EVALUATION CRITERIA 67 - UNSTUDIO, NH ARCHITECTURE, OCULUS, LAB ARCHITECTURE STUDIO, ARUP Van Berkel en Bos U.N. Studio B.V. EVALUATION CRITERIA OCULUS landscape architecture THE TEAM VISION DESIGN OCULUS is a design based urban design and landscape architecture studio LINE N BE focused on creating great public spaces. The studio has a commitment RO BO ISH LY OOTH LD BA VA RK A S M O B R NA TE N E C A N N O O S E Complimentary H A Y D L to projects that: bolster social interaction; are based on achieving public E D B D amenity; are inclusive; are delightfully individual; and respond sensitively and & Connected cleverly to their particular environmental setting. The experience of collaborating on the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart, Tasmania will be crucial in developing a spatial logic out of the UNStudio existing accreted development on the site and working towards the ambitions architecture – urban design – infrastructure – lighting for the exciting Artscape UNStudio, as a world-class iconic place-making design firm is a Hobart Waterfront // Victoria Harbour // MONA practice fully focused on understanding local contexts to develop inspired - and inspiring - integrated designs. UNStudio, founded in 1988 by Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, works all over the NH Architecture Material Thinking world with a range of partners, understanding that current practice LAB architecture studio cultural heritage + production – public planning requires a collaborative approach of peer firms that is responsive Material Thinking is a lab for analogical thinking, specialising in place to the needs of each set of conditions. K JACQ L CART R UE U ER applications. Their expertise is to see the connections, the poetic affiliations A S PA UNStudio has a strong presence in the Asia Pacific region with M that bind places and people together. Material Thinking emphasise telling. a fully operational office in Shanghai and several projects in Cultural heritage flows into cultural production when received stories are retold tellingly; and both materialize as patterns, arrangements and friendly the region,including the new Te Pappa Museum in Wellington, Solutions Positive Material Thinking New Zealand. Caroline Bos, principal urban planner, holds an places when they are brought into the common place of public planning. Honorary Professorship at the University of Melbourne, Faculty of ‘Nearamnew’ Federation Square // ‘Named in the Margin’ Sydney Hyde Park Architecture, Building and Planning for the next 5 years. Caroline CULTURE Bos’ regular presence in Australia and her involvement in the Barracks // ‘Golden Grove’ Darlington Public Domain local architectural and urban debate has strengthened UNStudio’s MA ID FISH IRE RT AV E LACE L relationship with Australia. It underpins UNStudio’s commitment LA IN D Positive Solutions P C to the extraordinary opportunity to be part of the visioning and OCULUS arts + cultural consultant development of such an important and forward thinking cultural precinct that is the Gold Coast Cultural and Civic Precinct, Positive Solutions is a highly specialised and client focused company serving something rarely available in our global cities. non-profit, government and commercial clients within the cultural and arts environment. They have successfully completed projects for hundreds of Mercedes Benz Museum // Theatre Agora // Dance Palace clients, in the UK, Australia and Asia. Positive Solutions overview of existing policy and previous research NH Architecture documentation; articulation of program/ cultural philosophy for GCCP; architecture – design + delivery Marshall Day overview of international precinct developments and advice on models for future governance NH Architecture is a leading Australian design studio and has ARUP expertise in the disciplines of urban design, master planning Walsh Bay Precinct NSW // West Kowloon Cultural District // Cairns Cultural architecture, interior and graphic design. NH Architecture has Precinct Feasibility Study // 111–117 Sturt Street Masterplan, Victoria developed a national reputation for the design and delivery of ER DE J EAR BOW BR LA BER T ON R F NS ER T EW AD O CZ U G E I T EL R L M I complex, mixed-use and public infrastructure developments O T D E L D E I E E E P N Y having completed a number of award winning and exemplar W P A ARUP projects. civil + structure – building services –transport – wind – lighting’ sustainability – planning NH Architecture has established itself as a significant voice in the renewal of urban infrastructure and is an industry leader in new Helping to design ambitious buildings is what Arup is best known for. In forms of public-private architecture capable of engaging with the addition to world-class strengths in building engineering, Arup offers a great contemporary Australian city. NH has completed a wide portfolio diversity of design skills and services that address all aspects of form and of work including the 6-star Green-Star Melbourne Convention function in the built environment. Arup does not specialise in a particular TECHNICAL Centre, the flagship Myer Department Store and most recently the style or building type and takes on projects from modest to massive scale. All design for the new Margaret Court Tennis Arena as a key venue its building design teams, skills and services are focused on enabling clients for the Australian Open. UN Studio to achieve sustainable outcomes for best value. QV // Margaret Court Arena // Saltwater Lifestyle Centre // Myer Increasingly the firm’s designers are focused on the lifecycle performance Melbourne A Network Team of the built environment. Analysing operational data will in time be used to improve all phases of a building’s performance − from concept Gold Coast Cultural Precinct is a project of international significance. The to construction, through operation, adaptation and retrofitting to final LAB architecture studio decommissioning and recycling. These skills and services link together to architecture – civic realm opportunity to design such a unique site and important facility within provide excellent, more sustainable building design. LAB architecture studio is internationally recognized for the Melbourne Recital Hall // Hamer Hall // National Gallery of Victoria originality of its vision in constructing a new sensibility towards the context of central Gold Coast demands an exceptional team. Redevelopment // RMIT SAB Building innovative buildings and sustainable urban environments. Projects extend across various scales from master planning and mixed use to civic and cultural projects with vibrant public spaces. In response we have brought together leading international designers Marshall Day acoustics – theatre planning Federation Square and its civic domain has been recognized and thinkers with specialist knowledge, experience and local expertise. internationally as one of the most successful civic and cultural Marshall Day Acoustics is a leading acoustic and theater planning consulting precincts of the last 15 years or more, and LAB has expanded company whose projects represent a proud history as an innovative, creative on that experience in other public realm and civic space projects. UNStudio will lead the design team and provide the pivot around and specialist acoustic consultancy at an international and local level. These projects have each developed an understanding of how Project experience encompasses performing arts design, building acoustics, contemporary urban space can be activated; how new forms of which the multiple skills of the wider support team can operate planning & resource consents, environmental noise, industrial & marine social engagement and interactions impact on the communal noise control, sound system design and structural dynamics & vibration nature of space; and how attention to the material quality and analysis. sensibility of a space helps to create a sense of place and civic and engage with the dynamics of this unique project. State Theatre, Perth // Queensland Performing Arts Centre // Melbourne participation. Convention Centre // Guangzhou Opera House // The Edge at Fed Square M Shed History Museum // ACMI // NGV Australia // Federation Square East UNStudio | NH Architecture | LAB architecture studio | OCULUS | ARUP 1 890325 045 1 of 6 Federation Square Melbourne The Edge Melbourne 3.4 ha precinct // 10 million visitors a year and 93 million 450 seats // Sound quality for chamber orchestra Dance Palace visits since 2002 // 2144 events in 2011/12 – 89% free // // Views to Yarra River // Venue for Q & A Live EXPERIENCE St Petersburg Large format digital screen for live broadcasts and screen Broadcast - India Film Festival Gala Night - So You open and inviting theatre with art // Venue for: Melbourne International Arts Festival - Think You Can Dance - Melbourne Writers Festival provision for 1300 guests // Homeless World Cup - The Commonwealth Games Live Proven Record Dance and music // 21,000 Site 2006 CULTURAL PUBLIC MONA Hobart reactivation of waterfront site // Most popular attraction in Tasmania // Global cultural destination // Outdoor event- scape Convention Centre Melbourne Mercedes Benz Museum Stuttgart 6 star Green star // Reactivation of waterfront site 16,500m2 of exhibition space on a footprint of just 4,800m2 from previous industrial use // Full flexible 5600 // Car museum, shop, restaurant, offices, auditorium seat auditorium DELIVERY TECHNICAL Burnham Pavilion Chicago Theatre Agora Lelystad urban activator // relates to diverse city-contexts,