The Office For Collective Design

Habitat Filter

Habitat Filter
© John Gollings

HABITAT FILTER

Matt Drysdale + Matt Myers + Tim Dow

CLIENT
Transurban

YEAR
2016

PHOTOGRAPHS
John Gollings

LOCATION
Southbank, Australia

ARCHITECTS
Matt Drysdale, Matt Myers, Tim Dow

MANUFACTURERS
3M, Boral, Interpon, Burdetts, HFBI, OneSteel

CATEGORY
Public Space

Text description provided by architect.

Designed for Transurban and situated in the Melbournes Art precinct on an inaccessible freeway off-ramp island, this major sculptural installation provides an integrated approach of artwork paired with habitat.

Habitat Filter
© John Gollings
Habitat Filter
© John Gollings

Solar panels power provide some electricity for lighting, bird boxes provide shelter for wildlife.

Steel mesh has been incorporated into the forms so that the vegetation can "take over" and the site has been heavily planted and not accessible to the general public.

Habitat Filter
© John Gollings
Habitat Filter
© John Gollings

Our aim on the project was that the trees and planted landscape will eventually grow up and around the sculptures so that they become part of the landscape as opposed to being the key feature. Sort of relics in the bush.

Habitat Filter features a series of ‘pods’, the largest over 25m high, with a range of sustainability elements including specially designed nesting boxes for birds and bats.

Habitat Filter
© John Gollings
Habitat Filter
© John Gollings


Habitat Filter
© John Gollings
Habitat Filter
© John Gollings
Habitat Filter
© John Gollings
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GIF


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Render Concept
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Render Site Plan


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Capture Diagram
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Filter Diagram


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Habitat Diagram
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Buildings Shapes


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Model 1
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Model 2

The Office For Collective Design
The Office For Collective Design
Level 1/323 Clarendon St, South Melbourne VIC 3205, Australia