We deliver public and urban integrated art strategies to satisfy permit conditions, engage residents and contribute to the cultural and creative fabric of our community.
We think of ourselves as the bridge that brings all the parties involved in a public art project together. Working with council planning departments and arts units, property developers, architects, interior designers, artists and stakeholders, we integrate contemporary art into residential, commercial, retail and mixed-use developments including major hotel, retail, hospitality and residential developments to activate space and build culture.
Lisa Waup, Embedded Memory, 2024
Bell St Station, Preston
Level Crossings Removal Project (LXRP)
Delivered by ADA Consulting, 2024
Art tailored to your location and project
Kristin McIver
Somewhere
2015
Yorkshire Brewery, Collingwood
SMA Projects
COUNCIL APPROVAL OF BUILDING PLANS
We have the knowledge, experience and networks to successfully incorporate public art into building plans, and have them approved. This enables the cohesive integration of art into a development and fosters collaborative relationships that give every stakeholder a sense of pride in and ownership of the art.
CONCEPT TO INSTALLATION
Once we understand you and your project, our integrated public art strategy kicks in. It covers artist engagement, briefing, concept design, creative, planning, commissioning, fabrication, documentation and supervision, and takes a public artwork from concept and commissioning through to creation and installation.
EMERGING TO ESTABLISHED ARTISTS
Our 20 years of involvement in the Australian arts community means that we have access to artists working across all mediums including sculpture, painting, installation, video projection, light art, photography, printmaking and murals. We engage artists from a wide range of artistic disciplines, emerging to established, whose talents are recognised both locally and internationally.
“Andy’s ability to manage our expectations, negotiate with council decision makers and conclude successful outcomes with her panel of artists has been exemplary. It tells a story of her ability to empathise with and manage her artists wishes, fit with the rigors of managing a development budget, negotiate with local councils and meet demands and deliver on time and budget – all with her customary flair, wicked sense of humour and a whole lot of great enthusiasm, energy and fun.”
– Steve Buxton, Managing Director, Avenir Projects
City of Port Phillip Council Design and Development Awards 2020
Opera
Matthew Harding
2019
450 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC
Time and Place – Golden Age – Deague Group
In 2020, ADA was the recipient the City of Port Phillip Council Design and Development Awards 2020 for ‘Integrated Art’ with ‘Opera’ by Matthew Harding. This category recognises public art which is innovative and assists a rethink of the public domain.
‘Opera’ by Matthew Harding represents an exploration of the organic and the feminine as a metaphor for the elegance and fluidity of the Opera architectural facade. ADA Consulting led the realisation of this sculpture with the dedicated support of developer Golden Age, Time and Place and fabricator Robert Hook.
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