Where many a young architect dreams of making designer homes, Elliott is far more interested in “editing” the public world.
From the Carlton Baths and the William Buckley Pedestrian footbridge at Barwon Heads, to the loud fluorescent architecture along the M80 Freeway and the vibrant nooks and crannies of RMIT’s city campus, Elliott’s touch is sprinkled across this city.But it’s at the Florentino end of the CBD where Elliott’s biggest legacy project is taking shape – his magnum opus – the painstaking upgrading of Parliament House already under way for a decade.
That same cohort were catapulted into positions of authority in 1982 when John Cain brought Labor back into power after 27 years in the wilderness, with an agenda of serious social reform extended to architecture. Elliott fizzes when talking about an upcoming project: a massive internal renovation of the South Melbourne Town Hall.
“You had all these older buildings that no one knew what do with … and they’ve struggled a bit,” Elliott says.His task is to give the town hall new life as a permanent cultural venue. His team will oversee the $70 million fitout of a new 150-seat venue included in the building alongside the existing 250-seat hall, plus a new foyer bar and lounge, a commercial catering kitchen, and public terrace.
Given his background in adaptive reuse and serious accolades for his work in public housing , I have to ask him what he makes of the Allan government’sLast September, then premier Daniel Andrews announced that all 44 pre-fabricated high-rise public housing towers would be progressively demolished and rebuilt over the next 30 years with triple the number of residents and a massive increase in private housing.
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