What is it?
New spaces and places for innovation and collaboration. Prototyping new technologies, ideas and approaches to the public realm. Re-imagining the ways that public spaces are used and regulated.
Aims of Public Realm:
- Linking public spaces with public ideas to refresh civic engagement, public debate and urban life.
- Integration of new principles in planning, design and use of public space, and application of emerging technologies that focus on sustainability and liveability.
- Prioritising openness and shared public access and engagement for spaces, buildings, infrastructure and institutions.
Public realm in MID

Former Women’s Hospital Site Redevelopment
The University of Melbourne will build Australia’s leading innovation precinct on the former Royal Women’s Hospital site on Grattan St in Carlton.The precinct will tackle...

University of Melbourne Student Precinct
Over the past two decades, the University of Melbourne has experienced significant growth at the Parkville campus with over 40% of the University’s students and...

Former Women’s Hospital Site Redevelopment
The University of Melbourne will build Australia’s leading innovation precinct on the former Royal Women’s Hospital site on Grattan St in Carlton.The precinct will tackle...

University of Melbourne Student Precinct
Over the past two decades, the University of Melbourne has experienced significant growth at the Parkville campus with over 40% of the University’s students and...