EY Melbourne by Gensler
2022 Best of Region Winner
Gensler has reimagined a unique client experience for EY Melbourne, welcoming guests in a boutique hospitality inspired environment. EY is a multinational professional services partnership that exists to build a better working world, helping create long-term value for society and build trust in the capital markets.
Keep reading to learn more about this stunning project which was a Best of Region winner in our 2022 Shaw Contract Design Awards!
Photography by Nguyen Dang
Photography by Nguyen Dang
Across the two floors, the adaptive reuse and repurposing of existing elements and materials shaped the project. By carefully retaining high-impact items, such as the staircase, stone flooring and split block walls, the design integrates existing elements with new finishes in an environmentally conscious way.
Photography by Nguyen Dang
"There are moments of framing that I love; whether they're framing through the furniture, or the staircase moment which is quite cinematic."
- Rulla Asmar / Principal at Marchese Partners & juror for our 2022 Best of Region panel.
As a project, EY Melbourne acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which this workplace sits, the Peoples of the Kulin Nation, and pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging, an optimistic and inclusive future for Indigenous communities.
The main reception features a sculpture created by a community collective of local First Nation women and trans women artists called Ngardang Girri Kalat Mimini. This is a learning experience with the ‘Aunties’ mentoring younger weavers, reinterpreting the Story of the Iuk (river eel). This intergenerational approach resonated with the original project goals.
"I thought there was great innovation with regards to how to transform a workplace and provide flexible environments. To me this doesn't feel like it's a standard workplace environment, there’s a hospitality component to it which I love. This project is quite moody and rich.”
- Pablo Albani / Principal at Group GSA & juror for our 2022 Best of Region panel.
Photography by Nguyen Dang
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