World design agency HDR has introduced the opening of its new Melbourne office within the metropolis’s CBD. In response to the follow’s communique, the workplace brings collectively structure, engineering and transportation groups in a single house designed to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and ship built-in options that place the follow for progress in Victoria’s increasing infrastructure and design sectors.
“This transfer marks a big milestone for HDR in Melbourne,” mentioned Clive Baker, director of planning, design and transport at HDR. “After three years of laying a robust basis, we’re able to speed up our progress and deepen our presence on this dynamic metropolis.”
“Co-locating our structure and engineering groups isn’t solely breaking down conventional silos between disciplines however reworking HDR’s challenge supply throughout Melbourne,” Baker added.
The agency’s newly appointed design principal Alison Potter mentioned the brand new Melbourne workplace embodies the agency’s design philosophy round “creating areas that encourage creativity, allow built-in pondering and help significant design dialogue.”
Managing principal of Structure at HDR, Huai Lim, added, “This new house displays our ambition – to steer with design that’s collaborative, purposeful and deeply responsive.”
With workplaces in Sydney, Brisbane and now Melbourne, HDR’s presence throughout Australia now encompasses 235 employees.
