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.
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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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