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UTS Blackfriars Design Competition

Our vision for the BPRB was to create a new industry hub that is both innovative and connected to the urban fabric in which it sits. As a leader in the community, this new building could further set UTS apart as a benchmark for connected, progressive and global Universities.


We developed a response to this through a careful reading of the site’s scale, form, materiality and spatial qualities. The design process was one of research and exploration that aimed to:

  1. Enhance…. and extend a significant piece of 19th century Sydney urban fabric.
  2. Consolidate…. by knitting the site together.
  3. Explore…. utilising traditional materials in a contemporary manner to reflect the homogeneous materiality and form.
  4. Refines…. our practices interest in transferring domestic material palettes into a larger scale project and;
  5. Transforms…. the generic “research” building into one of particular, specific and memorable spaces.
Proposed Building Envelope
Heritage Issues

The new Blackfriars Precinct Research Building (BPRB) posed a challenge to integrate a 21st century building into what is a very cohesive, finely grained and historic educational site. The site is significant as a complete city block of 19th century buildings with a shared palette and fine grain articulated forms.

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