When the bright colours of the big top float above an otherwise ordinary urban landscape, everyone knows that the circus is in town. Blok Modular’s design for the Brisbane Circus Centre at Hamilton Reach, north of Brisbane, expands on an analogy for a circus tent using shipping containers. The building – an instantly recognizable tall, iconic structure designed to accommodate aerial acrobatics and trapeze – can be pulled apart and placed on the back of a truck for relocation if the need arises. The client, Flipside Circus, asked for a scheme that decoupled the building from the site, which is essential for an arts organization
