Midson Construction (Vic) Pty Ltd
Excellence in Construction of Commercial Buildings $3M-$6M
About the winning project
The project’s goal was to provide a gateway to the site of the siege and the broader Kelly story. The Rural City of Wangaratta engaged Content Studio to design and Midson to build a cultural heritage centre to mark this historical site and tell the story of Ned Kelly’s last stand. The project was to create a circular lookout platform, so visual references to Ned Kelly’s iconic helmet were unavoidable. The external structure twisted in form to create a series of helices, with the different radii adding to the visual dynamism and complexity of the structure. A curved concrete staircase follows the line of one of the helices, taking visitors to a circular first-floor viewing platform.
