The VPC provides an architectural backdrop for the vision of a more inclusive Australia, setting a new standard for the world to see. The brief required an iconic building that unites the LGBTQI community & rejuvenates Fitzroy St, St Kilda. Our proposal for the 25-million-dollar VPC is based around principles of community, safety, respect, inclusiveness & optimism. Our concept is inspired by traditional buildings of worship which offer sanctuary, an open door, a place of respite & a place of celebration. Historically these buildings are places for the entire community. Our response integrates into the existing urban character, blurring the edges between public & private space. We explore architectural concepts of the ‘thickened skin’ & the sanctuary within.

Winner – Hobart Waterfront International Design Competition

Our proposal seeks to develop several of the successful spatial types that are found throughout the city centre and around Sullivan’s cove.  The investigation of these individual spatial types, and their ability to extend activity across the 6 prescribed sites, has produced a hybridised arrangement that binds them into a singular urban composition.  Our scheme employs these already successful models as the point of departure for our proposal.  Based on their suitability and potential for creative adaptation, each model has been adopted by one or more of the competition sites.  The result is a series of discrete and site-specific responses that develop these models in response to the opportunities presented by each of their immediate contexts.

‘Terrain Station’ will unite nature, the built environment and the community.

The redevelopment of the Seaford Life Saving Club provides an opportunity for the reconnection of the currently separated zones within the local community. The scheme looks at strengthening the east-west connections already provided by the rail corridor and residential area within this precinct by giving priority to pedestrian movement over vehicular traffic.

The interplay of light and heavy timber elements dictate the public and private spaces and provide a wind barrier to the south. The café sits elevated to the east addressing the street and dips to the west providing shelter for the occupants within.