"A Keeper of the Past, Present and Future" by Raghav Raj 

The partially demolished Robb College, at the University of New England in Armidale, is the site for regional GAO, The Government Architect Office.

It exhibits a radical hybrid conservation strategy which preserves the glory of vernacular architecture. The proposed GAO solely acts as a facility for preservation, documentation, archiving.

Visual is an amalgamation of past, present and the future. It is the view from the arched corridor of the existing Robb college (past), the old-new quadrangle represents the present and serves as a platform for the community to come together. The new office building embraces it representing the future.

The quadrangle is used by the office people in the day whereas during the evenings it becomes a communal space for aboriginal people to exchange, remember and create. The elements of water and fire around help them rekindle the bond with their roots and take them ahead in their future.