Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership, Geelong
The Academy’s Geelong centre presents a range of flexible and dynamic spaces, including learning studios, remote learning labs, a welcome lounge, and break-out zones.
The Academy’s Geelong centre adapts the conceptual framework established for the East Melbourne Academy, expressing learning journey themes and using round shapes. Bold circles on the façade and internal porthole windows reference talking circles, gathering and sharing knowledge.
A fresh combination of new masonry, glazing and updated fenestration has reinvigorated the building and façade. We chose redbrick for the façade to link the project to Geelong’s iconic redbrick woolstore buildings.
Cameron Smith
Senior Associate, DesignInc Melbourne
Set in a repurposed 1970s Education Department building, the new centre now has the capacity to accommodate up to 300 people for region-wide events.
We reinvented the site as a healthy building with a design that maximises natural daylight, indoor air quality, outdoor connections, a natural palette and biophilic elements, and superb views to Corio Bay.
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The Academy Opens Geelong Centre – A Learning Centre for Regional Educators
This new Geelong location offers a comprehensive program in a range of flexible and dynamic spaces including learning studios, remote learning labs, a welcome lounge, and break-out zones. If needed, the facility can adapt to accommodate up to 300 people for region-wide events.
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Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership, East Melbourne
Repurposing a distinctive heritage building, DesignInc has delivered a state-of-art training facility for Victoria’s leading educators. The fit-out reflects the prestigious professional development programs offered by the Academy and the importance of the teaching profession.
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ManuFutures 2 Extension is Designed to Support Collaboration
An impactful arrival experience and spaces for networking are at the heart of DesignInc’s extension for Deakin University’s ManuFutures 2 hub at the Waurn Ponds campus in Geelong.
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The Academy East Melbourne announced as Finalist in Victorian Premier’s Design Awards 2023
A Finalist in the Architecture category, the project is a sustainable and inspiring fit out of a heritage building in Melbourne’s Treasury precinct, transforming the former government printworks into a state-of-the-art, contemporary adult learning and teaching centre.
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500 Women in Property
DesignInc Sydney is proud that three members of our team—Rachel Faber, Jennifer Forbes and Miriam Enoch—have been accepted into the ‘500 Women in Property’ 2023 program run by the Property Council of Australia (PCA).
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Winner – Glenroy Community Hub Sets a New Standard for Public Buildings
Glenroy Community Hub wins the best Public Building category at the 2022 Sustainability Awards.
