ANZ Centre / Hassell

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  • Interior Designers: HASSELL: Hassell
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  130000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Earl Carter
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  UniFor

Text description provided by the architects. ANZ Centre is one of the most open and permeable banking headquarters in the world. Rarely – if ever before – has a bank invited the public into the heart of its workplace. This ‘urban campus’ houses 6,500 people – as many as a small town – within the largest single-tenanted commercial office building in Australia. Incorporating a raft of first time green initiatives, the building is also a global environmental and social sustainability benchmark.

ANZ Centre / Hassell - Beam
© Earl Carter

Located in Melbourne’s Docklands, the building’s fluid forms are inspired by its riverside setting and the external colour palette is derived from nature, ranging from earth tones at ground level to light blue sky references at the upper levels.

ANZ Centre / Hassell - Table, Chair
© Earl Carter

Despite its large scale, ANZ Centre provides an opportunity to make small scale engagements with its local community. The building form steps down to engage with the waterfront and operate as a permeable extension of the existing urban precinct. Building character changes from floor-to-floor with large floors at lower levels and smaller floors at upper levels.

ANZ Centre / Hassell - Lighting, Chair
© Earl Carter

The ‘urban campus’ concept focuses around a central publicly accessible ‘common’, bringing the community into the organisation’s heart and creating a lively ground-level hub including cafes, public art and visitor centre. This demonstrates a bold new direction for a banking institution seeking to balance the need for security with the desire to demonstrate transparency and openness.

ANZ Centre / Hassell - Stairs
© Earl Carter

ANZ Centre includes innovative energy, water and waste management initiatives and was awarded a 6 Star Green Star Office Design rating from the Green Building Council of Australia.

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Address:833 Collins Street, Docklands VIC 3008, Australia

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Cite: "ANZ Centre / Hassell" 23 Nov 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/90709/anz-centre-hassell> ISSN 0719-8884

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