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ARCHITECT February <strong>2014</strong> WWW.arCHITeCTMaGaZINe.COM<br />
Faculty of <strong>Architect</strong>ure, Building & Planning,<br />
University of Melbourne<br />
John Wardle architects and nadaaa in collaboration<br />
Melbourne, AustrAliA<br />
A pairing of firms from Collingwood, Australia, (John Wardle <strong>Architect</strong>s) and Boston (NADAAA)<br />
won the international competition for this 170,000-square-foot design education building. At the<br />
center of the structure is a multipurpose studio hall rising four stories to a coffered canopy that<br />
provides natural light and ventilation. A sculptural construction suspended in this space houses<br />
visiting critics’ studios. Students will not have assigned workspaces, but can instead choose to<br />
work in the central hall or along the metal-mesh-enclosed balconies that surround it, where<br />
a variety of tables, counters, and seating will be provided. A stone façade, retained from the<br />
building that formerly occupied the site, had already been recycled once, for that earlier structure,<br />
from a demolished bank. Exterior glazing is shaded by a variety of panels and fins in different<br />
configurations depending on solar exposure. Juror Lise Anne Couture noted the design intention<br />
to make the building “in and of itself a pedagogical tool.” John Morris Dixon, FAiA
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