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USC Moreton Bay Campus Expansion

Urban Design, Education, Sustainable Architecture, Interior Architecture, Teaching and Learning Spaces, Sports, University, Masterplanning

USC Moreton Bay Campus Expansion

Urban Design, Education, Sustainable Architecture, Interior Architecture, Teaching and Learning Spaces, Sports, University, Masterplanning

USC Moreton Bay Campus Expansion

Urban Design, Education, Sustainable Architecture, Interior Architecture, Teaching and Learning Spaces, Sports, University, Masterplanning

USC Moreton Bay Campus Expansion

Urban Design, Education, Sustainable Architecture, Interior Architecture, Teaching and Learning Spaces, Sports, University, Masterplanning

USC Moreton Bay Campus Expansion

Urban Design, Education, Sustainable Architecture, Interior Architecture, Teaching and Learning Spaces, Sports, University, Masterplanning

USC Moreton Bay Campus Expansion

The development of the Campus Expansion buildings hold a key role in the development, enhancement and extension of the built ‘Knowledge Spine’ as one of the dominant major master planning strategies for the campus. The Stage 2 (and Stage 3) buildings will need to provide an activating frontage to the ‘Knowledge Spine’ including public spaces, key retail/cafes and interactive frontages. The buildings development has been considered from the Concept Design proposal to expand across the site, increasing the needed footprint while reducing the height and scale providing commercial flexibility and future proofing.

Key dates
Expected Completion 2023

Client
The University of the Sunshine Coast

Services Provided
Winning Competition Design to Contract Documentation

Gross Area
12,600 m²

Vision

Our Vision for the new USC Moreton Bay Campus Expansion is an exciting and transformative opportunity not just for the university but the Moreton Bay community. KIRK took a chance in developed the design with the fact that USC is a young university - not constrained by tradition or old ways.

  1. Advance the USC Masterplan vision for a cohesive and vibrant campus.
  2. Promote the USC identity as an innovative campus model and reinforce sustainability principles.
  3. Define the future character of the Knowledge Spine and further quality of the campus.
  4. Create a series of campus plazas of varying scales focusing on the edge conditions between interior and exterior.
  5. Enhance connection through facade transparency and permeable mixed-mode spaces.
The campus expansion is another step towards creating a thriving innovation ecosystem at The Mill at Moreton Bay ... These buildings will significantly increase the space available for our teaching and research, as well as provide our students with sporting facilities and more areas for them to study, collaborate and socialise. Our main focus is to provide high quality face-to-face, interactive teaching at USC Moreton Bay and this campus expansion will help us enhance our students’ experience of attending university.

Helen Bartlett
Vice-Chancellor and President Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast

Concept

The Creative Social

The evolving digital landscape of Millennial social habits and social occasioning are driving new opportunities to socialise with like-minded people. Both buildings extend the social activity of the knowledge spine within the covered enclosures to accommodate social hubs and spaces for students and the extended university community.

After Hours Activation & Integrated Town Centre

After hours activation of the campus and facilities is important to extend the daily life of the campus and cater for the changing needs of students and the community. Both stage 2 buildings provide the future flexibility for after-hours activation to create a lively vibrate campus. Uses of a University campus beyond pure study and research are needed to help create a gravity of uses and reasons to visit not just for students and staff, but for the community.

Accessibility and Creating Inclusive Environments

USC’s new buildings promote open and legible entries connecting with the landscaped ‘knowledge spine’ and acts as an organisational device for both interior and exterior. Both buildings allow for inclusive and accessible design, as it is critical to providing active learning communities where cross-disciplinary and social interaction enhances the USC experience.

Innovative Interface

The proposed USC buildings provide industry ‘hub’ facilities at the ground plane, connecting with the landscaped ‘knowledge spine’ to showcase USC’s growing and active campus. These flexible facilities provide a plethora of potential uses and for private (internal) and public (external) interactions.

Pre-fabrication

USC’s new buildings are in a tight deadline to meet the briefed operational date of Semester 1 2023. Both buildings are designed to accommodate pre-fabricated materials, such as: Mass engineered timber fabrication (replacing the slow construction process of concrete), unitised facade systems (sealing the buildings as an increased speed) and key internal finishes and materials to deliver a speedy construction program.

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Team Publications
Landscape Architect WILD Studio
Civil & Traffic Engineers AURECON
Structural Engineers AURECON
Electrical & Dry Fire Engineers AURECON
Environmental & Sustainability Engineers AURECON
Acoustic Engineers AURECON
Façade Engineers AURECON
Audio Visual Engineers AURECON
Mechanical Engineers WSP
Hydraulic & Fire Engineers WSP
Vertical Transport WSP
Building Certification, Section J & Access CERTIS
Fire Engineers OMNII
Hazardous Engineers CETEC
Commercial Kitchen Consultant MDA
Wayfinding & Signage GRAPHIS
Architecture AU 02/03/2022 Major Expansion of University of Sunshine Coast Approved
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