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Aboriginal Cultures Centre given go-ahead

The state’s planning body has signed off on the $200 million Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre at Lot Fourteen ahead of construction beginning later this year.

Oct 29, 2021, updated Oct 29, 2021
The latest concept design of the Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot. (Image: Supplied)

The latest concept design of the Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot. (Image: Supplied)

The State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP) voted to approve the government’s development application at its meeting this week after the proposal received broad support from the Government Architect, Heritage SA and Adelaide City Council.

Designed by Woods Bagot and Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the three-story cultural centre is to be constructed next to the Botanic Garden at the old Royal Adelaide Hospital site and will house art galleries, performing arts spaces, a shop, café, event areas and a commercial kitchen.

The SCAP on Wednesday agreed that the development was “not seriously at variance with the provisions of the Planning & Design Code” and approved construction with some conditions.

Parliament’s Public Works Committee has also approved the development, which is funded by both the state and federal governments.

The Government hopes to start building the Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre later this year ahead of an anticipated opening in early 2025.

Lot Fourteen state project lead Di Dixon told a parliamentary committee on Monday that the Government would start searching for a director to oversee the centre early next year.

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