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The Westmead Millennium
Institute brings together
staff from six sites across the
Westmead Hospital campus;
facilitating a regrouping of
divergent research groups
within a singular place of calm
engagement.
A strong sense of logic
drives the ordering and thus
expression of the building.
It strikes an impressive
presence along Hawkesbury
Road, almost formidable at
the suburban edge of the
campus. Despite this sense
of calm resolution, it is a
flexible and even unfinished
building, which ensures its
continued use and adaptation
over many years as its shape
and occupants may change.
Generous service zones
integrate the huge array of
engineering required now
and into the future, and many
of the spaces now set up as
offices can become labs as
this use expands.
From within, this logic brings
clarity to a complex, multi-
functional brief. Access
to light and views to the
outside are provided equally
from within and through
laboratories, offices and
communal spaces. This
transparency also facilitates
a layered understanding of
the building’s use, promoting
interaction and connectivity
between researchers and
engaging the visitor.
BVN’s well considered palette
of materials and details
underpins the enduring
quality of this building, which
offers a beguiling sense of
wellbeing. A mix of natural
materials, quality concrete
and light-reflecting white
surfaces create a focused
working ambience. Generous
proportioning elevates the
mundane and a quiet strength
emerges through the skilful
execution of many parts
within the whole.
This is a project where every
aspect has been considered.
The sensitivity and deftness
of this consideration has
transformed the building’s
logic into an uplifting and
inspiring environment for
collaboration and research.
PROJECT TEAM
Practice Team:
Ian Goodbury
Project Architect
Jon Jacka
Project Architect
Julian Ashton
Project Principal
Bill Dowzer
Design Review
Principal
Rose Jimenez
Architect - user
group ldr
Namaste Burrell
Site Architect
Andrew Metcalf
Design Review
Ali Bounds
Project Team
Frank Bruss
Project Team
Catherine Skinner
Project Team
Will Blake
Architect & BIM
Leader
Consultant Team:
Capital Insight
Project Manager
Abigroup and
Cockram
Builder
Arup
Services Engineers
Taylor Thomson
Witting
Structural Engineers
Steve Paul
Partnership
Hydraulic Engineers
WT Partnership
Quantity Surveyors
Construction Team:
Abigroup and
Cockram
Builder
Established 1932
The Sulman Medal was named for the
English-trained architect John Sulman
who had been working in NSW since the
188Os. Sulman was a passionate advocate
of town planning and the Medal, which
commemorates his work, was initially
awarded to a building of exceptional merit
that contributed to the streetscape.
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