Ideas that move the world need the right location and Melbourne Connect provides it. The building complex in the Australian metropolis of Melbourne unites digital technologies and ecological know-how. And Geberit is on board.
Can a building actually contribute to finding solutions to global problems? Melbourne Connect certainly wants to. On the surface, it may seem that the building complex only offers space. But its open, accessible architecture creates exactly the right environment for know-how transfer and collaboration.
This idea was the University of Melbourne’s approach to this project: to create a centre for research into technologies of the future and for the transfer of know-how between science and business at the heart of the Innovation District in Melbourne. Melbourne Connect, which has been open since April 2021, is much more: it is also a meeting place, a co-working space, a centre for start-ups, a childcare centre for 90 children and a student residence with 376 apartments.