Carlton Connect Initiative Address Building, Education, STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
Carlton Connect Initiative Address
Grattan St Building Development for University of Melbourne in Victoria – design by Woods Bagot, Architects
11 Apr 2018
Carlton Connect Initiative Address, Grattan Street
Architect: Woods Bagot
Address: Grattan Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Approved: Woods Bagot’s design for “unprecedented” innovation precinct
The Victorian Government has approved the University of Melbourne’s plan to develop the site of Melbourne’s former Royal Women’s Hospital into Australia’s leading innovation precinct.
The precinct’s masterplan and lead design architect is Woods Bagot, as part of the Lendlease-led consortium working in partnership with the university on the transformational project. A flagship initiative, the precinct will develop facilities where university staff and students, researchers, local and international businesses and start-up companies can connect and collaborate on generating breakthrough new ideas and take them to market.
image courtesy of architects
Located on the fringe of Melbourne’s CBD and adjacent to the university’s main Parkville campus, the former hospital will now be redeveloped as a series of five new connecting buildings focused around a central ‘Oculus’ and publicly-accessible open space.
The precinct will provide shops, ...