Giants Competition
Set to revolutionize Melbourne’s skyline, six shortlisted designs by some of the world’s best architects have been revealed as part of the Southbank by Beulah competition. From twisting towers, interlocking blocks, a propeller penthouse, stacked neighborhoods, vertical cities and an illuminated cloud, the winning concept is expected to draw global attention with all six designs imbuing extraordinary innovation.
In an exciting time for the suburb following Melbourne City Council’s announcement to transform Southbank Boulevard, each of the six designs propose a renewal of the major $2 billion plus Southbank site, creating a lifestyle precinct of international standard in an overhaul of the area as Melburnians currently know it.
Melbourne property specialists Beulah International purchased the prominent 6,061 sq. m. BMW Southbank site late last year in a deal valued at more than $100 million.
Beulah’s vision for the site is to create a state-of-the-art, integrated mixed-use environment that would include retail, hotel, residential, commercial, cultural and public spaces.
The site will be centered around innovation in architecture and design, public amenity and technology and could potentially be Victoria’s largest single-phase project.
The six teams to submit their design concepts as part of the six-month long competition include, Bjarke Ingels Group with Fender Katsalidis Architects, Coop Himmelb(l)au with Architectus, MAD Architects with Elenberg Fraser, MVRDV with Woods Bagot, Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) with Conrad Gargett, and UNStudio with Cox Architecture.
The designs were revealed at a public symposium on Friday July 27th that was attended by state Treasurer Tim Pallas, as well a large crowd of property, architecture, urban design, finance, real estate, government and public attendees.
The decision makers for the winning design comprise of seven highly regarded individuals, including Jill Garner, Victorian Government Architect and Jury Chair, renowned architectural photographer John Gollings, Prof Thomas Kvan, former Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Melbourne andDirector of Australian Urban Research Information Network, Cameron Bruhn, the Editorial Director of Architecture Media along with Adelene Teh and Jiaheng Chan from Beulah International.
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