Broadmeadows Town Hall
Team
Caroline Chong
Tina Leal
William Samuels
Ben Pakulsky
Kelley Mackay
Client: Hume City Council
Contractor: Blair Henry
Builder: Building Engineering
In a sign of the times its now a hybrid of many functions, not exclusively civic, cultural or commercial but all.
Two dramatic cuts have been made to the previously impenetrable northern face to create a north south street, and a circular portal over three floors. These reveal the life and activities within including a community business incubator, gallery, office space and of course town hall and event spaces.
Around the perimeter a cluster of small, service elements define more human scaled pocket landscapes which kick start the council’s plans for a more pedestrian friendly precinct in the future.
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In life and in photos the town hall interior has functioned as background to decades of personal milestones and civic events: weddings, citizenship ceremonies, debutant balls, tango classes and basketball games, car club meets and so on.
So our approach to its upgrade improved the buildings performance without diminishing its capacity to trigger memories of the past.
Since its construction in the 1960s, the Broadmeadows Town Hall has played a central role in the civic and social life of the Broadmeadows community.
The design retains the strengths and clarity of this distinctive building – particularly its scale, symmetry, civic grandeur and ceremonial organisation.
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan