Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Built Form was Retained and Integrated

Parry and Rosenthal were tasked with repurposing a four-level call centre as the new headquarters for the recently amalgamated Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.

The design approach was extraordinarily conscious of the fundamental tenets of sustainability – being to reduce and reuse – as its base principle. Built form was retained and integrated, and nearly all workstations were reconfigured and refinished.  This highly strategic spend allowed a very tight budget to be applied where it would have maximum impact for people and identity – through the interpretation of a commissioned artwork by local Aboriginal Artist Dr Richard Walley that gives each level a specific identity linked to place.