complex brief of library, art gallery, visitor information centre and council chambers has been well-handled to create a flow of spaces that belies the fact that this has all been achieved within an existing office brutalist building shell. Internally, wayfinding graphics and branding help to reinforce the quality of the public realm that has been created. Transforming the adjacent street into a landscape park reinforces the civic qualities of the building and the revitalised connection to the Port, allowing the story of the indigenous Gurnaikurnai people to be interwoven into the landscape.

Practice Team: Richard Francis-Jones (Design Architect), Geoff Croker (Principal), Louise Goodman (Associate), Anne-Marie Cooke (Designer), Sophie Coquet (Designer), Fleur Downey (Designer), Tom Goodchild (Designer), Bradley Kerr (Designer), Julian Ahching (Designer) Consultant / Construction Team: Taylor Cullity Lethlean (Landscape Architect), TTW (Civil, Structural, Vertical Transport, Traffic), Meinhardt (Mechanical, Hydraulic, Fire, ESD), Resonate Acoustics (Acoustic Consultant), Douglas Partners (Geotechnical), Wellington Shire Council (Principal Certifying Authority), B4Compliance (Accessibility), Beveridge Williams (Land Surveyor), Certis (Building Surveyor), Design By Pidgeon / The View From Here (Wayfinding), Mariljohn (Kitchen Consultant

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Rosanna Station | MGS Architects and Jacobs Architects

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Hovering over the new Frankston Station, a veil of folded, perforated metal pulls in and out of the existing infrastructure. This curvilinear canopy offers a new civic proportion, gesturing out over the new forecourt, reorienting and announcing an entry towards the town centre. Underneath, a series of crisp white pavilions hold the Stationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program where a coastal materiality transitions from the street up onto the platform. Here, pockets of planting speckle the ground plane and the canopy, which successfully tempers and patterns the light, enriching the station experience.

Elevated above Rosanna Parklands and Village, the new station brings a dramatic shift in scale to its civic neighbours. A bold gesture that landmarks the project within its bushland setting. Abstracted from this setting, and through effective community consultation, a series of folded coloured metal panels shift across the rail bridge and continue up to the elevated platform, advantageously opening and framing new views back to the parklands. Beneath, a robust and textured ground plane terraces across the site, successfully softening its scale. Builder: North East Project Alliance (Laing Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke and Fulton Hogan)

Builder: John Holland Group

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Cohen Leigh Architects Cobram Library & Learning Centre Moretto Building Shepparton

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Centrum Architects Elgar Park Pavilion Harris HMC

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Cox Architecture Victorian Cricket and Community Centre Cockram Construction

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JURY CHAIR REPORT | PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE This year the Public category had an impressive line-up of twenty-four entries, which after much deliberation was whittled down to a short list of eleven. The entries covered a range of project types which collectively reflect a growing trend in the commissioning of public realm projects. Occurring in parallel with a growing public appreciation of the role of design in successfully delivering meaningful and memorable projects within the public realm. Projects tended to fall into one of six groupings. The largest grouping consisted of smaller scale and carefully crafted municipal buildings which included library upgrades, community centres and sports pavilions. There were three ambitious sport and recreation facilities ranging from the VRC Club Stand at Flemington, an Aquatic Centre to the Victorian Cricket and Community Centre. Regional cultural projects continue this year to figure prominently with successful projects that transform town centres and connect proud communities, such as the impressive Port of Sale and the South Gippsland Arts Centre at Warragul. A further three projects fell within an urban cultural precinct grouping - projects vastly different in brief and budget, but all highly visible within the public realm. These included the Parliament House Members Annexe within the parliamentary precinct, the Convention and Exhibition Centre Expansion at South Wharf and the Victorian College of the Arts Buxton Contemporary. The final two groupings are recently returned contenders on the public awards stage – projects that are a clear sign of our times. Transport and transport infrastructure was the second largest group of projects in this year’s field. Five new rail projects – with new stations creating local landmarks that are safe, healthy and family friendly. This grouping also extended to aviation, with the new and somewhat glamorous, Melbourne Jetbase. Last, but not least the final entrants in the public category – a publicly funded mental health facility and a correctional/rehabilitation centre – where design is being considered as part of the recovery regime. Category Sponsor

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Braemar College Stage 1, Middle School | Hayball | Photographer: Emily Bartlett

EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE The Educational Architecture category recognises achievement in the design of any preschool, primary, secondary or tertiary educational facility and/or joint research facilities in which an educational institution is a significant partner.

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HENRY BASTOW AWARD | Braemar College Stage 1, Middle School | Hayball Braemar College Stage 1 Middle School confidently forms a new architectural vision for this historic rural school as it establishes a new campus outside the Woodend township. Located on the rural high plains with key vistas to the landmark peaks of Hanging Rock and the historic school site on the slopes of Mt Macedon. The new campus reimagines the school with a contemporary new pedagogy. The first stage brief establishes the school administration and middle years learning spaces. The design of learning spaces implements a contemporary pedagogy with fluid planning of informal and formal settings that form a modern learning landscape. The form making mediates the ubiquitous aggregation of learning spaces by tapering and stepping of large gable roof, shadow elements wrapped in charcoal coloured metal cladding. There is a manipulation of perspective and scale, which is sympathetic to the rural setting. This sophisticated architecture that responds to its context. The master plan forges key visual relationships with geography and climate. True place making has been achieved here inside and out, by a collaboration of client and architect working together to develop and execute a vision. Practice Team: David Tweedie (Project Director), Lynette Julian (Design Architect), Alex Ray (Design Architect), Paris Murphy, (Project Leader), Miranda Holt (Interior Design), Laura Ulph (Project Architect), Tim Caldera (Graduate of Architecture), Gabrielle Dimech, Paulo Sampaio, Thurston Empson, Misha Manzur, Navid Varzahani Consultant/Construction Team: Prowse Quantity Surveyors Pty Ltd (Quantity Surveyor), Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec (WGA) (Engineer), Cundall, (Services Consultant), Tract (Landscape Consultant), BSGM Consulting Building Surveyors (Building Surveyor) Builder: Melbcon PTY LTD Photographer: Emily Bartlett

AWARD | Biomedical Learning and Teaching Building, Monash University | Denton Corker Marshall The Monash University Biomedical Learning and Teaching Building is a masterful example of contemporary educational architecture. Located in the still callow grounds of Monash University Clayton this new architecture has heroic ambition with a constructivist composition of suspended volumes clad in hermetically sealed glass curtain walls. The five level functional interior contains super laboratories that are flexibly planned for classes ranging from 60 to 240 students per level. The laboratories are clinical spaces designed for function and performance. Lab work is done with expansive views over Melbourne’s southern suburbs. An understated entry leads to a learning hub and atrium that provides prep and break out spaces for students entering the lab environment. This is a modern warm learning environment to contrast the clinical laboratories with a pallete of natural light, steel, glass and timber. The perforated metal facades cleverly conceal the ubiquitous plant and equipment. Every façade presents the building strongly to the campus and surrounds. This architecture is a skillful study in contemporary educational design and is recommended for the 2019 Victorian Educational Architecture Award. Consultant/Construction Team: Donald Cant Watts Corke (Project Manager), Bonacci Group (Structural Consultant), Jacobs (Services Consultant), Bonacci Group (Civil Consultant), GTA Consultants (Traffic Consultant), Aspect Studios (Landscape Consultant), Arina (Education Specialist), du Chateau Chun (Access Consultant), Büro North (Signage), Steve Watson & Partners (Building Surveyor), Inhabit (Facade Consultant), MEL Consultants (Wind Consultant), Marshall Day Acoustics (Acoustic Consultant), Jacobs (ESD Consultant), SALT (Waste Consultant), Taylors (Site Surveyor) Builder: Multiplex Photographer: Tim Griffith

COMMENDATION Christ Church Grammar School Main Campus Biomedical Learning and Teaching Building Redevelopment | Sally Draper Architects in association Section AA with McIldowie Partners 1:400 @ A3 0

Albert Park College Liberal Arts Centre | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

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The Christ Church Grammar School Main Campus Redevelopment is the first stage in the redevelopment of this historic school. The design is a carefully considered response to heritage and a compact urban site. The architecture is measured with a modern elegance and materially of having always been there. The school has a traditional education pedagogy that has been gently challenged by this design through small gestures that open the students to both collective and individual learning opportunities. Builder: Building Engineering Pty Ltd

Photographer Peter Clarke

Albert Park College Liberal Arts Centre is a refreshing design for students in their final years of secondary education. The school ethos of respect and maturity is folded through this carefully detailed collection of spaces. The site planning masterfully reorganises a traditional enclosed schoolhouse into an open and flexible learning campus. This design has been achieved by a synergy of architect and client working together to resolve complex site conditions such as heritage, soil contamination, retention of mature trees. These are met with economic and sophisticated alternatives that strive for spatial excellence. Builder: Existing Building Works (Stage 1): Neo Construct New Build and Landscaping (Stage 2): Stokes Rousseau

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COMMENDATION Prahran High School | Gray Puksand

Photographer John Gollings

The Prahran High School successfully negotiates the challenges of arranging a school vertically on a dense urban site. The design deploys a commercial multistorey atrium typology into a high school. The atrium is articulated with two cascading staircases and acoustic treatment that unifies this interior school and is a dynamic visual interconnector. The street architecture sits comfortably with its surrounds, at street level a small civic setback zone mediates the entry with the street. Tough urban materiality and massing develops a recognizable civic presence. Builder: Kane Constructions

OTHER ENTRIES

Photographer Glenn Hester

Crone Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation Multiplex

Photographer Dianna Snape

DesignInc Bio21 Institute Nancy Millis Building Cockram Construction Ltd

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Williams Boag Pty Ltd Ballarat Clarendon College Campus Masterplans

Photographer Tony Miller

Williams Boag Pty Ltd Charles E Richardson Physical Education Centre S J Weir Pty Ltd

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Tectura Architects Banyule Nillumbik Tech School

Commercial Industrial Construction Group Pty Ltd

Photographer Tom Ross

Bourke and Bouteloup Architects Deakin University School of Medicine, Optometry Clinic Plan Group (Geelong) Pty Ltd

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ClarkeHopkinsClarke Bendigo TAFE Health and Community Centre of Excellence Hansen Yunken

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Smith + Tracey Architects Kolbe Catholic College - Food Technology Centre Renew Constructions

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OTHER ENTRIES SHORTLISTED

Photographer Peter Bennetts

NMBW with Studio Roland Snooks MADA workshops, courtyards and SensiLab Kane Constructions Pty Ltd

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Kerstin Thompson Architects Northcote High School Performing Arts & VCE Centre FourSQ

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H2o architects McKinnon Secondary College Senior Centre Devco Project & Construction Management Pty Ltd

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John Wardle Architects Monash University Caulfield Library Refurbishment Hansen Yuncken

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Jackson Clements Burrows Architects Moot Court Learning Precinct for the Monash Faculty of Law Hutchinson Builders (Stage 1) & Harris HMC (Stage 2)

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Hayball South Melbourne Primary School ADCO Construction

Photographer John Gollings

H2o architects Swinburne University Fire Station Innovation Hub Building Engineering Pty Ltd

JURY CHAIR REPORT | EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE The quality of design across the Education category in 2019 was remarkable, with wide-ranging excellence. It made the decision for the shortlist and awards challenging. This year saw a wide diversity of educational projects ranging from traditional state school upgrades, new high-rise schools, private school upgrades, rural schools, learning libraries, teaching laboratories and research foundations for a wide cross section of both private and public educators. Most evidently, there is a mature understanding of the design of teaching environments across many architectural firms in Victoria, which should be celebrated. This follows more than ten years of concerted investment by education bodies into bricks and mortar education facilities that are underpinned by changing pedagogy. This has generated quantum improvement in the design skills across our profession in educational facilities design. Of note in this year’s awards, is the emergence of high-rise school’s design with two projects providing contrasting design strategies. As our major cities grow in density, these designs will be seminal work that will inform future school design for higher density suburbs. Congratulations to all the architects that entered the 2019 awards and in particular the Educational category. Congratulations to the architects with shortlisted projects and those receiving awards and commendations for design excellence.

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SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE The Sustainable Architecture category recognises achievement in sustainable design that excels as architecture, and exhibits innovation and excellence in terms of environmental sustainability. Assessment of environmental performance is guided by the Australian Institute of Architects Environment Policy and Sustainable Design Strategies for Architects. All Victorian Architecture Award entries are considered for a Sustainable Architecture Award.

Marika Emma Neustupny Gauder Jury Chair Juror

Andrew Walter Juror

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ALLAN AND BETH COLDICUTT AWARD | Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design The Victorian Parliament has shown a strong commitment to the issue of sustainability in working through the Member’s Annexe with Peter Elliott Architecture & Urban Design. The design of the project carefully considers almost every type of sustainable concern, but the main innovative aspect lies in how sustainable, urban and social issues are seamlessly brought together into a single, and excellent, architectural outcome. Basic decisions - to build a separate annexe, to make a partially sunken volume fully covered by a roof garden, to set up a courtyard-in-the-round typology - have made crucial contributions to managing service runs and air quality. Whilst at the same time setting up a relationship to site geometry, providing for views into and out of the grounds, and mediating (sometimes prickly!) interpersonal relationships between inhabitants. Furthermore, the benefits of installing geothermal heat pumps were couched and accepted as not only saving non-renewable natural resources but also almost eliminating intrusion of equipment into human experience of spaces, without making a ‘back’ in this highly visible location. Materials have been selected in relation to the existing building, such that local cultural concerns are integrated with contemporary supply chain issues. The result is beautiful and sustainable architecture. Practice Team: Peter Elliott (Design Architect), Catherine Duggan (Project Architect), Sean van der Velden (Project Architect), Chris Jones (Project Architect), Tim Foster (Graduate of Architecture), Grant Dixon (Project Architect), Hosna Saleem (Graduate of Architecture), Juliet Maxsted (Project Architect), Shigeru Iijima (Graduate of Architecture), Geoff Barton (Project Architect), An Thai (Graduate of Architecture), Justin Mallia (Project Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Irwin Consullt (Structural & Civil Engineer), Irwin Consult (Service & ESD Engineer), Taylor Cullity Lethlean (Landscape Architect), Glen Waters Arboriculture (Arboriculture Consultant), AECOM (Facade Engineering), Philip Chun (Building Surveyor), Architecture & Access (Access Consultant), Acoustic Consulting Australia (Acoustic Consultant), Slattery Australia (Quantity Surveyor), Andrew Long & Associates (Aboriginal Heritage Consultant), AHMS (European Archaeologist), Trethowan Architects (Heritage Consultant), Douglas Partners (Geotechnical & Enviromental), MASS (Signage & Wayfinding) Builder: Icon (formerly Cockram Construction) 106

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AWARD | Scarborough and Welkin | Justin Mallia Architecture Sitting comfortably in its suburban street context, Scarborough and Welkin does not at first glance reveal its complexity or sustainability initiatives - which are thoughtful and considered. Sustainable systems have been evaluated and implemented in a rigorous fashion that set a benchmark for other architects. The project demonstrates a progressive approach not only to the environment but also to the ways we can share space. This integrated approach to sustainability sets an example for residential development that many other homeowners or developers can follow. Through a careful layering and stacking of interlocking spaces, three dwellings can adapt to become two or four. Each have generous private outdoor spaces providing thermal mass to spaces below, on what is a small and constrained site. Such dynamic configurations are an uncommon quality in multi-residential developments but allow for change to support its inhabitants through all stages of life. Another example of thoughtful arrangement and adaptability of space is the well detailed garage that can accommodate bicycles, three cars or house social gatherings. This project is responsive to contemporary needs yet truly considers the future. A demonstration that small footprint living does not need to result in compromises to environmental or spatial quality. Practice Team: Justin Mallia (Design Architect and Project Architect), Julian Tuckett (Architect), Felicity Soh (Graduate of Architecture), Gabriele Parente (Architecture Student), Rifat Muharram (Architecture Student) Consultant / Construction Team: Perrett Simpson (Engineer), Philip Chun and Associates (Building Surveyor), Robert Sands (Heritage Consultant), CR Knight and Associates (Services Consultant), Urban Initiatives (Landscape Consultant), Blue Lotus (ESD Consultant), Terrain Consulting Group (Land Surveyor), Outdoor Designs (Landscape Consultant) Builder: Martin Builders Photographer: Peter Bennetts

COMMENDATION Eltham North Adventure Playground | Gardiner Architects with Jeavons Landscape Architects

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Photographer: Erin Davis-Hartwig

Gardiner Architects collaboration with Jeavons Landscape Architects has achieved an environmentally and socially sustainable project with a core focus on community. The playground is a celebration of education through inclusive, age appropriate play. Complemented by use of recycled timbers, an efficient structure and a playful resolution of form. Creative use of large span roofing embeds sustainable education, featuring rainwater harvesting and extending its use through all seasons. Relocating the playground on-site enriches community connections while reducing the impact of cars.

A showcase of sustainable design aspirations, Tiny House encourages industry and the public to interact with environmental concerns. The thoughtful design principles can be applied without gadgetry. Although embedded with technology, spatial experience is of playful design resolution promoting curiosity. Ethically sourced timbers, water storage integrated into the bed platform, oversized floor drains, internal ladders to operable facade, and screened rather than hidden equipment, all promote interaction with its parts as well as each time understanding its context as it tours Victoria.

Builder: Naturform

Builder: Simple Motion Pty Ltd

COMMENDATION Hawke & King | Six Degrees Architects

Photographer:Greg Elms

The jury commends Six Degrees Architects for their pursuit of sustainability through social interaction as well as consciousness of environment and resources. Intrinsic to the spatial arrangement, Hawke & King fosters a sense of community. A significant range of shared space and sustainable endeavours including use of recycled bricks from the site, enhance the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identity. The design implies a potential for smaller respite possibilities and full accessibility as part of the apartment living typology - useful for future developers to consider. Builder: Manresa Constructions

JURY CHAIR REPORT | SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE The jury was encouraged to see so many projects exhibiting sustainable principles to be at the heart of design thinking. Particularly noticeable was the positive impact of both regulatory requirements and client consciousness towards safeguarding the future. In the late 1960s, custodians of the named award in this category, Beth and Allan Coldicutt, were at the forefront of developing science-based tools for calculating sustainability in a building. Since then, others have developed multiple rating tools. The widespread application of new technologies and measurable aspects of sustainability in contemporary design is apparent. Whilst recognising that high results in many of the rating systems are difficult to achieve, now that rating itself has become common practice the jury has searched for projects touching a new area of innovation. Winning projects in this category present something exciting in the way that sustainability was introduced into or maintained within the process of design. We all know that keeping sustainable design moves through to construction is often very difficult. The most obvious reason is increased cost; the client must be willing to pay up-front for the sake of future benefit - particularly difficult to justify for those with short term ownership or use. But additionally, increased complexity requires architects, builders and engineers to be dedicated and cooperative towards solving new issues - despite the significant time pressures of most contemporary projects. Therefore, the jury was especially open to any project that attempted new modes of working, such as deeper and richer collaboration between architects and clients, contractors or sub-consultants. In terms of the design itself, several projects were truly commendable in the development and implementation of particular strands of materials or systems research. However, the most outstanding work showed ways that ordinary spatial issues could be proactively integrated with environmental concerns. Some projects managed to identify sustainability as an architectural question and grapple with it. In these works, the way that people use and experience the building over time has a direct interaction with how the surfaces and services present themselves. Typically, a carefully thought-through construction detail can express something architectural and sustainable at the same time. The jury hopes such projects can become useful precedents for future thought around architectural sustainability.

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The Cinema Complex at the District Docklands | NH Architecture | Photographer: Nick Hubicki

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COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE The COLORBOND® Award recognises projects in which steel products play a significant role in the architectural solution and which exemplify innovation in the use of steel products. Use of BlueScope products, including COLORBOND®, is a criterion for selection or award. Category Sponsor

Dr Leanne Zilka Jury Chair

Aimee Goodwin Juror

Tim Wilson Juror

BlueScope Steel believes excellence in architecture improves the quality of the built environment. In our 32nd year as Principal Corporate Partner, we are proud to sponsor the 2019 Victorian Architecture Awards and the COLORBOND Award for Steel in Architecture.

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COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE (VIC) | The Cinema Complex at the District Docklands | NH Architecture Located at the Docklands in Melbourne, the Cinema Complex uses customised pleated Zincalume roofing material as wall cladding to give the large program volume distinction amongst the neighbouring volumes such as Costco and the Waterfront mall, that characterise the Docklands. Utilising a roofing product for wall cladding takes the shed typology typical of the Docklands and reinterprets it as vertical rather than horizontal roofing. The vertical application of the sheet avoids the necessity for joints, allowing the panels to span the full height of the structure. The pedestrian scale is treated to the illusion of a curtain being drawn, reminiscent of the rich velvet curtains inside cinemas. Walking around the volume the triangular profile of the steel together with the customised red paint colour removes any metallic reflection, deepening the illusion of the façade being made from fabric rather than the 210 X 305mm triangular folds. These buildings are difficult to innovate as their programmatic elements are so large and restrictive. NH Architecture is to be commended in understanding how the public might interact with the scale of the volume and for working a bold singular material idea that softens the public approach as it directs them towards the cinema. Practice Team: Roger Nelson (Director), Nick Hubicki (Design Leader), Paul Evans (Project Architect), Wilko Doehring (Design Leader), Peck Tam (Architectural Professional), Sergey Pochevskiy (Project Architect), Sabrine Koo (Architectural Professional), Michael Prato (Graduate of Architecture), Demet Unal (Documenter), Ray Feile (Team Member), Edward Tang (Project Architect), Helen Duong (Team Member), Astrid Jenkin (Interiors Lead), Anais Craig (Interior Designer), Ramiro Marroquin (Mode Maker) Consultant / Construction Team: Conversion Partners (Project Manager), 4D Workshop (Structural Engineer), Norman Disney & Young (Services Engineer), PMDL (Cinema Interior & Foyer Fitout), Cardno (Civil Engineer), Oculus/Openwork (Landscape Architect), RVM Consulting (Building Surveyor) Builder: Hutchinson Builders Photographer: Nick Hubicki 112

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COMMENDATION House in the Hills | Sean Godsell Architects By considering the major issue of wind on the site, Sean Godsell Architects developed a solution that makes a statement in the landscape and creates a windbreak. Thereby allowing the residents to enjoy the landscape from a variety of spaces created under the extensive roof structure. Views out to the landscape and sky are framed by the built volumes and undulating landscape underneath, providing visual relief and sense of space. Godsell thinks in steel and this building is a testament to this dedication. Builder: Poulsen Builders

Photographer Earl Carter

JURY CHAIR REPORT | COLORBOND AWARD The Colorbond award is designed to recognise buildings in which steel products play a significant role in the architectural solution and which exemplify innovation in the use of steel products. The Colorbond jury selected twelve presentations across commercial, residential, urban design and public architecture to view and shortlisted five projects. While all shortlisted were exemplary, after visiting the Cinema Complex in the Docklands and House in the Hills by Sean Godsell, the jury acknowledged that these were outstanding in that their use of steel was integral to the concept as well as the realisation. The Colorbond award was given to NH architecture’s Cinema Complex as the scale and type of projects in this location makes innovation difficult. NH tackled the volume by thinking of the public approach and how materiality could be manipulated to give the illusion of a velvet curtain (reminiscent of the cinema curtains) as the public is directed towards the entry. The vertical application of the sheet avoids the necessity for joints, allowing the panels to span the full height of the structure. By considering the major issue of wind on the site, Sean Godsell Architects developed a solution that not only makes a statement in the landscape, but also creates a windbreak that allows the residents to enjoy the landscape from a variety of spaces created under the extensive roof structure. The operable louvred ‘parasol’ is constructed from galvanised steel sections where each element is articulated, giving clarity to its role in supporting, bracing or operating the structure. The columns are setback from the north and south, giving the appearance of a floating 30x30m expansive roof structure, under which a variety of spaces and functions co-exist.

Category Sponsor BlueScope Steel believes excellence in architecture improves the quality of the built environment. In our 32nd year as Principal Corporate Partner, we are proud to sponsor the 2019 Victorian Architecture Awards and the COLORBOND Award for Steel in Architecture.

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The Cinema Complex at the District Docklands | NH Architecture | Photographer: Nearmaps

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Melbourne Terrace Apartments | Katsalidis Architects Pty Ltd | Photographer: John Gollings

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ENDURING ARCHITECTURE Buildings in excess of 25 years of age may be considered for this Award. The Award recognises achievement for the design of buildings of outstanding merit which remain important as high quality works of architecture when considered in a contemporary context. Projects will be works considered technically advanced or innovative for their time; works which remain symbolically significant; are exponents of creative leadership, or works of national significance. Category Sponsor

Ingrid Bakker Committee Chair

Rosemary Burne Chair of Juries

Melissa Bright Committee Member

Jesse Judd Committee Member

Matt Gibson Committee Member

Hamish Lyon Committee Member

City of Melbourne recognises the importance of celebrating design that creates a positive long term legacy, which is why weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proud to be supporting the Enduring Architecture Award

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Melbourne Terrace Apartments | Katsalidis Architects Pty Ltd Until the early 1990s, Melbourne looked to the city fringe for all its housing needs. Melbourne Terrace Apartments, completed in 1994, was one of the first new apartment buildings constructed in the CBD – and it was arguably the catalyst for a renewed interest in city living. The building also helped regenerate its locale, once characterised by run-down industrial properties and low-grade retail offerings. A six to eight storey articulation of four vertical terraces, various sizes and types of apartments, plus a small office, retail tenancy and café that create activity and interest at street level. On-grade car parking is masked along the building’s sloping, northern boundary by an ivy-covered wall, which creates a powerful base for the building’s imposing – yet modestly scaled – form. Distinctive entrances to each terrace are carved into the wall. These are announced through figurative sculptures in copperinfused concrete by Australian artist Peter Collette. The interplay of order and exuberance extends across the entire facade of the building. The classical formality of its predominantly concrete hulk contrasts with the sculptural and ornamental excess bordering on the baroque. This clever play with materiality and scale makes the building feel far less imposing on the street than its size might suggest. The apartments are also well designed, with good resale value twenty-five years after they were completed. Photographer: John Gollings (top and opposite page), Fender Katsalidis (right)

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VICTORIAN PRIZES MELBOURNE PRIZE The Melbourne Prize recognises projects that have made a significant contribution to the city of Melbourne. All projects located within the urban growth boundary are eligible for consideration. Projects may be of a built form, an urban design solution or an innovation that has influenced and improved the fabric of the city.

Jane Williams Jury Chair

Alix Smith Juror

Stefano Scalzo Juror

REGIONAL PRIZE The Regional Prize recognises projects that have made a significant contribution to Regional Victoria. All projects located outside the urban growth boundary are eligible for consideration. Projects may be of a built form, an urban design solution or an innovation that has influenced and improved the fabric of the region.

Kim Irons Jury Chair

Sarah Zahradnik Juror

Kim Bridgland Juror

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Melbourne Prize | Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design Bunkered in the landscape with rampart walls and courtyard garden, the Members’ Annexe is elegant, democratic and deftly demonstrates the art of restraint. Always connected to views of the courtyard garden, vignettes are formed within, while overhead its sweeping native garden rooftop unites the parliamentary members in neutral territory.

Surveyor), Andrew Long & Associates (Aboriginal Heritage Consultant), AHMS (European Archaeologist), Trethowan Architects (Heritage Consultant), Douglas Partners (Geotechnical & Enviromental), MASS (Signage & Wayfinding)

The project reflects great care and choreography by architect and landscape architect - their interconnectedness is exemplar. Reverentially sited to Parliament House, almost subservient, it provides a unique contribution to this civic precinct and the city by amplifying Parliament House in new ways. The execution is excellent and highly commendable that the architect, through design, solved historic problems with gaining approval to build on this site, and in doing so, has made the workings of parliament more efficient and hopefully more effective by extension. Understated on so many levels, from slight tonal shifts in concrete colourings to interior palette, it creates a powerful reminder that good architecture doesn’t need to shout from the roof top in the age of Instagram and selfies. Here is a fine example of architecture, delivered by traditional contract procurement, solving problems of the brief while providing an interesting and new approach to representing parliament and its values for decades to come.

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Regional Prize | Port of Sale | fjmt This transformation of a Brutalist building, a recognizable marker in Sale, contributes urban connections, while creating a reinvigorated regional hub.

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The Port of Sale demonstrates that the careful revitalisation of facilities, can uplift their value and contribute to better regional spaces.

Consultant / Construction Team: Taylor Cullity Lethlean (Landscape Architect), TTW (Civil, Structural, Vertical Transport, Traffic), Meinhardt (Mechanical, Hydraulic, Fire, ESD), Resonate Acoustics (Acoustic Consultant), Douglas Partners (Geotechnical), Wellington Shire Council (Principal Certifying Authority), B4Compliance (Accessibility), Beveridge Williams (Land Surveyor), Certis (Building Surveyor), Design By Pidgeon / The View From Here (Wayfinding), Mariljohn (Kitchen Consultant)

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Careful and efficient planning has resulted in a highly active civic hub with programmatically clear connections and sense of spatial generosity. A new large staircase draws users down to the Port, enjoying views of the river at lower level. Increased gallery spaces allow for diverse exhibitions, offering itself as a viable competitor amongst regional galleries. Working collaboratively with an enthusiastic client and the Gurnaikurnai people, integrated elements celebrate people and place, instilling identity and community pride.

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Within the constraints of restrained budget and robust fabric, limited architectural intervention create visual connections within and through the building to the local landscape and port. Penetrations and transformation of former disused courtyards and undercroft parking form galleries and gathering spaces, while maximising natural light within the building. Minor alterations to the external fabric create a welcoming presence while fundamentally leaving the building intact.

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JURY CHAIR REPORT | MELBOURNE PRIZE Five projects were shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize, jury site visits following fourteen presentations in categories across education, public, urban, multi-residential, small projects and commercial. The winner of the Melbourne Prize 2019 is the Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annex. It is clear the project is a result of the great considerations by both architect and landscape architect in the careful choreography of their work - their interconnectedness is exemplar. The Annex contributes to the fabric of the city in a substantial yet quiet way. It actively contributes to Melbourne city greening policies and the civic realm. It will have an enduring legacy. The project was delivered under the administration of a traditional contract and we commend the government and client’s leadership in this decision. The Stand and the Private Women’s Club both herald a new era of member experiences and business opportunities for each club. Both projects have strong architectural clarity of concept. The Stand, distinctively aimed at a global audience, is a new spectator stand typology fused with multiple experiences to support a day at the races. The Private Women’s Club, introspective for many years, now has a contemporary flexible space in the delightful garden room that playfully borrows views of its neighbour’s garden. Both projects deftly solve a multitude of operational challenges for their clients. The South Melbourne Primary School confidently explores a new paradigm for integration and learning within its vertical campus of school, community and council partner facilities. As a pioneer in this fast developing part of the city, it will have a lasting legacy for its positive impact on local partnerships, community and young learners. Equally, the Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing fulfils its ambition of creating public amenity space where is doesn’t usually exist.

JURY CHAIR REPORT | REGIONAL PRIZE The diverse typologies within the Regional prize can be challenging, however the jury focussed on the architectural capacity to influence or improve the fabric of the region and civic identity. Of the thirty-six regional projects, the jury identified seventeen for review at jury presentations, predominantly those of public, commercial or educational nature. While commercial and educational projects contributed to financial investment and employment, publicly accessible buildings significantly contributed to community identity and regional context. The site visits were critical to the jury’s understanding of the place and context, in the process of shortlisting four projects. The core site diagram of Pt Leo Estate successfully organises arrival, journey and holding of the expansive coastal views. It sensibly addresses its exposed location to the bluff headland while drawing vineyards in to celebrate the wine region. Contrasting in both scale and purpose, the clear design concept of Jock Comini Reserve amenities is delivered with highly considered details and robust materiality suited to its isolated context. Both the Cobram Library and Port of Sale were transformative works of civic buildings, requiring strong design interventions within limited budgets. The Cobram Library reinvigorated the existing civic centre, providing a figurative addition of identity and character to the small township. At Port of Sale, the support of an engaged client and collaborative community process, enabled the architect to transform a dark, interior focused building to one filled with light and connected to its local context. Major interventions largely retained and celebrated the existing Late Brutalist building, while improving its visual links to the port and its purposeful sense of community identity and ownership. The jury observed that successful projects benefited from good architectural procurement, design advocacy and review, which requires escalation if the value of good design is to be consistently achieved in our regional areas.

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