Hobart’s Forestry dome to be reborn

Friday 11 Feb 2022

 
The iconic domed former headquarters of Forestry Tasmania in Hobart is set to be transformed into learning spaces for the University of Tasmania, under a development proposal submitted to the city council.

The multi-award-winning building on Melville Street comprises two original 1930s warehouses with a 22-metre-diametre glass dome designed by Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects in 1997. The restoration project received the RAIA Tasmania Recycled Buildings Award in 1998 and is also now listed on the state heritage register.

Forestry Tasmania vacated the building in 2017 and the building was almost partially demolished under a Tasmania Police proposal to alter the premises for its own headquarters. The University of Tasmania purchased the site in 2018.

Woods Bagot are working closely with architect Robert Morris-Nunn on new designs to restore the building, which includes plans to replant an urban forest that once stood underneath the dome.

“Seeing the building fall into disuse over the last few years has been really sad, so to know that the University is planning to restore it, and even reinstate the forest under the dome, is amazing news,” Morris-Nunn said.

Source: architectureau




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