GREAT HALL - University of Technology Sydney
Gadagal Country, Eora Nation.
Ultimo - Sydney.
Awards
Commendation; NSW Architecture Awards
Winner; NSW MBA Awards [Education - with Lipman)
Winner; Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
(with Steensen Varming)
Commendation; NSW Illuminate Lighting Award
(with Steensen Varming)
Shortlisted; Australian Interior Design Awards
Shortlisted; IDEA Interior Design Excellence Award
Media
Ceremonial Space (Laura Harding and Anthony Burke) in Architecture Australia.
The design for the Great Hall and Balcony Room at the University of Technology Sydney [UTS] created a dramatic new identity for the most important ceremonial space on campus. The signature element of the project is “The Mantle”, a fluid skin of perforated aluminium comprising more than 1000 unique facets. The Mantle lines the ceiling and walls, integrating lighting, audio-visual, fire and mechanical services into a dynamic whole, breathing new life into the space.
Beyond the initial brief we proposed “The Balcony Room”, a soaring reception space annexed to the Hall that capitalises on a commanding view across the future Alumni Green. The Balcony Room adapts a previously underused terrace, enclosing it to provide a link between the main building foyer and the rich, warm interior.
The Great Hall … encapsulates and projects the ambitions of a university … coming into its own.
Professor Anthony Bourke UTS (Architecture Australia)
CLIENT: University of Technology , Sydney
VALUE: $10.5M AUD
TEAM: [Completed as DRAW] John de Manincor (Principal), Adam Russell (Principal), Fransisco Layson, Lorraine Yip, Zana Wright, Raffaello Rosselli, Nick Sargent, Leisa Tough.
COLLABORATORS: Design Development / Documentation: Kann Finch Group (Collaborating Architects), Steensen Varming (Environment / Mechanical / Electrical /Lighting), Audio Systems Logic (Acoustics), Simpson Design Associates (Structure), Warren Smith and Partners (Hydraulics/Fire), Blackett Maguire + Goldsmith (BCA), Aquenta (Cost Planner), Philip Chun (Fire Engineering), The Mack Group (Commercial Kitchen).
BUILDER: Lipman.
FACADE: Facade Innovations
MANTLE: Facade Innovations
FACADE ENGINEER: Surface Design
DETAILED MANTLE MODELLING : AR-MA
PHOTOGRAPHY: © Brett Boardman [all rights reserved]
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