Street art agency Juddy Roller is transforming the five towers of the Spotswood Yards precinct into a permanent open-air gallery.
The Spotswood Yards development in Melbourne’s inner west is being wrapped in giant murals by street art agency Juddy Roller.
Spanning five residential towers, the Spotswood Yards programme covers roughly 1,254 square metres of facade across 32 floors. The first two walls have been finished by Spanish artist Aryz and Belgian painter Nean, with the remaining line-up set to draw on talent from both Australia and overseas.
Spotswood Yards
- What: a five-tower, open-air street art gallery at the Spotswood Yards precinct
- Where: Spotswood, in Melbourne’s inner west
- Rollout: staged across 2025 to 2027, alongside the development’s residential releases
- Completed so far: works by Aryz (Spain) and Nean (Belgium), with the next artist reveal due in 2027
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The legacy of Juddy Roller
Juddy Roller wrote the public art strategy that helped the precinct clear planning approval, working alongside Hobsons Bay council’s planning and arts teams and developer Blue Earth. From there, the agency handled curation, permits, compliance and installation, coordinating painters on swing stages and lifts while the buildings were still going up.
The artworks are appearing in stages to match the release of the precinct’s residential buildings, named Porter, Flagman, Signal House and Fleet, so each tower gets its colour as it’s completed rather than long after residents arrive. The whole thing is being delivered alongside builder Hamilton Marino, without slowing the wider construction schedule.
A 20-year collection
Juddy Roller says the finished collection has been designed to survive more than 20 years, positioning the murals as a fixed part of the neighbourhood rather than a passing campaign. The agency also reckons the project has already racked up more than 250,000 organic views across social channels while the opening pieces were being painted.
The outfit behind it is a familiar one for anyone who’s driven past a painted grain silo lately. Juddy Roller founded the Australian Silo Art Trail and the Wall to Wall Festival, and has delivered large-scale public art for developments, stadiums and councils across the country.
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