Park Slim Benches, Classic Galleria Settings, Semi Hoop bicycle parking and Frame Bin Enclosures are installed in this $28m project by Badge Constructions. The anodised aluminium furniture is easy to clean, high durable and stays cool in the summer heat. Street Furniture Australia also manufactured custom one-off pieces for the project. Extra-wide aluminium battens form platform benches, partially plinth-mounted on local sandstone.
The University of Sydney’s Carslaw Building is a bustling area in the Camperdown campus. Classic Plaza Seats, coupled with strategically placed cafe round tables and power outlets, provide students with a suitable study zone while they await their next class.
RMIT University’s Bundoora campus, 18 kilometres north-east of Melbourne’s CBD, has recently been furnished with ‘Bundoora Spine’. Part of RMIT’s $700 million dollar international renewal and capital works program, the Spine walkway features wetlands, extensive tree plantings, landscape features and public art, including the giant bronze Chimpanzee Finger by Lisa Roet. This new vision includes Building 204, just north of the Spine. RMIT’s Property Services senior manager, Nandor Bartol, was tasked with repositioning Building 204 as an integral part of the walkway. His first step was to commission 1:1 Architects to refurbish Building 204 into a new Student Services facility, with communal lounges, meeting rooms, offices, student union facilities and a home for RMIT’s Queer Department and Lounge. Landscape architect Tim Hart and the team at Urban Initiatives were brought onboard to ensure …
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