Bendigo TAFE City Campus Revitalisation
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Bendigo TAFE City Campus Revitalisation | Architectus with Six Degrees Architects and SBLA Landscape Architects
Traditional Land Owners: Dja Dja Warring Peoples of the Kulin Nation
The revitalisation of the City Campus of Bendigo TAFE has created a stimulating educational environment where a diverse range of students are empowered as agents in their education, training, and work futures by expanding their choices about how, where, and when they learn.
Two heritage buildings are retained and reimagined, new insertions are made to a 1990s building, and two new three-level buildings complete the campus streetscapes and put TAFE’s hallmark hands-on learning on display from the street and within the porous, light-filled atria. A delicate landscape strategy knits the buildings together as a campus for investigation and delight. Woven into the historic fabric of Bendigo, the new City Campus celebrates TAFE’s industrial heritage and champions its ongoing contribution to regional prosperity.
It communicates to prospective students, industry partners and the broader community that Bendigo TAFE is an industry-focused, future-focused, approachable and inspiring place to learn.
Client perspective:
How does the design benefit the way you live/work/play/operate/educate/other?
The Bendigo TAFE City Campus has been transformed in to an approachable, contemporary and most importantly an engaging and welcoming space.
First Peoples are warmly celebrated through special co-created places, and more overtly, through Aboriginal artwork that is embedded in to the fabric of each building.
Woven into the rich history of Bendigo, the new and restored buildings celebrate the TAFE’s industrial heritage and champion an ongoing contribution to regional prosperity.
Bendigo TAFE is an inspiring place to learn, providing students and industry with retraining, reskilling, and upskilling towards pathways that drive employment, support local business and develop the region.
Practice team:
Wendy Li, Architect
Amy Hall, Architect
Aleks Jovanovic, Graduate
Anastasia Sklavakis, Architect
Angela Reid, Documentation
Dan Demant, Associate, Delivery Lead
Catherine Quinn, Senior Architect, Project Lead
Simon O’Brien, Director, Design
Peter Malatt, Director, Project Director
Jordan Head, Graduate
Thurston Empson, Graduate
Ken Waters, Team Member
Scott Jackman, Associate
Daniel Ballin, Senior Associate Interiors
David Andrew, Senior Associate
Lucy Croft, Interiors
Beatrix Fampa Matheson, Architect
Colin Mitchell, Architect
Sarah Ianno, Interiors
Emma Lombardi, Architect
Kellee Frith, Education Design Strategist
Jayden Peacock, Associate, Project Leader
Ruth Wilson, Principal in Charge
Builder:
Construction team:
Spiire, Town Planning Consultant
MEZA, Wayfinding & Signage
McKenzie Group, Relevant Building Surveyor and Access Consultant
SBLA Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, Landscape Architectural Services
HLCD Pty Ltd, Heritage and Conservation Design Services
Resonate Acoustics, Acoustic Engineers
ADG, Structural Engineering
Irwinconsult / WSP, Structural & Civil Engineering Services
Slattery Australia, Cost Planners
Integral Group, Services Engineers and ESD Services
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National Partners
