Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford
Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford
St. Heliers Street
Abbotsford
VIC
Australia
Provider: Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Year Opened: 1863
Year Closed: 1974
Convent of the Good Shepherd at Abbotsford was the first establishment of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd within Australia and was opened in 1863. Over the years the Convent would operate an industrial school, reformatory, orphanage, female asylum and school.
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This project at the historic Magdalen Laundry at the Abbotsford Convent is part restoration, activation and adaptation. The Magdalen Laundry is one of a campus of historic buildings on the Nationally signifiant and State Registered heritage site situated in the sweeping bend of the Yarra river In Abbotsford.
The brief was to create a space that is viable for the Abbotsford Convent Foundation to utilise as a multidisciplinary performance and exhibition space.
The Magdalen Laundry was used by the order of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd up to 1970. A period of deterioration and dilapidation followed until community action secured Victorian Government support and vested ownership in the newly formed the Abbotsford Convent Foundation.
This project comprised initially comprehensive hygienic works to enable the extensive conservation, restoration and adaptive works. Maximum retention of historic fabric and careful intervention were combined to ensure no loss of heritage legibility and delivery of a revitalised highly functional venue.
Photography: Tony Miller
AIA Victorian Architecture Awards 2020
Award for Heritage Architecture – Creative Adaptation
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