Victorian Design Review Panel
Presentation
Office of the Victorian
Government Architect (OVGA)
…champions quality of design in the built
environment. The OVGA provides leadership and
strategic advice to government about architecture
and urban design and promotes an awareness
about how good design can make great living
places and urban environments.
• Administrative office from October 24th, 2011
The Vaults, Six Degrees
Office of the Victorian
Government Architect (OVGA)
Project inception: assistance in scoping the
project, selecting procurement route, writing the
brief, process of selecting design team
Design development: design review through
Victorian Design Review Panel (VDRP), Design
Quality Teams or OVGA independent review.
The Vaults, Six Degrees
Victorian Design Review Panel
• Election commitment
• 3 year pilot project
• Year 1 – Government projects
• Year 2/3 – Government + private sector (through LAs)
Aim: To support Government clients in raising the design
quality of proposals, achieve best value and ensure that all
opportunities are realised for all Victorians in public projects.
Bendigo Art Gallery - FKA
Melbourne Recital Hall, ARM
Victorian Design Review Panel
• 25 design and development professionals – architects,
urban designers, landscape architects and planners
• 8 technical specialists – sustainability, feasibility, public
art, masterplanning, universal design, economic
development
• Government design specialists
• Directed and managed by the OVGA
Victorian Design Review Panel
• Maximum 6 panel members per review
• Meet one day a month, 2 sessions x 2/3 projects
• OVGA work with clients & design teams to prepare for
design review + site visit
• Project briefings for panel members prior to review
• Clients + design teams + other stakeholders present
• Chaired by Victorian Government Architect (VGA) and
Associate VGA
• Formal letter of advice following review from OVGA
Victorian Design Review Panel
Free high level expertise through formal peer review
• Ensuring better public outcomes
• Supporting clients realise the full potential of their
projects: value for money
• Making consultants work harder for their clients
Advisory. Constructive. At the right time.
Victorian Design Review Panel
Project Selection
1.
Proposals that are significant because of their size or
the uses they contain
2.
Proposals that are significant because of their site
3.
Proposals with an importance greater than their size,
use or site would suggest
Masterplan, development framework
Buildings, public space, streets, parks
Design and construct, PPPs, Alliance
The earlier the better, return reviews welcome.