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Media September 05, 2023

Harbourside public domain designs released

The New South Wales government has released a design for the public outdoor areas of the Harbourside Shopping Centre redevelopment in Tumbalong/Darling Harbour. Designed by Snøhetta and Hassell, the redevelopment proposes to create a range of retail, hospitality and entertainment spaces, as well as a 42-storey residential tower. The public elements of the project include a series of through-site links, upgrades to the promenade around Cockle Bay and a new waterfront plaza and garden. The design team has collaborated with cultural design and research consultant Danièle Hromek (Djinjama) and Indigenous planting specialist Clarence Slockee (Jiwah) to embed Wangal and Gadigal ways of thinking and narratives into the design. Read the article in ArchitectureAU. Image: Snohetta and Hassell.

Media September 06, 2023

Anzac Station an “emotional experience”

Leaders of the design team behind the Metro Tunnel’s state-of-the-art stations have spoken about the challenges of designing a major train station to sit next to one of Melbourne’s most important historical monuments – the Shrine of Remembrance. Anzac Station is conceived as a “pavilion in the park” along a reimagined St Kilda Rd boulevard strategically set between the Shrine of Remembrance, Domain Parklands and Albert Park Lake, says Principal at Hassell Mark Loughnan. “Vertical and horizontal pedestrian connections filled with fresh air ensure Anzac Station functions as a unique and safe gateway to and from Melbourne’s most significant parks and gardens,” Mr Loughnan says. Read the article in Southbank Local News.

News August 29, 2023

Revitalising Brisbane’s Roma St Precinct: 205 North Quay

With its bejewelled tower and subtropical open-air podium, 205 North Quay in Brisbane, Australia has reached a significant milestone with the first of 2,582 façade panels now installed. The world-class river-edge development will transform the city’s North Quarter, setting a new benchmark for commercial tower design on Yuggera and Turrbal Country.

Podcast

Arden and Parkville:
Creating convergence in innovation precincts

Exploring the glue that makes innovation precincts thrive.

Media August 14, 2023

Hassell’s vision for a greener, more connected Uni of Melbourne campus

Hassell’s newly created masterplan for the transformation of the University of Melbourne’s campuses, Estate Master Plan, offers a glimpse and a blueprint into what is to come for the institution’s students and staff and their collective lives on campus.Green corridors, pedestrian-friendly thoroughfares, improved accessibility and enhanced educational spaces characterise much of the Plan, which serves as a tangible commitment to the University’s desire to meet long-term education and research needs. Read the article in Architecture&Design.

Media August 09, 2023

10 years on: Flinders St Station design competition complete… but isn’t there something missing?

A decade ago, with much fanfare, the state government announced a winner of the Flinders Street Station design competition, but the government is yet to allocate any funds towards the project. The winning design, by HASSELL, Herzog and De Meuron, looks spectacular with large white tubes enclosing the stations platforms. Minster for Major Projects David Hodgett noted, “the jury praised the HASSELL, Herzog and De Meuron design for its ‘evident sophistication and overall quality’ going on to add that it ‘could indeed provide a major city-changing outcome with benefits for all Victorians’”. Read the article in Southbank Local News.

Media August 11, 2023

First Look: University of Melbourne Masterplan Unveiled

The University of Melbourne has revealed the masterplan for its Parkville campus. Hassell was the principal design consultant for the Estate Master Plan, a blueprint for the University of Melbourne’s precincts and campuses. Under the masterplan, more than 22,000sq m of new open green space will be created for students and the community to share at the Parkville campus. Grattan Street will become an expanded green corridor connecting the historic northern precinct and a contemporary southern precinct. Read the article in The Urban Developer.

Media August 10, 2023

‘Landmark’ masterplan for University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne has released a new estate masterplan for its Parkville campus in central Melbourne. Principal design consultant Hassell created a long-term vision for the campus that would deliver more than 22,000 square metres of green space, for students, staff and the wider community. “This landmark initiative represents a pivotal milestone in enhancing the University’s commitment to learning experience and research outcomes,” said Hassell principal Mark Roehrs. “It’s a comprehensive and strategic approach to the estate that balances the re-lifing of its valuable heritage estate with new infrastructure. The University will also enhance its contribution to the city with easier ways to navigate through the University precinct and exciting new green space.” Read the article in ArchitectureAU.

Conversation

Property X-Change: Transforming high streets through collaboration and knowledge sharing

In 2022, a new knowledge-sharing initiative — aptly called Property X-Change — was launched with a mission to support London’s struggling high streets in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. After a year of facilitating community events, collaboration and knowledge sharing, we reflect on the successes so far across all corners of the capital.

Media August 08, 2023

New architectural film inspired by Wes Anderson celebrates Singapore’s built environment

Hassell’s GSK Asia House features in a new architectural documentary “A Wes Anderson-ish Singapore (Volume 2)” showcasing Singapore’s fusion of urbanity meets tropical retreat. Documentary director Kevin Siyuan draws inspiration from the visual style of acclaimed filmmaker Wes Anderson, known for films like “Asteroid City” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” to chronicle the city and landscape of Singapore. Read more in ArchDaily.

News August 03, 2023

Harbourside vision closer to reality as construction commences

In a major milestone, Australian property giant Mirvac has broken ground on the $2-billion Harbourside mixed-use precinct in Sydney’s Darling Harbour on Gadigal Country.

Media July 27, 2023

‘Missing piece’: Work starts on divisive $2b Harbourside redevelopment

Seven months after retailers moved out, and bulldozers rolled in, construction on Mirvac’s massive mixed-use complex comprising shops, offices, and a 42-storey apartment tower started on Thursday. “The new Harbourside will reimagine the Darling Harbour waterfront, reconnect the people and places of Pyrmont, and create a network of new public spaces to bring together community, visitors, residents and workers,” said Mirvac’s chief executive of development, Stuart Penklis, who hails the project project as the “critical missing piece” in the NSW government’s $15 billion overhaul of the harbour front west of the CBD. Read the full article in the Sydney Morning Herald.

Podcast

Transcendent change and connectivity:
Lessons for Brisbane from the London Olympics

How can this moment of collective political will and public funds change the fabric of the city for the better?

Media June 21, 2023

NSW puts Indigenous design at centre of new park tender

Visualisation of Hassell's design for Bradfield's Central Park

The NSW government has set new standards in tendering by mandating ongoing consultation with local Aboriginal people over a new public square in western Sydney’s Bradfield City and giving Indigenous considerations a hefty 20 per cent weighting in the final decision. Hassell’s design for Bradfield Central Park is shortlisted amongst five leading firms vying for the tender that is due to be announced in August. Read more in the AFR.

Media July 18, 2023

Melbourne’s Town Hall Station will open in 2025

The Hassell, Weston Williamson + Partners, and RSHP-led project is set to open the hotly anticipated Town Hall Station in 2025, a year ahead of schedule… Optimising passenger experience is at the forefront of the design, which is evident in the expansive and inviting spaces encountered when entering from City Square… Read the full article in Australian Design Review.

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