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AEB Auditorium

Interior Architecture, Performance Spaces, Performance Based Design, Teaching & Learning Spaces

AEB Auditorium

The AEB Auditorium was conceived as a flagship space for how the didactic pedagogy of the conventional auditorium could be transformed to one built around a performance-based mode. 

Capacity
500 seats

Traditional Custodians of the land
The Turrbal and Jagera people

An Innovative Performance Space

The last thing we wanted was another “black box” that assumed a very dry singular didactic mode (read boring).  The beautiful lake setting presented an opportunity for a living and active backdrop to each presentation through a fully glazed facade.  The use of a high-performance glass facade, carefully oriented to avoid unwanted glare, utilises argon filled double glazed units, and very bright projectors to allow functional presentations in the open mode. It also acknowledged that many presentations were in effect and event.

The number of seats, 500, was critical in allowing facial recognition between presenter and the entire audience, irrespective of seat location. The concrete balcony wings provide an “embrace” to the space and enhance the sense of drama as a performance experience.


Awards Team Publications
RAIA National Sir Zelman Cowen Award 2014 Public Architecture
RAIA National Emil Sodersten Award 2014 Interior Architecture
RAIA National Award 2014 Sustainable Architecture
RAIA State F.D.G Stanley Award 2014 Public Architecture
RAIA State G.H.M Addison Award 2014 Interior Architecture
RAIA State Harry Marks Award 2014 Sustainable Architecture
RAIA John Dalton Award 2014 Building of the Year
RAIA Regional Commendation Award 2014 Interior Architecture
RAIA Regional Commendation 2014 Public Architecture
Australian Timber Design Awards 2014 Excellence in the use of Timber Products – Engineered Timber Products
Australian Timber Design Awards 2014 Excellence in the use of Timber Products – Recycled Timber
Kirk in joint venture with Hassell
Acoustic Engineer Arup
Structural & Civil Engineers Aurecon
Electrical Engineer Aurecon
Contractor WSP Group
Photographer Peter Bennetts and Scott Burrows
Cinematographer Shuwei Zhang
C3 Magazine April 2015 Advanced Engineering Building at the university of Queensland
The Official Journal of Airah November 2015 Ecolibrium
URO Media 2015 From the Ground Up: 20 Stories of a Life in Architecture
Architecture Australia Nov/Dec 2014 UQ Advanced Engineering Building
The Australian – Wish November 2014 National Awards of the Australian Institute of Architects 2014
The Australian November 2014 House haunted by tale of Hanging Rock
Timber Design Awards 2014 2014 UQ Advanced Engineering Building
Architecture Australia Jan/Feb 2014 Advanced Engineering Building
UQ Contact 2013 Summer
Timber Design International First Quarter 2013 Without Amplification
UQ News June 2012 Crowning Glory Hoisted Onto New UQ Engineering Facility
UQ News July 2010 Smart Design Solutions

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