Bunurong
Victoria
Light was a central driver for the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM). Light is linked to illumination, illumination to knowledge, and given that education is central to the purpose of MHM it seemed appropriate to deploy light as a motif and in creating welcoming, functional spaces especially for the education, research and event spaces.
Rather than appear as a bunker, a common trope in recent Holocaust Museums, the MHM is visually and physically connected to the community and the street through its façade and interior. The façade utilises glass bricks to meet this desire for transparency while balancing the security demands for a resilient building envelope.
It also reinforces MHM’s role as cultural repository by integrating the original heritage building and treating it as an important artefact of the museum.
Anne-Claire Deville, Project Lead
Ben Pakulsky, Architect
Claire Humphreys, Principal Associate
Hilary Sleigh, Architect
Jasmine Placentino, Architect
Karina Piper, Architect
Kelley Mackay, Director of Projects
Kerstin Thompson, Design Architect
Lauren Garner, Architect
Leonard Meister, Student of Architecture
Martin Allen, Associate
Paul Lau, Visualisation
Scott Diener, Architect
Sophie Nicholaou, Architect
Tamsin O’Reilly, Visualisation
Thomas Huntingford, Graduate of Architecture
Tobias Pond, Principal
Adams Engineers, Civil & Structural Engineers
Before Compliance, DDA Consultant
Bryce Raworth Conservation, Heritage Consultant
Cundall, Acoustic Consultant
Cundall, Services Consultant
DPPS Projects, Project Manager
Focussed Fire, Fire Engineer
Hellier McFarland, Land Surveyor
Inhabit, Façade Engineer
Jolson Architecture & Interiors, Memorial Designer
Leigh Consulting, Waste Management
M.I.P. Security, Security Consultants (Israel)
Michelson Protech Security & CSG Security, Security Consultants
Napier Blakely, Quantity Surveyor
One Mile Grid, Traffic Consultant
PLP, Building Surveyor
Pop & Pac, Wayfinding/Signage Consultant
SJB Planning, Town Planner
Thylacine, Exhibition Designer
Tract, Landscape Consultant
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.
