Description

Discover narrm ngarrgu Library & Family Services, a cornerstone of Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market precinct renewal. Six Degrees' design for the City of Melbourne’s first library in nearly a decade emphasises First Nations engagement and community involvement. It combines an art gallery and makerspace, and community services.

With sound studios, 3D printers, laser cutters, a sunlit reading room, and family support services, narrm ngarrgu (meaning 'Melbourne knowledge' in Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung) reflects inclusivity and sustainability, and celebrates Kulin arts and culture with integrated Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung language and art. Collaborations with Yorta Yorta, Wamba Wamba, Mutti Mutti and Boonwurrung artist Maree Clarke and visual artist Rose Nolan define the interiors and façade design.

What's On

Tour the library with Six Degrees Architects, who designed narrm ngarrgu as part of the Munro Development, one of Australia's most sustainable mixed-use developments. The tour will highlight key design considerations and take you through the seven-year collaboration process between Six Degrees, developers PDG Corporation, the City of Melbourne, First Nations consultants and artists, resulting in a truly community-minded project.

Across the weekend, explore the beautiful and educational First Nations artwork created and curated by Maree Clarke and her team throughout narrm ngarrgu Library. Admire and explore these artworks and the architecture of the building and learn more about everything that’s possible at the library.

Children's Activities

In the dedicated children's library, kids can explore artworks by First Nations artist Maree Clarke, discovering the five clans of the Kulin Nations and the seven seasons. These themes are represented in the foyer's lightboxes, on the carpets, the passageway leading into the children’s library, and a six-metre-long eel trap playground artwork surrounded by native planting on the 960-square-metre outdoor terrace.