Black Theatre Site ::

Project Description::

The Indigenous Land Corporation is a Commonwealth Statutory Authority that assists Indigenous Australians to acquire and manage land in a sustainable way providing cultural, social, economic or environmental benefits for themselves and future generations. Tonkin Zulaikha Greer have designed a three-storey office building on a site in Redfern. Commonly known as the Black Theatre Site, it holds many memories for the Redfern Aboriginal community and has been vacant for a number of years. The building will accommodate the offices and broadcasting studios of Gadigal Information Services (Koori Radio), as well as other Indigenous organisations.

The site has a principal façade to the West on to Cope Street, three-storeys high and approximately 16m wide. The façade is clad in perforated louvre panels that provide sun shading and a canvas to showcase a significant commissioned indigenous artwork.

This strategy of cladding the building with an artwork, by Indigenous Artist Adam Hill, provides a proud Indigenous statement, sense of ownership and identity for the Redfern community. The artwork provides a vehicle by which to promote the new building and the area engendering a sense of optimism about the future for this vital inner-city community.