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The Portland Community Mental Health Centre was designed to provide safe and comfortable access to mental health services and provide a space for community meetings. Privacy and Safety are key design principles, evident in the layout of transparent corridors that allow natural meandering and connection to the external environment.

The quality of the building reflects the value placed on the delivery of mental health services by South West Healthcare to the Portland Community. The location of the building is strategic in the development of a health precinct supporting neighbouring services.

Project Type: Community Mental Health Centre

Location: Portland, Vic

Client: South West Health Care

Service: Design & Contract Administration

Builder: Craig Collins Building PTY LTD

Building Area: 450m2

Completed: 2020

Photography by: Gallant Lee

Kelly Architects
Portland Community Mental Health Centre
Portland Community Mental Health Centre
Portland Community Mental Health Centre
Portland Community Mental Health Centre
Portland Community Mental Health Centre
Portland Community Mental Health Centre
Portland Community Mental Health Centre
Portland Community Mental Health Centre

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Kelly Architects is a Geelong based architectural practice with a strong connection and on-going support to rural communities and not-for-profit organisations.

Our projects span from Edenhope at the states Western boarder to Sale, deep in the Eastern Gippsland region.
The majority of our completed work is in South West Victoria and Melbourne’s outer Eastern Suburbs.

Our major projects are primary schools, health care facilities and community buildings. We work with communities that value their own talents, culture and environment, be they education providers, health care providers, local government councils or volunteer groups.

We have a reputation of strong listening and guidance to community groups through engagement workshops and forming personal relationships with our clients. Evening workshops were conducted at Dunkeld, Edenhope and Derrinallum for their projects were volunteers were most available outside of regular business hours. Weekend discussions suited the staff and parent groups of St Michael’s Primary School Berwick and St John’s Primary School Dennington. Our projects become of personal interest to us and we become part of the community we work with.

At ArchiPro we recognise and acknowledge the existing, original and ancient connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands and waterways across the Australian continent. We pay our respects to the elders past and present. We commit to working together to build a prosperous and inclusive Australia.