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Architects: Breathe Architecture
- Area: 3460 m²
- Year: 2013
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Photographs:Tom Ross, Andrew Wuttke
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Manufacturers: GRAPHISOFT, James Hardie Australia, Autex, Fisher & Paykel, Adobe, Ambiance Lumiere, Binq, Consolidated Brass, Ficus Constructions, Gyprock, James Hardie, Lockwood, Tony Stewart, Universal Fans, Urban Salvage
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Project Manager: Kubic, Damien Collins
Text description provided by the architects. This is old Brunswick, it’s industrial, it’s run down and it’s dirty. It sounds gruesome but there is also a strange endearing quality about this area. The silver lining is the people of Brunswick. It is a melting pot of migrant activity, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Lebanese, African all coming together here. There is no judgment, everyone is part of one totally imperfect community.The Commons is an experiment in building an urban community. It could have only worked in a few Melbourne locations. There is no accident that it sits adjacent to Anstey Station in the heart of old Brunswick.
