This section shows a cut through the building looking at materiality. We can see the main music room, the staff room and the lift area.

The practice rooms are simple, warm and entirely timber lined, creating intimate acoustic environments for focused work. Each room contains a piano and a two seater couch, giving musicians and performers a comfortable place to work. Large interior windows look out into the hallways, allowing blind and low vision users to understand activity and movement behind the walls.

The main music room is a warm timber space shaped for focused listening, with stepped seating fitted with black cushions that create a grounded rhythm around the room. At it’s centre sits a grand piano, anchoring the space both visually and acoustically. Two burgundy metal Dione 6 pendant lamps hang above, adding a deep note of colour against the wood and giving the room a theatrical glow.

The third floor hallway is lined with two-seater privacy sofa’s, creating quiet pockets where people can sit, listen, and absorb the music drifting from the surrounding practice rooms. The view opens down toward the ramp, where the flowing organza light feature hangs in the central void, giving the entire level a sense of gentle movement and connection to the heart of the building.