54 THE MELBOURNE REVIEW AUGUST 2013

FEATURE

It is encouraging to note that in

a period of economic turmoil

the Victorian Awards program

continues to expand, this year attracting a record 240 entries across

eleven national and three state

categories, in addition we had 21

entries to the Bates Smart Award for

Architecture in the Media.

During an ongoing global fi nancial

crisis the Victorian Architecture Awards

program has continued to grow. The

standard of work across all categories

is truly exceptional and it refl ects the

fact that, in the face of adversity, our

members continue to demonstrate an

undivided commitment to improving

the quality of our built environment.

Our legacy is judged by the built work

we leave behind.

The results demonstrate that the

public face of architecture in Victoria

is in excellent shape – and on behalf

of all our members I would like to

congratulate the winners of awards and commendations. Our celebrations

should also recognise the extensive

professional commitments from the

private face of architecture and the many

people who collaborate in the interests

of delivering a successful project.

We can be optimistic about the

fact that architecture continues to

be embraced in a wider range of

spaces; however, it is clear that our

profession also faces many challenges.

In the current environment you

can be assured that the Institute is

working hard to protect our territory

and to advocate for the value of

architecture, but signifi cant change

and advancement for our profession

cannot be achieved without change

from the architects.

VICTORIANARCHITECTURE A W A R D S

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COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE

SIR OSBORN MCCUTCHEON AWARD FOR COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURECrown Mahogany Room Expansion – Bates SmartAward - National Centre for Synchrotron Science – Bates SmartCommendation - South Melbourne Market Roof – Paul Morgan ArchitectsCommendation - Spring Street Grocer – KGA Architecture

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AIA AWARDS

Public Architecture

WilliAm WArdell AWArd for Public Architecture - rMiT Design hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp ArchitectsAward - Penleigh and essendon Grammar Senior School– McBride Charles RyanAward - South Morang rail extension – Cox ArchitectureAward - Swanston academic building – Lyonscommendation - bayside Police Station, Sandringham – fmjt (Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp)commendation - la Trobe institute for Molecular Science - Lyonscommendation - The richard & elizabeth Tudor centre for contemporary learning, Trinity Grammar – McIntyre Partnership

urbAn Design

JosePh reed AWArd for urbAn design - revitalising central Dandenong: lonsdale Street redevelopment – BKK/TCL PartnershipAward - Serrata Docklands – hayball Pty ltdAward - South Morang rail extension – Cox Architecturecommendation - langtree Mall Pavilion – Bellemo & Cat

interior Architecture

mArion mAhony AWArd for interior Architecture - hamer hall – ARM ArchitectureAward - Footscray nicholson learning commons – Cox ArchitectureAward - Move-in – Elenberg Fraser Architectscommendation - captain Melville – Breathe Architecturecommendation - national centre for Synchrotron Science – Bates Smart

heritAge Architecture

John george Knight AWArd for heritAge - hamer hall – ARM ArchitectureAward - Good Shepherd chapel, abbotsford – Robert Simeoni ArchitectsAward - Maryborough railway Station conservation works – RBA Architects + Conservation Consultantscommendation - ormond college, Main building Gables – Lovell Chen

sustAinAble Architecture

AllAn And beth coldicutt AWArd for sustAinAble Architecture - crofthouse – James Stockwell Architect

regionAl Prize

Winner - Marysville 16 hour Police Station – Kerstin Thompson Architects

Sean Godsell architects in association with Peddle Thorp architects rmit design hub. Photo: earlcarter.

James Stockwell architect crofthouse. Photo: Jamesarchibald.

arM architecture hamer hall. Photo: Peter bennetts.

arM architecture hamer hall.

Photo: JohnGollings.

Kerstin Thompson architects marysville 16 hour Police stat. Photo: TrevorMein.

bKKTcl Partnership revitalising central dandenong.

Photo: John Gollings.

The Australian Institute of Architects extends congratulations to the exemplary field of 55 winning projects recognized with Victorian Architecture Awards and Commendations in 2013.

The Australian Institute of Architect’s Awards are the highest accolade for architectural achievement within the State of Victoria.

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Public Architecture (AlterAtions & Additions)

AwArd - hamer hall – ARM ArchitectureAward - institute of Koorie education, Deakin university – Gregory Burgess Architects

smAll Project Architecture

Kevin BorlAnd AwArd for smAll Project Architecture - Seventh heaven – Nest ArchitectsAward - Abbotsford Convent breezeway – Jackson Clements BurrowsAward - Third wave Kiosk – Tony Hobba Architectscommendation - Move-in – Elenberg Fraser Architectscommendation - Penny wise – Marc Dixon Architectcommendation - The Purple rose of Cairo – Architecture Architecture

exhibition of entries

This year, the Exhibition of Entries celebrated and made accessible to the public the projects

entered into the 2013 Victorian Architecture Awards. The initial brief from the Institute to

Monash Art Design & Architecture (MADA) was simple: to design an exhibition which expands

the ambition of the annual awards exhibition from a simple predictable arrangement of the

traditional A2 display board submissions. The higher objective was to make an interesting show

intended to open a new dialogue with the architectural community.

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residentiAl Architecture – houses (new)

hArold desBrowe-AnneAr AwArd for residentiAl Architecture - edward Street house – Sean Godsell ArchitectsAward - Fairhaven residence – John Wardle ArchitectsAward - Merricks beach house – Kennedy NolanAward - Sorrento blue house – Neeson Murcutt Architectscommendation - Crofthouse – James Stockwell Architectcommendation - Merricks house – Robson Rak Architects Pty Ltd

residentiAl Architecture – houses (AlterAtions & Additions)

AwArd - houSe house – Andrew Maynard ArchitectsAward - The Mullet – March Studiocommendation - Ferrars Place – antarcticacommendation - shelter shed – multiplicitycommendation - victoria road house – Fiona Winzar Architects

melbourne Prize

winner - revitalising Central Dandenong: lonsdale Street redevelopment – BKK/TCL Partnership

colorbond® AwArd for steel Architecture

colorBond® AwArd for steel Architecture - rMiT Design hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architectscommendation - shelter shed – multiplicity

ArM Architecture hamer hall. Photo: John Gollings.

nest Architects seventh heaven. Photo: Jesse Marlow.

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AIA AWARDS

RMIT Design Hubarchitect’s Statement

by seAn godsell

The purpose of the Design Hub is

to provide accommodation in one

building for a diverse range of design

research and post-graduate education. RMIT

is a world leader in design research; however

post-graduates are currently dissipated across

various campuses and facilities. The Hub

provides a collegial research base where post-

graduates in fields such as fabric and fashion

design will work alongside those involved

in architecture, aeronautical engineering,

industrial design, landscape architecture,

urban design and so on.

Research groups have the ability to locate

and fine tune their accommodation within

‘warehouses’ – open plan spaces where

research teams can set up and tailor their

work environment to suit their particular

needs. Teams may stay for anywhere from six months to three years depending on

the nature of and funding limits to their

research and education programs. Research

may include the need for workshops to make

physical models to be located alongside

computer studios, three dimensional

printing, virtual reality modelling and so

on. Given the time frames associated with

research projects all the warehouses require

a high level of adaptability and flexibility.

In that sense these spaces are designed to

accommodate the organic nature of research

– ever evolving, adapting, changing and

growing. Each of the warehouses is a 60m

x 10m column free space with a raised

floor which houses air, power and data

distribution. The warehouses are configured

and re-configured by researchers using a

‘kit of parts’ system of mobile furniture.

The plan of the Design Hub acknowledges

the desire for incidental cross pollination

where researchers from one field encounter

those from other (often completely

unrelated) fields as part of their day-to-day

use of the building. Two public exhibition

spaces and Design Archive provide a

public interface with both industry and

research outcomes. The Design Archive

is housed in the steel framed pavilion to

the west of the main tower. These spaces,

combined with a variety of lecture, seminar

and multi-purpose rooms facilitate high

level exchanges in a number of forums.

Researchers also have access to state of

the art sound studios, model making and

robotics workshops.

The Design Hub has a number of ESD features

and incorporates strategies of water, waste and

recycling management that are the equal of any

ESD focussed building on the planet.

The façade of the Design Hub incorporates

automated sun shading that includes the capacity

for the incorporation of solar cells along with

fresh air intakes that improve the internal air

quality and reduce running costs. The cells

have been designed so that they can be easily

replaced as research into solar energy results in

improved technology and part of the northern

façade is actually dedicated to ongoing research

into solar cells to be conducted jointly by industry

and RMIT. The entire building façade, in other

words, has the capacity to be upgraded as solar

technology evolves and it may one day generate

enough electricity to run the whole building.

The façade is made up of 600 mm diameter sandblasted glass disks, which are fixed to

either a horizontal or vertical aluminium axle.

The discs are controlled through a centralised

building management system (BMS) and are

automated to open and close based on the time

of day, time of year and orientation.

ResIDenTIal aRcHITecTuRe – MulTIple HousIng

Best overend AwArd for residentiAl Architecture – Multiple housing - Mcintyre Drive Social housing, altona – MGS ArchitectsAward - Serrata Docklands – hayball Pty ltdcommendation - aerial apartments – Wood/Marsh Pty Ltd Architecturecommendation - leopold – SJB Architects & Fender Katsalidis Architectscommendation - Malvern hill – SJB Architects

BaTes sMaRT awaRD foR aRcHITecTuRe In THe MeDIa

AwArd – Dream build – abc Tv (national)Award – Future Practice: conversations from the edge of architecture – Rory Hyde (National)Award – Parlour: women, architecture, equity – Justine Clark (State)commendation – cities of hope: remembered/rehearsed – conrad hamanncommendation – Designer Suburbs: architects and affordable homes in australia – Judith O’Callaghan and Charles Pickett

MGS architects Mcintyre drive social housing. Photo: Trevor Mein.

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MADA would like to thank the Architecture profession for their ongoing support and contribution to our Architecture program.

monash.edu/mada/architecture

Image: Design<>Make project - Stawell Steps, 2012, MADA Architecture students, Hiroshi Nakao and Professor Nigel Bertram. The project was made possible through the generous support of the profession, Krause Bricks, Northern Grampians Shire Council, Rural Councils Victoria and the Country Education Project, and Monash University Museum of Art. Photographer: Peter Bennetts.