The Bendigo Central Neighbourhood District (CND) aims to highlight health and wellbeing in a post-covid Bendigo through the idea of community. It utilizes otherwise empty and unused buildings and transforms them into spaces for the community to rent and experience, to pursue hobbies and interests as a way to decompress from work.
Site 1 External Render
Retaining the façade of the heritage Beehive Mining Exchange building built in 1872, and creating a pocket park as an extension of the central Rosalind Park for anyone to experience. It creates a path from the main road, Pall Mall through to a community hub for temporary use, to the Hargreaves Mall that connects a variety of over 20 businesses.
Site 1 Interior Render
A view from the entrance underneath the Bendigo Mining Exchange building with a variety of vegetations creates an atmosphere to aid in decompressing from businesses and stresses from work and everyday life. In the background is a community hub with a large glass façade to provide relaxing views of the pocket park.
In the spirit of reconciliation Monash University acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
