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The home of innovation & enterprise in Melbourne’s west

Western BACE

Location: Melton
Client: City of Melton
Status: Complete
Category: Community
Year: 2014
Photography: Alice Hutchinson

Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country

Scale: 3,200m2, over 2 Levels
Value: $11m

Landscape: TNLA

AWARDS
• AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, The Allan and Beth Coldicutt Award for Sustainable Architecture, Winner, 2016

• A&D Sustainability Award, Large Commercial, Winner, 2015

This new Business Accelerator and Centre of Excellence community building for the City of Melton supports entrepreneurship and business acceleration in the Western region. We used modular construction that integrates sustainability and flexibility into the building fabric so it can adapt and respond to the evolution of future usage.

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A catalyst project in a greenfield area for the emerging community, BACE is the West’s home for start-ups, innovators and creators.

Lobby cafe
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Upper level terrace
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Conference space
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Arrival
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