The Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens, an Ancient Greek temple, is an apex symbol of Western civilisation, democracy and perfection. Temple of Boom celebrates these interpretations, while simultaneously expanding our understanding of the iconic Parthenon building and the enduring beauty it emanates.

Temple of Boom built to a third scale of the original building and debuts with dynamic and eye-catching designs ranging from floral motifs to optical illusions by local contemporary artists.

In order to replicate the original building which was built nearly 2500 years ago, GRC deemed to be the choice of material due to its longevity and flexibility as the temple is opened to public. Each GRC piece was fabricated to resemble the original pieces which were carved out of limestone with expressed joint between the pieces. This includes broken and fallen columns as well.

The temple was erected over an existing pool in the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV); hence the use of a very lightweight material was critical. To achieve this, sprayed GRC with 29Mpa was used that allowed AuGRC to create the hollow sections of 10-12mm thick elements.

Each column is consisting of 10 pieces of GRC which is tapering down. To make these moulds, a very extreme approach of recycling and reusing all the pieces was taken which meant creating adjustable moulds with 34 small pieces. This allowed AuGRC to reuse a single mould to fabricate all the different variants for this project.

GRC Manufacturer: AuGRC
Client:                      National Gallery of Victoria
Architect:                 NWMN, Adam Newman & Kelvin Tsang
GRC Material:         Sprayed MOR 29