The Stack for Southbank by Beulah, Melbourne Competition, Architecture Contest Victoria
The Stack for Southbank by Beulah in Melbourne
Contemporary Tower Competition in Victoria, Australia – design by MVRDV and Woods Bagot
30 Jul 2018
The Stack for Southbank
Architects: MVRDV and Woods Bagot
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Stack for Southbank
MVRDV and Woods Bagot have proposed a ?new kind of skyscraper? for a landmark mixed-use site in Melbourne?s Southbank. The Stack is one of six invited entries in an architectural competition organised by the site?s owners Beulah International, a Melbourne-based developer known for its commitment to excellence in local design.

Eschewing Southbank?s typical model of podium and tower ? a typology that has always promised but seldom delivered ? the Stack is a confident prism with public interface on all sides. According to Winy Maas, one of MVRDV?s founders, the Stack is a new kind of skyscraper. ?Stacked neighbourhoods are connected from the bottom to the top and vice versa by lifts, stairs and escalators ? these interconnections create a true vertical city. It?s diverse, mixed, green, sustainable, human, open. The Stack is a manifesto that shows that urban density is great and can contribute to our planet’s survival,? Maas said.
?The single mono typology towers that have plagued Southbank don?t offer the richness that Melbourne is known for. We?ve endeavoured to unlock that, infusing the public offering as ...