Architectural Review Asia Pacific

STOP, COLLABORATE AND LISTEN

It could be said that there’s no better way to test your powers of collaboration and the resilience of the peer review process than to produce a large residential project with six other architectural firms.

Such is the experience of Melbourne-based firm Hayball, which has embarked on a unique process to build Nightingale Village in the inner northern suburb of Brunswick. Seven different award-winning architecture practices were invited to work collaboratively to build apartment buildings that would adhere to the Nightingale model — the creation of multi-residential buildings that are financially, socially and environmentally sustainable.

The hope is to emulate the

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