Wesley Place, surrounding a prominent church in the centre of Melbourne, complements and enhances surrounding heritage buildings while carefully negotiating existing vegetation and a contemporary office tower. Most importantly, the project manages to create a quality civic space that offers a refuge from the adjoining city streets and a new pedestrian connection through the site. The restrained detailing and execution are superb and skilfully assert a new, quality public green space for Melbourne’s CBD.
Project credits
Design practice Oculus Client Charter Hall Architect Cox Architecture Builder Lendlease Landscape contractor Ace Contractors Project manager Armitage Jones Access consultant Morris Goding Access Consulting Planner Urbis Wayfinding and signage consultant Studio Ongarato Civil and structural engineer AECOM Archaeologist Vincent Clark Wind engineer MEL Consultants Traffic consultant Traffix Group Services and ESD consultant Floth b Greenwood Consulting Heritage advisor Lovell Chen Objects conservator Grimwade Centre Lighting consultant NDYLight Public art strategy consultant Broached Commissions Kulin Nations benches Maree Clarke and Trent Jansen Owl of Minerva artwork Emily Floyd Photographer Molly-Rose Coulter
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