Tower Turnaround

Team BKK Architects together with Peter Elliott Architecture & Urban Design, Taylor Cullity Lethlean, Robert Owen & Sense Architecture

Commission won by open design competition sponsored by OVGA & DOHS

Status 2008 – ongoing with prototype façade pod installed 2011

Location Footscray Vic Australia

Client Department of Human Services

This project deals with the regeneration of an existing social housing tower block in Footscray and has been conceived as a kit of parts which can be easily adapted to other high-rise towers. The design strategy upgrades the tower’s identity, whilst greatly improving resident amenity and energy performance. The site design strategy provides better definition between public, semi-public and private spaces, introducing major changes to both the landscape setting and the tower appearance. The result reinvigorates the tower’s presence in the neighbourhood and fosters a greater sense of community.