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Media September 27, 2023

Bindi Bindi Place: Brisbane’s first specialist care centre for vulnerable children

One community organisation, Communify, is on a mission to build Brisbane’s first high-quality, multidisciplinary specialist care centre for children under six. Designed pro-bono by Hassell, Bindi Bindi Place will focus on the state’s most vulnerable and invisible — babies and children aged 0 to 6 years old — who are at risk of entering the child protection system. Listen to the interview from ABC radio with Karen Dare CEO of Communify..

Media September 22, 2023

Designing linear corridors to deliver greater value for community and planet

Hassell’s new landmark study, ‘Corridors: Designing linear infrastructure in a non-linear world’, takes a cross-sector look at the impact of built corridors on people and planet, as well as that of urban developments on natural corridors. Combining knowledge from the railway, roadway, waterway, and utility sectors across Australia, China, Singapore, Europe, and North America, the study explores how linear infrastructure can be designed to deliver greater value for all through a unified, holistic corridor design approach. Read the article in Architecture&Design.

Media September 13, 2023

One of the world’s largest refugee camps is getting a groundbreaking new arts center

In the arid land outside the Ugandan town of Yumbe, where almost 200,000 refugees have settled in a community known as Bidi Bidi, architects are building the first performance and arts space of its kind. Hassell’s light-filled amphitheater will offer almost 200,000 people displaced by South Sudan’s civil war a chance to rebuild their communities through dance and performance. Read the article in Head Topics.

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Corridors: Designing linear infrastructure in a non-linear world

Our new landmark study uncovers how infrastructure can, and indeed must, be better integrated to deliver greater value for all. Download the ‘Corridors’ report.

Media September 04, 2023

Farm to Forest: Hassell envisions Sunshine Coast Ecological Park

The Sunshine Coast Council has endorsed a masterplan by Australian architect firm Hassell, which will see the transformation of 65 hectares of farmland into an eco park and wildlife refuge. Early visuals and plans reveal the design for the Sunshine Coast Ecological Park, which establishes a framework for a new parkland and aims to deliver nature-based recreation, education, and research, while reviving ecosystems and supporting biodiversity. “The park concept embraces the notion of co-habitation, shifting away from a ‘human-centric’ approach to establish a space that is shared among all species,” says Kallis. “It will be a place that establishes a genuine balance of human recreation and ecological restoration.” Read the article in Enki Magazine.

Media September 04, 2023

Ice flow: Cultural Tourism Center Xinxiang

Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Center’s ‘Ice cubes’ are the architectural landmark of the new tourist district, which will be dedicated to winter sports, including a future indoor ski slope. Hassell’s Shanghai studio delivered the landscape design and water terrace for this city-shaping project. There is continuity between the building and “the lake, “on which the building seems to float. A metaphoric work of ice cubes transformed into a liquid state creates a pleasant and serene environment.” Read the article in Arch Daily. Images by ArchExist.

Media August 31, 2023

BidiBidi Music & Arts Centre: Refugee Camp Culture

Xavier De Kestelier, Head of Design and leader of the design technology and innovation team at Hassell, talks at the NLA about designing Bidibidi Music & Arts Centre in Uganda for the second-largest refugee camp in the world. Watch the video.

Media August 28, 2023

Masterplan for Hassell-led ecological park endorsed by Sunshine Coast Council

Nature-positive news: Sunshine Coast Council has endorsed the masterplan for Sunshine Coast Ecological Park, with 65 hectares of farmland set to become a refuge for wildlife and a place for communities to marvel at the beauty of fauna and flora. The project, led by Hassell, aims to restore the land to its former glory, ‘heal Country’, revive ecosystems, and provide nature-based recreation and education for communities. Read the article in ArchitectureAU.

Media August 23, 2023

Just In: The 2023 Eat Drink Design Awards Shortlist Has Been Announced

The awards celebrate the best in Australasian hospitality design. While the throughline of the 2022 shortlist was comfort, judges say this year’s venues have demonstrated plenty of diversity, with no real dominating themes. “There was a massive range of projects, and it felt very much like we are on the cusp of change,” says judge Di Ritter, who is an associate at Hassell. “No one particular design direction stood out.” Read the article in Broadsheet.

Media August 23, 2023

First Light Pavilion shortlisted for UK AJ Architecture Awards

This week, nearly 140 projects have been shortlisted across 21 categories for this year’s AJ Architecture Awards, the annual showcase of the very best built projects in the UK. Hassell’s First Light Pavilion at Jodrell Bank Observatory has been shortlisted in the Cultural category amongst leading arts and visitor centres. The winners will be announced at a celebratory dinner at the Hilton Metropole, London, on 22 November 2023. Read the article in Architects’ Journal.

Media July 27, 2023

Perth children’s hospice gets approval from WA Planning Commission

Western Australia’s first children’s hospice has been given the green light to proceed. The Hassell designed facility will provide care to children with life-limiting conditions who need around-the-clock clinical support or end-of-life care. Read the article from ABC News. Image courtesy of Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation.

News August 24, 2023

Caring through connection: WA’s first children’s hospice gets the go ahead

In a win for patients, carers and the community, Western Australia’s first and only Children’s Hospice on Whadjuk Country has been given the green light. The Hassell-designed facility will cater for children aged from birth to 18 years living with life-limiting conditions, who need around-the-clock clinical support or end-of-life and bereavement care.

News August 21, 2023

Converting vacant CBD offices into apartments could create up to 12,000 Melbourne homes

“Ripe for adaptive re-use”: Hassell’s latest Office to Home research, conducted on behalf of the Property Council of Australia in partnership with Ethos Urban, has identified 86 vacant Melbourne CBD buildings that could be converted into 10−12,000 new homes for 20,000 people.

Media August 19, 2023

Melbourne office towers considered ideal to turn into 10,000 new homes

In a property audit of the city centre, conducted by the design studio Hassell and planning consultancy Ethos Urban for the Property Council of Australia, more than 80 unoccupied and underused office buildings in Melbourne’s CBD have been identified as prime candidates “really ripe for adaptive re-use”, ie ready to be converted into more than 10,000 new homes. “If we only converted half of those, we could supply around 10,000 to 12,000 new homes, and each repurposed building would use roughly half the upfront embodied carbon compared to knocking existing buildings down and rebuilding,” said Ingrid Bakker, principal at Hassell. Read the full article in The Age. Image: Justin McManus.

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