Bunjil Place
Bunjil Place
A workplace within community
Bunjil Place workplace brings more than 600 City of Casey staff into a single co-located, activity based workplace. Before the move, staff were spread across multiple sites, often in separate departmental offices. The workplace sits within a large community building and connects Council's public service operations with the community it serves.
Ribbons of continuity
The interior extends the fluid concept of the wider Bunjil Place project. White ribbons and timber elements flow from the public foyer into the central workplace zones. They link the organisation's identity with its community and the services Council provides.
The colours of Bunjil
An artwork of the Bunjil eagle by Mick Harding inspired the colour palette. The palette draws on traditions of the past and offers a contemporary vision of movement, technology and innovation.
A shared heart
The workplace spans three floors. On each level, a collaborative hub gathers around an organically shaped atrium and connecting stair. The hubs use earthy colours and connect vertically through a central void, which encourages movement between floors and interaction across departments. A shallow floor plate and open plan layout bring natural light in from both sides.
Wings of colour
Workplace zones fan out from the hubs, each with a bold palette of green, magenta, blue or red. The colours are visible from the neutral hubs, so they assist with wayfinding. They also give each zone its own identity within a single organisation.
From conversation to concentration
Spaces follow a careful sequence from the floor hubs, through locker zones, to open and enclosed work settings. Changes in colour depth, screening and furniture mark the shift from collaborative areas to quieter spaces for focused work. The sequence supports creative, collaborative, concentrative and confidential work.
Explore the architecture (libraries), interiors (culture), architecture (galleries), interiors (community) and landscape of Bunjil Place.
Awards
| 2019 | World Architecture Festival | Completed Buildings: Civic and Community, shortlist | |
| 2018 | Australian Institute of Architects (Victorian Chapter) | William Wardell Award for Public Architecture | |
| 2017 | International Design Awards | Architecture of the Year | |
| 2017 | International Design Awards | Gold, Institutional | |
| 2017 | International Design Awards | Gold, Landmarks, Symbolic Structures, Memorials and Public | |
Press
| 6 Nov 2021 | Arch2O | Bunjil Place | fjmt | |
| 5 Jul 2019 | Bustler | A glimpse of the 2019 World Architecture Festival shortlist | |
| 14 Nov 2018 | ArchitectureAU | Taking flight: Bunjil Place | |
| 8 Jul 2018 | ArchDaily | Bunjil Place / fjmt | |
| 29 Jun 2018 | ArchitectureAU | 2018 Victorian Architecture Awards | |
| 13 Dec 2017 | ArchitectureAU | FJMT-designed cultural centre opens in Melbourne’s outer south-east | |