Central Village, Canberra City | AMC Architecture

Central Village, Canberra City | AMC Architecture | Photographer: Adam McGrath

2024 National Architecture Awards Program

Central Village, Canberra City | AMC Architecture

Traditional Land Owners

Ngunnawal People

Year
2024
Chapter

Australian Capital Territory

Category
Urban Design
Builder
Built
PBS
Projex Building
Photographer
Adam McGrath
Project summary

The Central Village redevelopment has taken a 1980s city office block and reimagined it as an exciting and active commercial precinct through wholesale improvements to the public realm, better integrating Nara, Allara and Customs Houses, increasing ground level permeability, carefully located retail uses and through refurbishment strategies that meet market needs. improved energy performance and meet NCC standards while preserving the embodied carbon. The central plaza is integral to its success with a beautiful new cafe pavilion, a warm materials palette, preservation and augmentation of existing trees and landscaping, improved microclimate, wayfinding and a sense of safety. The precinct is now fully tenanted as a testament to the success of the project and its market acceptance.

ACT Jury Presentation

Project Consultant and Construction Team

Arcadis, Facade Engineer
Built, Construction Manager
Certified Building Solutions, Building Surveyor
DC3, 3D Visualisation
Eric Martin & Associates, Accessibility
Inhabit Place, Place Making
Norman Disney & Young, Services Consultant
Projex, Construction Manager
Sellick Consultants, Civil Consultant
Sellick Consultants, Structural Engineer
Tait Network, Landscape Consultant
TSA Management, Project Manager
Waterproofing Diagnostics, Waterproofing Consultant
Wilde & Wollard, Quantity Surveyor
Windtech, Wind Engineering Consultant

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