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At the new UTS Faculty of Engineering and
Information Technology collaborative learning
takes the form of a crevasse-like linear atrium.
Zigzagging, chopped up geometry and flying
diagonal staircases create an ‘Escher-esque’
space that is exciting and confounding in
equal measure. Is it a grand illustration of
the student mind? A representation of
information flow?
Whatever ones interpretation, the resulting
space is full of movement and drama, linking
the western and eastern ends of the building
across multiple levels and providing access
and views into teaching spaces on the way.
Tough materials and straightforward detailing
allow for the easy accommodation of the
clutter of student life. Incidental alcoves
and bridges create informal spaces to meet
or work.
Spatially diverse and dynamic, the atrium
represents the heart and soul of the faculty for
the hundreds of staff and students that pass
through this building every day.
Photo: John Gollings
UTS Tower
Lahznimmo Architects
SHORTLISTED
ANZ Tower Foyer
Francis-Jones Morehen
Thorp
Photo: John Gollings
SHORTLISTED
Architectus MLC
Studio
Architectus
Photo: Brett Boardman
SHORTLISTED
Tivoli Terrace
Chris Bosse, LAVA
Laboratory for
Visionary Architecture
Photo: Brett Boardman
241 O’Riordan Street
Architectus
Photo: Brett Boardman
Blacktown Mount
Druitt Hospital
Clinical Services
Building
Jacobs
Photo: Richard Glover
Deepwater Interior
Tobias Partners
Photo: Justin Alexander
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
OTHER ENTRIES
Faculty of Engineering + Information
Technology, University of
Technology Sydney
Denton Corker Marshall
The interior design and material palette by
LahzNimmo for the UTS Tower typical office
floor plate provides a clear but playful model
for adapting and enhancing the robust mid-
century modernism of the base building.
Clear open plan perimeter workspaces ensure
the existing horizontal windows are left
unobstructed, enabling views for all across the
city. Internal meeting rooms, staff tea points
and individual offices are located to create an
active central core.
The architects have worked with rigour to
co-ordinate the services and expose and
celebrate the original pin-wheeled beam
structure of the tower, increasing the sense
of space across the floors through increased
floor to ceiling heights. A playful material
palette references the 1970s - oranges, browns,
cork and brass work together to create a
simple but distinctive workspace.
Photo: Brett Boardman
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