Discussion Panel - Building Community & Place, Consciously

BAR Studio, a Melbourne grown international hospitality design firm, has restored the historic warehouse at 47 Easey Street, Collingwood as its new studio – an exemplar of adaptive reuse and green building practices. The local landmark now brings together a creative community of artistic tenants that will foster a collaborative village and form a new contemporary cultural hub.

Hear from the voices behind building the community - from the process of the building’s adaptive reuse to its current creative occupants.

Moderated by Suzy Annetta, Editor-In-Chief of Design Anthology

Participants:

- Felicity Beck, co-founder and managing partner of BAR Studio - developer, designer & anchor tenant;

- Neil Hugh Kenna, founder and director of NHO, a brand strategy and marketing agency - consultant on placemaking;

- Robbie Neville, founder of Revival, a sustainable building practice - repurposing building contractor;

- Mayatili Marika, Cultural Adviser and Partnerships Officer Agency Projects & University of Melbourne, and 

- Kade McDonald, CEO and founder of Agency, a not-for-profit cultural organisation - tenant & connector to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities.