Case study: Bunjil Place

The $125 million multipurpose arts, civic and community facility in the outer Melbourne suburb of Narre Warren holds a library, 800-seat theatre, gathering and meeting spaces, council offices, an art gallery, a flexible event space and an outdoor plaza. “Superficially, it’s a very complex piece of geometry,” said John Perry, an associate partner at FJMT, the multi-disciplinary architecture and design firm behind Bunjil Place