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An angled view of the Orygen main building taken looking up from the ground, standing on a paved road. The photo is taken from the left hand side of the building against a clear blue sky. The building is moss green rectangular, with a wavy roof and is half dark, glass panels, and half green cladding.
A high ceiling interior walkway with two staff members walking through the light filled area, with the right hand wall is made entirely of large glass panes and light colour timber. The left side has timber is made of wavy timber panels leading up to the roof. The roof has timber placements that resemble tree branches splitting off like tree branches.
A wooden large wooden deck in the buildings courtyard, with some grass and hint of a tree to the left. Taken at dusk, to the right and ahead is the exterior of a glass- paneled building, lit up from inside.
IAn angled, birds eye view of a large copper and green colour building nestled between trees in the back and foreground. The copper part of the building is to the left. It is curved at one end, with long, horizontal windows running across the side. The green section has similar windows and a wavy roof.
A large, open plans space, facing a central, staircase. The staircase rail timber extends up to the ceiling and splinters out like tree branches. In the foreground, there are two people sitting to the left, next to glass panels looking out to garden. To the right there are one person sitting at a high table talking to someone out of shot.

Orygen Poplar Road Precinct

Billard Leece Partnership 2018

Description

Enjoy this showcase of innovation in health design at the Orygen Poplar Road Precinct. Selected as Project of the Year for New Build International at the 2021 Design in Mental Health Awards, this remarkable and internationally unique $78 million redevelopment, nestled in the heart of Melbourne’s inner-city bushland, is home to the world’s largest youth mental health organisation, Orygen.

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*This event has been cancelled.

Join a guided tour to learn about this multi-award winning redevelopment, created as part of a shared vision with young people, families and staff. Principal architects Billard Leece Partners will share how they designed a health-promoting and healing environment based on universal, biophilic and inclusive design principles. They will discuss the precinct's connection to nature, and how they worked alongside over 140 young people to design and create a safe, welcoming place with a focus on sustainability, wellbeing and destigmatising mental health. Visitors will also be able to experience our world-leading Virtual Reality lab, sensory gardens and innovation spaces.

Images: (1-5) Orygen Poplar Road Precinct. All photos: courtesy of Orygen

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*This event has been cancelled.

ACCESSIBILITY

Fully wheelchair accessible, Accessible bathroom, Accessible parking nearby, Elevator access

Location

35 Poplar Rd, Parkville VIC 3052

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Our programming exists on what always was and always will be the land of the people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded in Australia and we are mindful of this in everything we do, given our focus on the modern built environment.

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Our programming exists on what always was and always will be the land of the people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded in Australia and we are mindful of this in everything we do, given our focus on the modern built environment.

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