Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation
Victoria
At Balam Balam Place, success came through collaboration. In this case a team consisting of Kennedy Nolan, Finding Infinity and Openwork which later expanded to include the venue operators – These are the Projects we do Together. Balam Balam is a campus of diverse elements for the community of Merri-Bek and includes adaptive re-use, restoration and re-contextualisation of Victorian heritage, a vibrant new building and landscape and urban design which provides amenity and stories.
Balam Balam is a gloriously functional place, our privilege was to imagine it together with committed and interesting people, to be challenged and provoked to make something which is less of a pristine architectural object and more a supportive and encouraging partner for community and creativity.
“There are moments in the building, gentle, thoughtful moments that allow for the play of light or breeze or people to transport you out of your everyday and into a remarkable hybrid of civic and domestic interaction.” The way a building can show the strength of infrastructure, and the care of home is not an easy task but it has been done here with such rigour and generosity it invokes a reciprocal response from those that come to be here, they arrive in awe of it and leave in love with it.”
Joseph Norster – Co-Director, The Projects, Balam Balam Place
Rachel Nolan, Design Architect
Patrick Kennedy, Design Architect
Victoria Reeves, Design Architect
Michael Macleod, Design Architect
Candice Chan, Project Architect
Bradley Kerr, Architect
Danny Truong, Architect
Wyndham Cameron, Architect
Estelle Peter, Architect
Openwork, Landscape Consultant
Finding Infinity, ESD Consultant
These Are The Projects We Do Together, User Experience & Community Consultant
Jordan Rowe, Spatial Branding & Wayfinding Consultant
Tim Rob Don Dow, Strategic Consultant
Lovell Chen, Heritage Consultant
Greenshoot, Community Consultant
Urbis, Town Planner
Brogue, Engineer
BRT, Engineer
Octave, Acoustic Consultant
One Mile Grid, Traffic Engineer
Architecture & Access, Access Consultant
Zinc Cost Planning, Quantity Surveyor
Metro BS, Transport Consultant
JAZ & DDEG, Engineer