Creative Industries Hub for the Castlemaine State Festival

This project involves master planning and design of the multi stage redevelopment of the Castlemaine Goods Shed. Stage 1 involves the insertion of new spaces at the northern end of the Goods Shed for use as general offices for the Castlemaine State Festival as well as spaces to support the artists in various fields develop new works and spaces for community access. The new spaces are arranged around an entry courtyard, open to the full height of the Goods Shed volume, and from which the various spaces are accessed.  The design has been developed to allow for flexibility and a multiplicity of uses, accommodating the expansion and contraction of Festival staff numbers over the Biennial Festival cycle, as an interface with the larger performance spaces, provision of technical support for performance to providing spaces for community use. The design maintains the long sight lines through the Goods Shed and layers transparency to allow connection between the new spaces and the larger Goods Shed.