Burwood Brickworks Shopping Centre: Living Building Challenge® Petal Certified.

A world first for retail.

Burwood Brickworks Shopping Centre, by Frasers Property Australia, is the first retail centre to attempt – and achieve – Living Building Challenge® Petal Certification. Petal Certification is awarded to a project by the International Living Future Institute℠ if it achieves at least three complete Petals out of the seven total Petals. One of the three completed Petals must be the Energy, Water or Materials Petal.

What's it all about.

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    The Living Building Challenge® provides a framework for design, construction and the symbiotic relationship between people and all aspects of the built environment.

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    It challenges projects to operate as beautifully and efficiently as a flower.

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    Living buildings draw on great design but operational performance is the key to certification.

The Burwood Brickworks Shopping Centre story

A Different Approach

From the first day of construction, the team creating Burwood Brickworks Shopping Centre had to approach the construction process differently. Bringing all builders and contractors along for the journey was necessary to ensure the rigor of the Living Building Challenge® was applied every step of the way.

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Building Burwood Brickworks
Building Materials

Building Materials

Toxic materials pervade the construction industry, having an enormous impact on the environment, the food chain and the health of workers right across the industry. But there are better ways to build.

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Design and Planning

Where does the planning process start when you decide to embark on something that has never been attempted in retail before? From engaging with planning authorities to bringing architects and designers along for the journey, Burwood Brickworks has broken new ground.

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Design and Planning
The Indigenous Story

The Indigenous Story

Burwood Brickworks makes a bold statement towards reconciliation, using the Living Building Challenge®  requirement for Beauty to commission Indigenous artist Mandy Nicholson to create a striking installation artwork connecting the site to its traditional Wurundjeri heritage.

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Living Legacy

All buildings leave a legacy. For most, this legacy can be crudely defined as being an environmental drain on the site they occupy. Burwood Brickworks Shopping Centre aims to inspire change, lead by example and leave a community legacy.

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Living Legacy
The Back Story

The Back Story

From the people of the Kulin Nation, to orchard groves and market gardens, to manufacturing the bricks prevalent in Melbourne’s iconic brick veneer homes, the Burwood Brickworks site has a long history of delivering for the community.

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