Our client wanted a functional receptacle, not an architectural spectacle. As such, MONA is carved into a peninsular outside Hobart, Tasmania, where its waffle concrete and Corten steel container will weather inexorably.
A green roof and sculpture terrace restore the land’s height and a heritage-listed Roy Grounds house acts as the museum entrance. The building’s sculptural envelope is fully exposed internally. Visitors descend a spiral staircase to reach the lowest of three gallery levels, where a rock-hewn corridor leads to a sandstone-walled space. Planning of interconnections between galleries and levels was deliberately unconventional to encourage individual journeys of discovery.
A green roof and sculpture terrace restore the land’s height and a heritage-listed Roy Grounds house acts as the museum entrance. The building’s sculptural envelope is fully exposed internally. Visitors descend a spiral staircase to reach the lowest of three gallery levels, where a rock-hewn corridor leads to a sandstone-walled space. Planning of interconnections between galleries and levels was deliberately unconventional to encourage individual journeys of discovery.
Details /
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Location / Tasmania, Australia
Client / Museum of Old and New Art
Cost / AUD 80 million
Completed / 2011
Awards /
- RAIA National Architecture Awards
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Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture 2012
- RAIA TAS Architecture Awards
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The Alan C Walker Award for Public Architecture 2012
People’s Choice Prize 2012
- Property Council of Australia / Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation and Excellence Awards
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John Holland Award for Best Public Building
- Concrete Institute of Australia
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Awards for Excellence in Concrete – Award for Excellence 2012
- Master Builders Australia-National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards
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National Commerical/Industrial Construction Award $50-$100 Million 2011
- The World Interiors News Awards
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Museum/Exhibition Spaces category 2014
A project by our sister Studio / Fender Katsalidis Australia