Monash University Woodside Building for Technology and Design   Melbourne, Australia

"The combination of active and passive environmental strategies define the building’s expression and operations whilst assisting Monash University intelligently and lead its 2030 Net-Zero Initiative with unique purpose defined architecture."

- Andrew Cortese, Partner

 

The Woodside Building for Technology and Design is a transformational learning and teaching building for Monash University within the native landscapes of their Clayton Campus in Melbourne.

A transdisciplinary facility for the Faculties of Engineering and Information Technology, it initiates new models of learning alongside academic research with industry-related enterprise, while simultaneously integrating precedent-establishing environmental innovation.

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Certified PassiveHaus, the building is a pilot of leadership in learning environments with immersive and interactive technology and additive and advanced manufacturing laboratory spaces for students and researchers to embrace innovation, design and cutting-edge technology for new solutions in sustainable energy technology.

 

“Woodside embodies the highest level of design excellence and thinking. In the context of a global climate crisis, the Woodside Building demonstrates an elegant and optimistic response, delivering a complex program for an environmentally sustainable future while simultaneously proposing a transformational vision of what tertiary education can be.”

Rosemary Burne, VIC AIA Awards Jury Chair

Awards

2021 Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, Australian Institute of Architects National Awards 

2021 David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture, Australian Institute of Architects National Awards 

2021 Victorian Architecture Medal, Australian Institute of Architects Awards (VIC Chapter)

2021 Melbourne Prize, Australian Institute of Architects Awards (VIC Chapter)

2021 The Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture, Australian Institute of Architects Awards (VIC Chapter)

2021 Australian Institute of Architects Awards (VIC Chapter) – Sustainable Architecture Award

2021 Australian Institute of Architects Awards (VIC Chapter) – Educational Architecture Award

2020 Sustainability Awards - Best Education and Research Building

2020 IDEA Awards – Highly Commended for Sustainability

Location
Melbourne, Australia

Project Type
Education →

 
Builder - Lendlease
Structural - Aurecon
ESD - Aurecon
Civil- Aurecon
Fire - Aurecon
Mechanical - Aurecon
Electrical - Aurecon
Lighting - Aurecon
Hydraulic - Aurecon
Acoustic - Aurecon
Landscape - ASPECT Studios
Certifier - BSGM
Facades - Minesco
Project Manager - Root Projects

Client
Monash University

Area
19,000 sq m

Status
Complete

Year
2020

Photography
Rory Gardiner, Michael Kai and Peter Bennetts