Victoria
The new Raptor Rehabilitation Centre at Healesville Sanctuary is a leading recovery facility for large native birds and is adjacent to an existing animal hospital.
The design of the flyway is carefully considered to provide a natural environment that minimises distractions for the birds. The building adds to a suite of architect designed projects at the Sanctuary and builds on a tradition of innovation in both animal protection and architectural expression.
The building is in reverse and continuous skin of timber battens on the inside with an exoskeleton steel frame expressed externally. This is to minimise protrusions for the birds as they regain the ability to fly.
Stuart Harrison, Design Architect
Rachel Ang, Project Architect
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
