As a growing Melbourne seeks to provide new
housing stock, it consumes nearby agriculturalland that traditionally fed the city. This means
new sources of produce must be locatedfurther away, increasing the carbon footprintof the Melbourne relating to food production,and removing a connection between people
and what they eat. Our team returns foodproduction to being central to city life.

“Old McDonald had a farm” as the nursery rhyme goes, but
imagine a modernised farm integrated into a city setting!
LIGHT RAIL AND TRANSIT
ModernApartments

Light RailStationComplimentaryLivingAmenities

BusTerminal

VERTICAL FARM

Vertical Farming involves combining moderntechnology with agriculture. Each of the three
towers will house different types of produce,
all grown through gravity fed hydroponics.
Each floor is double heighted, fully waterproofed, and electronically monitored toensure maximum yields and minimum waste.
Additional features include climate controlled
floors, mobile bee hives for targeted
pollination,complimentary
plantings
toreduce pest invasion, mirrored walls to reflect
lighting, rooftop solar powered panels to offset
power consumption, and onsite water filtration
and recycling system.
The vertical farm will produce food forwholesale, retail and local restaurant
consumption. Importantly, the vertical farm will
extend beyond the building and into nearby
public spaces, creating a greater connection
between people and what they eat.

Farmable
PublicGardens

Retail andRestaurants

RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL
Sustainable
VerticalFarmPubsandBars

LIVING GREEN

There will be a strong focus on green
technology throughout Lorimer. Beyond alarge network of rooftop solar panels, acombination of permaculture and passivesolar design principles will be implemented.
Dense tree plantings will be either native tothe region, or fruit producing and maintainedby the Vertical Farm.

Shopping will be located along Lorimer street.
The top floor will be open to the public withwrap around views for dinners of all types,
including a public bar, children’s playequipment, fine dining and casual dining.

PUBLIC SPACE

Lorimer’s open public space will be a great
location for festivals and gatherings. The
square will have numerous places to sit, withviews of a public play area.
On summer evenings, there will be a light,
water and music show that offers a point ofinterest for all users of the space.
A shadow wall will be located along the sideof Ingles street bridge which allows people toexplore their own created shadows.

SKY-BRIDGES

Lorimer will encourage collaboration with sky
bridges connecting offices to the researchhub, and the vertical farm to the modern STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics) and agricultural high-school.
These bridges encourage engagement andcollaboration with interests that sharecommon ground and provides opportunity.

The pre-existing and dis-used Industrial rail line
will be converted to a new Light-rail line, andthis will be continued along Ingles street,where it will connect to the existing Light-rail
network at Montague Station, increasing thewalkability of the area.
There will be a network of bike and foot paths,
a bike exchange, and Lorimer will also
connect to the public bus network.
The McDonald Road will divert traffic awayfrom Lorimer Street, giving easy pedestrian
access to the Yarra River.

MODERN INTERACTIVE OFFICE SPACE
Sky-bridge toAgriculturalSchoolConnection
to Yarra River

Sky-bridges
between
Office andR&D Centre

Public Squarewith Lightand WaterFeature

Dense
NativePlant

Research andDevelopment
CentreSolar
Panelled
Roofs

Collaborative
Office Space
Entrepreneur
CentreOffices located in Lorimer will have shared
open spaces within the building andadditional lobbies along access points to thesky-bridges. This will create opportunities fordifferent businesses to gather and collaborate
with each other over a common idea, andtechnology will be available throughout thebuildings to facilitate the sharing of theseideas.
Offices will have vertical green walls internallyand externally, but also wherever feasible
there will be internal fruit and vegetableproducing plants in all shared spaces. These
miniature farms will be monitored by theoffice users, but the maintenance andharvesting will be done by the vertical farmteam.
Entrepreneurs will have access to facilities
that assist in launching their ideas into market.