PROJECT TYPE/SERVICES: Design Development, Detailed Design & Contract Documentation

LOCATION: Building 211, Curtin University, Bentley Campus, Western Australia

The two-level building complex consists of departmental offices and teaching spaces. The complex is arranged as linked individual building masses around a circular central double volume foyer which acts as a common meeting ground or centre for the composition.

As a graduate architect with Oldham Boas Ednie-Brown Architects, working under the direction of project architects Lou Cotter & Chris Williams, Mike was responsible for the design development, detailed design and direction of documentation for the project.

Contrasting timbers, brick and stone have been used to provide a richness and warmth to the common spaces. An octagonal central roof light creates a complex pattern especially striking with night lighting.

Occupants of upper level spaces are connected to the earth via exterior bridges to raised berms that slope down to an outside amphitheatre space.

The building arrangement relates to the existing campus grid and provides clear connections to adjacent buildings.

The careful design of the centre has addressed issues important to the client group including natural ventilation, natural light, outlook, connection to land and response to environment.