Repurposing a distinctive heritage building, Designinc has delivered a state-of-art training facility for Victoria’s leading educators. The fit-out reflects the prestigious professional development programs offered by the Academy and the importance of the teaching profession.
The new Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership sits within a rich heritage context. A key design principle was to celebrate and connect the heritage and cultural story of the building. The conceptual design framework imagines a creative journey linking all levels and spaces of the three-level building, symbolising interconnection between past, present, and future. The idea is united by a new linking stair inserted in an existing heritage lightwell that expresses the creative journey. As a connector of time and space, the link embodies light, creativity, nature, memories, and hope.
DesignInc related the building’s three levels to a tree in a landscape, with the basement as the roots and earth, the centre as the trunk, and the top level likened to the canopy – outward-looking and light. That narrative is layered with biophilic elements that express nature in the building fabric.
Taking the idea further, DesignInc imagined the three levels as a metaphor for time. The basement with its bluestone walls is quite dark and atmospheric; it represents the past. It houses the library and is a quiet place for independent research, study, and investigation.
Repurposing a distinctive heritage building, Designinc has delivered a state-of-art training facility for Victoria’s leading educators. The fit-out reflects the prestigious professional development programs offered by the Academy and the importance of the teaching profession.
The new Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership sits within a rich heritage context. A key design principle was to celebrate and connect the heritage and cultural story of the building. The conceptual design framework imagines a creative journey linking all levels and spaces of the three-level building, symbolising interconnection between past, present, and future. The idea is united by a new linking stair inserted in an existing heritage lightwell that expresses the creative journey. As a connector of time and space, the link embodies light, creativity, nature, memories, and hope.
DesignInc related the building’s three levels to a tree in a landscape, with the basement as the roots and earth, the centre as the trunk, and the top level likened to the canopy – outward-looking and light. That narrative is layered with biophilic elements that express nature in the building fabric.
Taking the idea further, DesignInc imagined the three levels as a metaphor for time. The basement with its bluestone walls is quite dark and atmospheric; it represents the past. It houses the library and is a quiet place for independent research, study, and investigation.
Repurposing a distinctive heritage building, Designinc has delivered a state-of-art training facility for Victoria’s leading educators. The fit-out reflects the prestigious professional development programs offered by the Academy and the importance of the teaching profession.
The new Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership sits within a rich heritage context. A key design principle was to celebrate and connect the heritage and cultural story of the building. The conceptual design framework imagines a creative journey linking all levels and spaces of the three-level building, symbolising interconnection between past, present, and future. The idea is united by a new linking stair inserted in an existing heritage lightwell that expresses the creative journey. As a connector of time and space, the link embodies light, creativity, nature, memories, and hope.
DesignInc related the building’s three levels to a tree in a landscape, with the basement as the roots and earth, the centre as the trunk, and the top level likened to the canopy – outward-looking and light. That narrative is layered with biophilic elements that express nature in the building fabric.
Taking the idea further, DesignInc imagined the three levels as a metaphor for time. The basement with its bluestone walls is quite dark and atmospheric; it represents the past. It houses the library and is a quiet place for independent research, study, and investigation.
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