Royal Park, Melbourne
client Village Park Consortium
The former Royal Park Hospital complex was the site of the
athletes' village for the XVIII Commonwealth Games (Melbourne 2006). As well as refubishment work for the project, we developed conservation and management policies to guide the sympathetic adaptation of individual buildings and the redevelopment of the site as a whole.
The refubishment work focused on the former wards and nurses' accommodation buildings, which is where the athletes lived. They consist of linked pavilions dating from the early 20th century. These were restored externally and adapted internally for immediate use. After the Games, the idea is that they be further adapted and sold as apartments.
This project required the design and documentation of both the temporary and permanent works, each with quite specific accommodation requirements.
constructed 1906-7
victorian heritage register H 2062
ORIGINAL ARCHITECT S.E. Bindley, Public Works Department
photo Cherry Marquez
Village Park: Commonwealth Games Village 2006: Planning consent submission (Heritage precinct plan) appendices
Allom Lovell & Associates
April 2004 : submission
Former Royal Park Hospital: Commonwealth Games Village redevelopment: site development and adaptive re-use guidelines
Allom Lovell & Associates
March 2004 : development strategy
Former Royal Park Hospital:
Commonwealth Games Village redevelopment
Allom Lovell & Associates
May 2003 : report
Former Royal Park Hospital:
conservation policy and development guidelines
Michael Taylor, Michele Summerton
August 2001 : guidelines
Former Royal Park Hospital: preliminary heritage assessment
Michael Taylor, Michele Summerton
June 2000 : heritage assessment
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Catani Gardens, St Kilda
Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne
Maribynong Open Space Study
Old Observatory site, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
The Domain, Melbourne
Treasury Gardens, Melbourne
Wattle Park, Melbourne
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