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The recently completed McKellar Centre’s design directly responds to the Royal Commission recommendations into Victoria’s Mental Health System. An acute mental healthcare facility, the design needed to balance demanding performance requirements with the complex needs of its patients.
LocationVictoria
ArchitectBG Architecture
ContractorLend Lease
To ensure success, BG Architecture co-designed the space alongside clinicians, nurses and those with lived experience of mental illness.
Offering all patients natural views across three internal courtyards, the design orients itself to maximise access to daylight. Two key factors in creating a calming atmosphere and promoting health and wellbeing.
𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 Shortlisted for the 2023 Victorian Architecture Awards, this beautiful facility received a commendation for Interior Architecture. The judging panel commented:
“…[𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴] 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭.”
𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 When interviewed by the Australian Institute of Architects, Victorian Health Building Authority (the client) commented:
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵.”
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