QUT Creative Industries Precinct 2 by Kirk and Hassell (architects in association)
Built on the land of the Yugara and Turrbal people
Kelvin Grove, Queensland
Jury citation In QUT Creative Industries Precinct 2, Kirk and Hassell have created a theatre of learning. Their design delivers a dynamic tertiary research and teaching environment on a demanding site. Heritage-listed military structures are carefully absorbed into the overall strategy of the project, consolidating a new creative precinct. An interdisciplinary learning approach informs the design, which uses a sectional strategy of administrative “blocks” and “verandahs” to orient the social spaces towards the east and mitigate the environmental impacts of the adjacent highway to the west. Louvred elevations modulate daylight and consolidate the formal language. Considered detailing supports the dynamic section, allowing engagement between communities of creative research, practice and learning.
— QUT Creative Industries Precinct 2 was reviewed by Michael Keniger in Architecture Australia Jan/Feb 2017. See architectureau.com/articles/creativeindustries-precinct-2-qut
Architects Kirk and Hassell (architects in association); Kirk project team Richard Kirk (principal), Karl Eckermann (team leader), Andrew Drummond, Fedor Medek, Paul Chang, Mitch Reed, Sam Clegg, Michael Martin, Erik Sziraki; Hassell project team Mark Roehrs (principal), Michael Copeland (team leader), Troy King, Neil Hill, Sam Weiler, Daniel Brown, Lucy Corones, James Mortenson, Miranda Bedford, Andrew Butterworth, Catherine van der Heide, Daniel Loo, Nguyen Luu, Cheong Kuen; Acoustic consultant Arup; Structural, facade, civil, services and fire engineer Aurecon; Landscape architect Hassell; Heritage consultant Riddel Architects; Town planner Humphreys Reynolds Perkins; Builder John Holland; Arborist The Tree Doctor; Signage Lat 27; Quantity surveyor Rider Levett Bucknall; Building surveyor Certis; Occupational health and safety and DDA/accessibility consultant McKenzie Group; Independent audit consultant Green Leaf Engineers