OMA unveils rural culture complex for Melbourne's outskirts
A mix of retail and cultural facilities will make up the Wollert Neighbourhood Centre, which OMA has proposed for the town of Whittlesea, Australia.
The countryside complex has been designed by OMA as a "social condenser" for the area, which is located 25-kilometres north of Melbourne.
OMA founder Rem Koolhaas recently curated an exhibition aiming "to put the countryside on the agenda again" at New York's Guggenheim museum.
Alongside shops, the Wollert Neighbourhood Centre will include childcare, entertainment and cultural amenities to meet the needs of the entire suburban community.
"We conceived the Wollert Neighbourhood Centre as social infrastructure where retail and social interaction weigh equal," said OMA's regional director Paul Jones. "Existing community activity centres in Wollert?s surrounding areas, separated from retail programs, are often under utilised. They fail to bring the community together," Jones continued.
"Our design weaves together retail, amenity and cultural spaces for use by people in the community with different needs. It will be a social condenser in the area."
Once complete, Wollert Neighbourhood Centre will encompass 9,000 square metres. As the project is at concept stage, its materiality is yet to be determined.
It will have a rectangular and "utilitarian form" that wraps around a giant open courtyard at its centre.
This courtyard will contain an amphitheatre for community events a...
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