By hosting the ILLUMANATE Living Building Challenge (LBC) Design Competition, Living Future Institute of Australia (LFIA) and Development Victoria invite designers to imagine the possibilities of a socially equitable, culturally enriching, and ecologically restorative adaptive reuse in the new LUMA mixed-use community. This competition taking place on a tangible site challenges professionals to create something unprecedented: a repurposed heritage-listed building that aspires to meet the Living Building Challenge™ criteria.
Located in the suburb of Sunshine North, Victoria, the former administrative block of City West Water stands ready to be redesigned into a mixed-use development that is fittingly compatible with the local residential, retail, and community establishments. As the former MMBW Western Regional Complex of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works, the building and it’s surroundings are steeped with historical import from the 1970s and 1980s. It is also of architectural significance being an example of the work of A.K. Lines, MacFarlane and Marshall that is inspired by brutalist design.
Categories
All interested parties, whether as a team or an individual, must register to enter the competition in one of the listed categories. Registration comes with the benefit of having access to technical documents related to the site in PDF format, which includes drone footage, virtual tours and drawings in DWG format for existing site plans, floor plans and 3D models. Participants will not only receive LFIA membership for a single individual. But it also grants access to a competition-specific LBC Webinar and a Request For Information form. A fee of AUD $250 per professional firm, AUD $100 for individuals or teams of two people. And AUD $25 for student teams is applicable, all of which include GST. ILLUMANATE Living Building Challenge
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY
- First Prize: $15,000
- Runner-Up: $5,000
- People’s Choice Award: Judged by attendees of the Living Future Symposium.
- This category is open to professional individuals and project teams.
DESIGN STUDENT CATEGORY
- First Prize: $3,000
- Commendation Prizes (x2): $1,000
- This category is open to University Design Students enrolled in a university course during the competition timeframe.
- Entrants are welcome from individual students and groups.
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