The new Biosciences Building accommodates RMIT undergraduate and research students in the field of Biosciences at the Bundoora Campus of RMIT University. The building contains teaching laboratories and research laboratories over two levels with associated support functions including both administrative and academic aspects of each department. The 160 metre length of this building is expressed as seven modules that appear as complete two storey elements separated by large glazed lightwells. These lightwells separate each of the grouped laboratory spaces and draw natural light into the heart of the building at both levels. Event spaces

are created within the volumes that provide gathering spaces for students, staff and researchers and develop a visual connection to the surrounding landscape. The use of differing glazing systems is a dramatic feature of this building. Constant bands of clear and white glass run continuously along all of the laboratory spaces that span the length of the building. At each of the courtyards formed by the light towers a cranked reflective glass screen reflects the ground in its upper portion and the sky in its lower portion. The inversion of the natural order creates the appearance of the adjacent green fields traversing the building.