As cultural placemakers, Futurecity, alongside with FuturePace artists Studio Drift, contributed to the UNStudio & Cox Architecture winning design for Southbank by Beulah.

The design proposal by UNStudio with Cox Architecture for Southbank by Beulah aims to establish a new destination for the Southbank area and Melbourne. The project integrally organised by one Big Detail: a ‘Green Spine’ of vertically networked platforms, terraces and verandas.

In addition to being fully integrated within the existing Melbourne network of cultural, entertainment, leisure and commercial venues on offer, with its variety of programmes and connectivities, the design further proposes a mixed-use building that is a city in itself. A host of programmes, including recreation, retail, offices, residential, hotel and exhibition spaces are integrated into the vertically stepped public infrastructure – an infrastructure that is formed by indoor-outdoor spatial frames that embed nature, public space and culture. On a local level the aim of the design is to provide porousness at street level, whilst simultaneously connecting the upper floors with the streetscape by expanding the public realm.

More information on UNStudio’s website
Executive architect: COX, Melbourne
Cultural placemaking: Futurecity, London
Lead artist: Studio Drift, Amsterdam
Sustainability & well-being: Atelier Ten, Melbourne
Landscape architects: Grant Associates
Traffic & accessibility: GTA Consultants
Engineering: Arup, Melbourne

Images © Norm Li, UNStudio