Ngunnawal Country
Australian Capital Territory
COX’s proposal for the CGS Centre of Music and Snow Concert Hall was selected by the competition jury for its originality, innovation, and integration with its heritage context. The design proposed the 1400 seat auditorium be built underground with music rooms of various sizes placed adjacent, forming a plinth for the heritage buildings behind/above. Additional uses that went beyond the requirements of the brief were suggested as result of the additional space generated by the siting strategy. Critical to this approach is a three-dimensional circulation system that integrates both new and old movement patterns into a series of new circuits and points of entry/egress. A new library now sits atop the ceremonial front door of the campus, overlooking the historic Dining Hall, Quadrangle to the South, and Main Oval to the North. The intent was to enhance the context and not design from a tabula rasa.
Nugroho Utomo, Design Architect
Michael Tolhurst, Project Architect
Jovan Van Kampen, Project Architect
Joel Smith, Architect
Alyssa Valenton, Senior Interior Designer
Wilfrido Dizon, Graduate of Architecture
James Sekoranja, Graduate of Architecture
Charles Kemp, Graduate of Architecture
Solene Gaborit, Student of Architecture
Nick Weight, Student of Architecture
Construction Control, Construction Manager
Sellick Consultants, Engineer
Norman Disney Young, Engineer
Lit Consulting, Engineer
Marshall Day Acoustics, Marshall Day Acoustics
Benmax, Electrical Consultant
Building Envelope Group, Facade Consultant
Surface Design, ESD Consultant
CBS Building, Quantity Surveyor
WT Partnership, Quantity Surveyor
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
