This project, designed by JCB Architects, is a vibrant temporary decanting facility with a three to five year lifespan, allowing refurbishment of other Monash College buildings during a high growth period, to then be dismantled to return the site back to a carpark.
The facility comprises 4,600m2 of teaching spaces, staff facilities, and student communal areas in a collaborative environment.
Nine buildings are linked via colourful external walkways interspersed with social spaces and courtyards.
Conceptually, JCB conceived the facility as a celebration of temporary structures, making reference to the construction site gantries and the humble site shed.
To satisfy a complex delivery timeframe, prefabricated modular design methods were employed to expedite the construction process, in order to meet a first stage nine month fasttrack design and construction period, with an additional three buildings following shortly after.
Project Details
Project size – 4,600 m2
Project budget – $23,000,000
Completion date – 2015
Building levels – 2
Project Team
Architecture
JCB Architects
Established in 1998 by Tim Jackson, Jon Clements and Graham Burrows, JCB is a design-led architectural practice of over 50 design professionals united by a shared commitment to the delivery of innovative design solutions.
Photography
John Gollings
John has been the photographer of choice, the go-to guy for many Australian architects.
He is renowned for his ability to almost always compose the best shot, the one defining image that makes a building memorable, etches it into the psyche.
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