BRUNSWICK CIVIC AND CULTURAL PRECINCT_
Project Information
CLIENT Moreland City Council
- YEAR 2012 – 2014
- STATUS Phase 01 Constructed
- TYPE Streetscape
- LOCATION Brunswick, Victoria
Credits Design Team
Michael Ford
- Richard Grocke
- Ivanka Buczma
Consultants
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
- Matrix Engineering Group
- LIGHTING ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
- Webb Australia Group
- TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TTM Consulting
The Brunswick Civic and Cultural Precinct is centred around the MIPAC forecourt and Sydney Road intersection and has been designed to focus on and exhibit temporary and tactical projects; a catalyst for exhibition for the Brunswick community.
The aim of the precinct is Exhibition, Performance and Arts (EPA) to encourage community conversation and to link the site with the wider Moreland community and other regional spaces, further shaping cultural ideas and the identity of Brunswick and the Moreland community.
Following a broad-reaching community engagement process, we worked closely with community and stakeholders to initiate the development of an interactive public realm that allows the community to explore the process and intent of exhibited works. The EPA space is continually updated, and evolves with the community as it grows with the next generation.
All elements of the design have integrated interpretation and information’s overlays, and the materiality is specific to the Brunswick history and identity. Key areas have been developed as demonstration projects with informative WSUD elements and horticultural strategies.